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About this blog

Oxendale is a OO gauge end to end layout in the Midland region during British Railways in the late 50s/early 60s.

 

The layout consists of two levels of track: the running line and the freight only line. The first level has a station with a passing loop with a headshunt, 2 sidings and a 3 track fiddle yard. The higher level is a single line for freight traffic only that stretches from one end of the layout to the other. It also has a section of track that spurs off into the fiddle yard. It crosses over the main running line via a bridge.

 

Rolling stock is mainly Bachmann but there are also items of rolling stock from Hornby, Dapol and Oxford Rail. 

 

The layout is still under construction but it is fully operational.

 

 

History

 

Oxendale itself is located on a single track 5 mile branch line which spurs off from the Settle-Carlisle line in-between Dent and Garsdale. Oxendale is located at the end of the branch line. 

Entries in this blog

Electronics

Installing the Signal.

A while ago, I brought a fully wired up Dapol LMS semaphore home signal from Cropper's Models in Bridlington. It was originally intended for use on a new OO gauge micro layout I was working on. Unfortunately, that never happened and the signal remained in store for a while.    That was until Oxendale was built. I was sorting out some boxes and I came across it again. I thought "that would go well on the layout" and then it hit me: Rather than keep it in store, I'll use it on the layout
The scenics

Ballasting the track

18/07/23   I've started the painstaking process of ballasting the track. I have decided to start on the freight only line first then do the BR mainline second.   I started it by dealing with a small section of the high level line first. I used my track ballaster I brought on eBay and a bottle of Ballast Bond. I should note that and it was an absolute fath to use (the ballast bond, not the track ballaster) and I probably won't be using it again. I then resorted to the more eas
The layout

Moving Oxendale

As you've had guessed by the title of this entry, I've had to move the layout.   Due to circumstances, it's no longer allowed to be in the spare bedroom next door so we've had to move the layout and the stock to the clubroom in Buckton. We started about 1:00pm on Wednesday and didn't finish until 7:00. Fitting it in my grandad's car was thought to be a challenge but we managed it - just. Due to the size of the layout, we thought it would be better to transport the layout first, set it
The scenics

Making the hills (2)

08/07/23   Been a few months since I've posted in the entry but work on the hills has been progressing slowly. Hill 1 is now long gone and in its place will be a goods yard of some sort. The front of the hill faces will need repainting with a suitable colour but they're slowly getting there.        21/07/23   I've been busy filling the gap between hill 1 (was hill 2) and the backscene. I think it's looking good so far. Also, hill 2 (was hill 4) has ha
Making the layout

Making the freight only line (2)

The brick wall I made, which I mentioned about in the previous blog, was glued in-between the first bridge and the largest hill hill last Saturday. The footbridge was temporarily there to keep it in position as it kept dropping down.     Also the wall stretches from underneath the buffer stop to just before the first bridge has been partially completed. It'll need the brick paper sticking on in due course.               Went round
Making the layout

Making the freight only line

I recently discovered some bridges from the club's old layout when they were located in the old parcels office in the railway station. The bridges were made entirely from wood and had been made by Grandad for that layout. The club moved from the parcels office to the Men in Sheds building near Tesco's (can't remember the year) and the old layout was dismantled and a new one was built.   One of the bridge girders:     Grandad then suggested having a higher running li
The scenics

Making the hills

While I've been working on the high running line, I've also been planning on what the other parts of the layout will look like. I was planning to have a hill in the right hand corner of the layout. We started work on it last week. We decided to build it up using layers of cardboard and then file it to shape once the glue had dried.          I went round to work on the layout yesterday. I brought some cardboard boxes with me as we needed some more to work on the hill only
Making the layout

Making the baseboard and trackplan

For the lengths of wood under the surface of the baseboard, we had salvaged some of the wood that was on the previous baseboard but the majority of it had to be thrown away. We still had a few lengths of wood though so we cut some more to size. Some of the holes in the previous wood lengths we used were countersunk and others weren't so I decided to countersink them. After this was done, we screwed them all into place under the board and carefully lowered it onto the floor. We then set up the tr
The scenics

The station

Whether you're at a model show or flicking through a magazine such as Model Rail, the station tends to be the main feature of a few layouts. In my layout's case this is the same.  I am intending to have a station on the layout. I already have a platform: It's currently being overhauled and the smaller section of it is already complete. I'm also searching for a station building and waiting room as well.    This blog entry will be used for the progress I make on the the station over
Locomotives and rolling stock

Steam locomotives

I currently own 5 steam locomotives.     Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41224 (Bachmann) I brought 41224 at the Bridlington model railway show in September 2022. This is the second steam locomotive I've brought for the layout.      Ivatt 2mt 2-6-2T 41310 (Bachmann)  This was the first locomotive I brought for intended for the layout. It was brought from the modelling club I go to because they were selling most of the analogue locos and several items of rolli
Locomotives and rolling stock

Coaches and wagons

BR 20T brake van   Ex-LNER 20T brake van B16806   Ex-LMS 20T brake van B950040 (Hornby)   12T ventilated van B755180 (Bachmann)   12T ventilated van B774447 (Bachmann)   12T Plywood Fruit van B875716 (Bachmann)   12T ventilated banana van B881945 'Fyffes' (Dapol)   Ex-SR 12T ventilated van M523409 (Bachmann)   16T mineral wagon B7433 (Bachmann)   13T 3 plank wagon B457200 (Bachmann)   13T 3 plank
The scenics

Buildings

I'm currently sourcing some buildings for the layout. Itve made a list of what I need:   Station building   Waiting room   Signal Box   Lineside huts     For the station building, I'm thinking of having a small one. I don't want a big one as it probably wouldn't fit in the space that's planned for it. However, it has to match up with the LMS theme and finding a suitable one has proved to be tricky. There's a few Settle and Carlisle ones whic
The scenics

Overhauling the old platform

I have a station platform but it's looking a bit shabby and in need of some TLC. It was salvaged from the old layout and is made from MDF and cardboard stuck on top for the platform surface. It's made up of two parts: a small section and a larger section with the ramp.     Rather than throw it away, I decided to give it an overhaul and use it on the layout.    I decided that I would strip the old platform surface off and replace it with the Metcalfe paving sheets wh
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