Having mentioned in a previous blog that I recently visited the National Railway Museum in York, on this occasion I took a good long look in the reference library for some information regarding TPO's as I'm interested in incorporating this in my new layout, but whilst looking through the shelves of hundreds of books, I stumbled over a book called Barry Scrapyard...........The Preservation Miracle.
This book was written back in 1988 and reprinted in 1989 by writer Alan Warren, who gives a blo
After much deliberation, due to the interesting comments made about a previous blog regarding 2 or 3 rail, which gave me some second thoughts, I came to my original conclusion. As much as I would like to accommodate my 3 rail on the same layout, I believe the dimensions of my baseboards would virtually make it restricted, so it just confirmed 2 rail it is!
Now the plans have been agreed and drawn up by my father for the new layout, but only after many alterations to the original drawings, we
Again the train enthusiasts came out in force on our second visit to the NRM in York, about 4 weeks ago to view the gathering of the A4 pacific's. It was certainly something well worth seeing in such an incredible museum and the icing on the cake being free entry.
On this visit the focal point was of course "The Mallard" & it's A4 counterparts, but the one item of rolling stock that caught my eye was under the plastic canopy outside being the North Eastern Railway 25 ton steam breakdown
Possibly I didn't appreciate model railways as much when I was a young lad, but the one thing I did do right, was to keep my old 3 - rail model railway nicely boxed. Having retrieved the old Hornby Dublo out of the loft, it's nice to see how it has lasted in time.......and it still looks good in its old blue & white stripe boxes.
With the Wren track, metal level crossings, "Ludlow Castle" 4-6-0 steam engine, tin coaches, various types of wagons accompanied with homemade platforms, signal
Some 40 odd years ago, when I was lad, I used to enjoy playing with my model railway on the lounge carpet floor. This pleased my father, but annoyed my mum who got fed up doing a hop, skip and jump over the track and rolling stock just so she could sit down on the settee.
Sadly at that time, being that tender age I didn't appreciate my dad's efforts in buying and producing a running model railway, albeit I could only have it out on my school holidays. But looking back I should have paid more
