Hounslow Sidings

[Coppercap]

Hi Polly

             I take it you are from Hounslow area.  Hounslow had three tube stations (east, central, west),

 

Really, I'd have said they are UndergrounD stations, with tube trains running through them!  

 

i lived in bedfont then, caught the 117 bus to hounslow, if i recall correctly... the only working steam i saw was in that area, up towards feltham, so early sixties... i was very young, and we moved a lot....brentford, heathrow village... if i had a tenner for every address we had, i`d be rich:-D

 

Is that the Heath Row village that's now under the concrete?  (That went during the war.............) 

 

Hounslow was a bus ride away for Christmas shopping (it had a big Store but I can't remember what it was called) and clothes at other times of the year,

 

Is it Edmonds you mean, in the High Street? That was on three floors and had a lift, and an escalator (in it's later years)?

Edited December 4, 2013 by Coppercap

[mudmagnet]

Like the boards Ray.

 

Did you get anywhere with sorting the runners for the fiddle yard?

I need a pair for Acacia Avenue!

 

The fiddle yard does seem to have a 'droop' or is it the camera?

[RAY NORWOOD]

Hi Richard

                The fiddle yard is only put in place the only held there by the dowels I have got to put some fasteners on to hold it tight.

Yes I have sorted some runners out from Screwfix  I will have to cut them down a bit. I got 550mm ones code no 20420  £9.45 a pear. Have a look on the website Screwfixdirect.com.   

[RAY NORWOOD]

Hi Andy

            I don't need a wall as my back scene, I have ordered some ID Backscenes  terraced house backs.

Sorry Andy no deal    

[RAY NORWOOD]

Been busy today finishing the baseboard, putting on the backscene and the fascia board I have left the top off till the last minute. I have also put the Selotex board in and put 3mm MDF at the front to support the edges of the Selotex board. Just got to put diluted PVA all around the board to seal it for painting and the backscene.

Hope to finish the sector tomorrow.    

[RAY NORWOOD]

Hi coppercap

                     Edmonds also had the cash office up stairs, there was a tube that went to the office from the shop floor with the cash and the change came back down to the shop floor, they did knot keep cash in the shop.

As for the tube station is the underground stations. Heathrow village as far as I know it did not exist only the Airport.

[Coppercap]

 

Hi coppercap

Edmonds also had the cash office up stairs, there was a tube that went to the office from the shop floor with the cash and the change came back down to the shop floor, they did knot keep cash in the shop.

As for the tube station is the underground stations. Heathrow village as far as I know it did not exist only the Airport.

 

The point I was making here was that the Piccadilly Line's stations (at least, as far as the old Hounslow West station) were originally built for District Railway surface stock trains (steam), with the District later being part of the UndergrounD group (which did actually include some of the genuine 'tube' lines). The line was not built for tube stock trains as running today, hence my reference to the UndergrounD.

 

As for Heath Row, oh yes, it really did exist. Why do you think what was originally called London Airport was renamed Heathrow? It was located roughly where the Queen's building used to be, within the central area. Heathrow (or Heath Row as it was before) was all flattened during the latter part of the war when the government stole Fairey Aviation's Great West Aerodrome to create a new airfield for B29 Superfortress bombers (which never came to Europe in WWII as it turned out), and then afterwards decided it would be perfect for an urgently-needed civil airport (which wasn't actually that urgently needed, they just used it an an excuse to get their airport approved). There was even a Heathrow Hall, also demolished, but the Great Western missed that one!

 

I don;t remember the Edmonds cash tubes, but mum told me about them. Co-op shops had them too, I believe.

Edited December 4, 2013 by Coppercap

[darren01]

Hi Ray

Boy you have been busy! looking very good mate can not wait to see how you get on with this one.

Keep up the good work!.

Darren01

[kevinklein]

 

 

 

Is that the Heath Row village that's now under the concrete?  (That went during the war.............) 

 

 

Is it Edmonds you mean, in the High Street? That was on three floors and had a lift, and an escalator (in it's later years)?

oops, my silly, i lived in Sipson, only my school was still called Heathrow Primary (bus 625 )... i lived in sipson road, right next to the airport entrance/tunnel road.... my "playground" as a youngster was in fact the airport... we knew it in and out, better than the customs then, as we were`nt often caught playing on the planes

remember Edmonds too, now... seemed HUGE to a small boy

 

good progress on the layout!!

[Neal Ball]

Only just caught up with this, which looks very interesting. 

 

I too lived in the area at Bedfont and worked in the late 70's at Lloyds Bank in the town.

 

I know of the Hounslow Yard, but using the train from Feltham, in that direction to Waterloo the trains did not go round the loop, so very rarely saw those stations. I think the loop services went via Richmond / Twickenham and the West curve was (only?) used by freight.

 

Sadly, by the time we moved into the area, Feltham Yard had closed, As had the Regal / ABC although there were rumours about Porn being filmed there on a regular basis!

 

Will be interested to follow the progress once you start track-laying.

