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A Workers platform

Ian Holmes

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So, quite unsurprisingly after the previous post I disappeared into the basement and into the model railway room to work on the layout The idea of a workman's halt really appealed to me so I set to on the project. Mostly it was a "make it up as you go along" project using embossed styrene sheets I had to hand. The working out and building of the structure grabbed my attention so much that other than a trip up to the kitchen for a cuppa (which actually was two trips as the first time I switched the kettle on and went back down to work forgetting about my brew and made a second trip an hour later) I stayed working on the project until it was done. Five hours later.

Enough talk. What does it look like?

Like I said it was a make it up project. It was built mainly on memories of timber platformed halts on the Cambrian coast line and other old pictures lodged in my memory. Despite that I think it looks quite convincing and once painted, and with some extra details will really fit in quite well I think.

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DonB

Not being conversant with Cambrian Coast lines, Can I ask:-

 

1. how did the workers access the platform?

It appears that they would have to walk up the ramp, so does that imply a barrow-type crossing at that point?

 

2. was it recognised practice to effectively block-off one end of the platform with a shelter?

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Ian Holmes

The model was inspired by structures on the Cambrian coast line. How people accessed the platforms of those stations really has no bearing on my model. But as the railway line on the coast there runs between the beach and the main road (I forget the number, I used to know it)  then the platform is accessed from all directions. Walking up the platform ramp is not an uncommon way to get on the platform there.

The structure blocking off on end is one of those things I've seen a photo of but can't remember where. It just fits the space on the layout well. That's all. Like I say, If it looks right it is right.

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sparks

The shelter at the end is not unlike the Wentworth Avenue terminus of the Staten Island Railway

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