Rite well celebrations over i finally got some lining paper and I've been busy making sure we can fit the track plan in the space I've got.
Having spoken to a railway man I've decided to have one parcels platform a goods siding and a 2 road stone engine shed, which will be great for idling sound chipped locos.
Check out the slideshow of my attempts at full size planning.
Here is the final track plan, I've now set aside two weekends in January to knock up the baseboards and our project plan should be appearing here soon. Over Christmas I will be transferring this track plan into full size on lining paper, I've also been busy and got all the track and points. Alf is already thinking about electronics!! Sam has sourced two very useful die cast vehicles and some ballast, all good inspiration.
So here is track plan version two, much discussion was had regarding
It has been decided that we are going to base our model on a fictitious station in Dumbarton, called Dumbarton Castle. The layout will be set in Autumn 1965. The station would have been located on the site now occupied by the Strathclyde Homes Stadium.
Originally opened as the terminus of the line from Helensburgh & Balloch, the stations traffic was reduced when the lines were built to Glasgow. The old platform 2&3 were closed until a parcel concentration depot was built in the early
Myself, two mates and one brother are all railway modellers.
I owe 3 layouts and haven’t built any of them!!! (Expertise: sourcing equipment, Funding! & Baseboards)
My mate Alf could be classed as a Model Railway Guru. He has more track plans and ‘could have been’ ideas than Iain Rice, he has spent the last 12 years planning his HO American layout. He has all the timber, buildings, track, electrics, rolling stock, but hasn’t cut a single bit of timber yet! (Expertise: track