[georgeT]

Hello Ray,  Just found this thread, cracking bit of carpentry there Ray, l've always liked the fish-tank look, much smarter..

 

George

[Andrew P]

The BOX looks really great, with some really moody lighting as per Marc Smith, great stuff.

 

Andy

[Oldddudders]

oops, my silly, i lived in Sipson, only my school was still called Heathrow Primary (bus 625 )... i lived in sipson road, right next to the airport entrance/tunnel road.... my "playground" as a youngster was in fact the airport... we knew it in and out, better than the customs then, as we were`nt often caught playing on the planes

 

Your skool still exists - on Google maps, anyway. Bus 625 does not chime. No trolleybuses (6XX numbers) in that area, but the 1957 map shows 222 running past your skool. From March 1961 it was replaced by 223.

[exmoordave]

Hi Hounslow Harry!!

 

It's looking really good there and presentation is so important, so you've definitely cracked it! I shall look forward to seeing it soon. Being brought up in sunny downtown Southall I can remember the Co-op there having the vacuum tube system for whizzing cash around the store. After your cash disappeared into the heavens, the assistant then had to wait for the return of a receipt, which could take a while if there was more than one item to be processed. And they say it's quicker by tube.........groan......sorry about that....

 

Southall Sid (aka exmoordave)

[kevinklein]

Your skool still exists - on Google maps, anyway. Bus 625 does not chime. No trolleybuses (6XX numbers) in that area, but the 1957 map shows 222 running past your skool. From March 1961 it was replaced by 223.

*last time i`ll off topic harrys thread!*

 

quite correct... i just spent ten  minutes banging my head trying to work out why 625 is in my head, then finally got it... i lived in 625a Sipson Rd... yes, 223 was my bus, and my skool seems to have a homepage too... very progressive, and i bet the HM does`nt have a cane any more....(OUCH!)

[RAY NORWOOD]

Hi Neal

              Passenger service did go from Feltham East round to Hounslow junction but was not very busy, you was right about the freight. It wont be long before the first bit of track laying.

 Thanks for your comment.

[RAY NORWOOD]

Hi George

                I'm not a qualified carpenter, It was one of my hobbies before I went back on model railways and spent my last years of work at a door manufacture.

I had spoken to Darren01 earlier today and he said it was a TV just wont some knobs on the front.

Good to here from you again.     

[RAY NORWOOD]

Hi Andy

           The lighting I was going to use a strip of LEDs the soft white or the bright white.

Thanks for the comment mate  

[RAY NORWOOD]

Hi Dave

            I remember Edmonds when mother dragged me down into town to do her shopping. I did not think other stores had this system.

This thread has brought people out of the woodwork,   

[RAY NORWOOD]

Today update with the sector plate.

 

I made the sector plate the same way as the main board but with out legs it is 1ft., the two dowels slip into holes on the main board and clipped up tight and hold into place. The runners are drawer runners from Screwfix had to be cut about to make the sector plate move 2ft with out the rest of the running being longer then 2ft and also the runners had to be packed up to the right height. The large opening goes to the end of the main board and the small opening is were I well operate the sector plate. The backscene I am going to glue terraced house backscene from ID Backscenes and the same on the end, the idea of this is you will see through into the sector plate so having the backscene will give you the elusion that it goes furthered.

[mudmagnet]

Nice work Ray.

 

How did you manage with cutting down the drawer runners?

 

At least your 'TV' will have a lot better 'progammes' that normally shown on 'normal' TV !!!!

[RAY NORWOOD]

Hi

       My TV only plays Model Railway films.

The drawer runners, The first one took me about 30 minutes to sort out with a few mistakes the second one took about 15 minutes but went about it different, If you look carefully they look different.

If I remember I we bring it on Tuesday night.      

[RAY NORWOOD]

I was unable to download this earlier It is a scan of Hounslow Station and the yard out of Hounslow and Kinston loops from Middleton Press.

 

Click on the link

Hounslow scan.pdf

[KTM]

i used to go to the saturday matinee in the regal

 

Haha me too. Remember the organ player? It's amazing how kids were just left in by themselves and I don't recall any seriously bad behaviour.

 

Jon

[KTM]

I'll be watching this one woth great interest, Ray.

 

Back in the late 70s/early 80s, I used to take the train to School (Hounslow-Iselworth or Syon Lane) and spent many a morning on the platform with like-minded mates, wondering about the old goods yard. The bay platform was still there but the track may have been partially lifted at the time.

 

I've wondered about a model of the entire station but even compressed and in 4mm scale (with 4ft platforms), you would need a bit of length if you want the approach pointwork to the yard and the sidings at the western end (past the Whitton Road bridge). It could be done as part of a large continuous layout because the track does curve to the South once you leave the station. There are handy road bridges (one to the East, two to the West) for scenic breaks too. 

 

In my teens I actually built a heavily compressed version of the entire Hounslow loop, complete with the triangle junction to Feltham! It was hardly realistic with 15" curves laid onto the carpet but it was great fun to operate 'Express' trains out of Waterloo.

 

Jon