Leaving the station "67"

12/11/2014

With that time of the year approaching and the festive season on its way it is hard to ignore the fact that new year is drawing near and if you are like me still no plans so when this time arrives a layout emerges having 240x60cm to play with and a laptop at my side i was quickly engaged and the brakes soon let go of the rails and my mind was off,the reason for it being called leaving the station is due to my love of the bath green park terminus and my many hours of simulators,messing about in the fiddle yard and the exit towards templecombe has always kept me interested and in the goods and the management of trains and less towards passenger services.Due to this i have been dragged into the interesting aspect of late br steam and the tired under maintained engines pulling trains not suited to the classes employed this mixed bag of locos leads to an interesting array of locos scenarios and arrangement of locos that otherwise would be thought as odd in any other period.

The layout comprises of a two track main line with double slip allowing access to a branch line and a goods yard/scrap yard,I am focusing on the scenic aspect and also will be adding drop in sections to cycle the locos at shows other features included will be a simple light weight construction comprising of 3x2 support beams holding a thin mdf board the legs will also be made of 3x2 frames that will act as a coffin if the layout attends shows.The layout will be a dc powered layout as i do not enjoy the dcc experience ,I am in ict and so do not enjoy its presents in my hobby constantly.Also i believe dc holds grater challenge and more teamwork between you and your assistant which in this case is not glamorous.The track i aim to use use is peco streamlined code 100 as it is rather readily available and it is also less expensive than its Hornby equivalent and looks stunning in comparison,Power will be supplied by a rather old power supply "if it works" and a dummy 12 volt power supply running the points signals and lights.

My aim for the project is to be completed by next November before warley so i can go shopping for locos rolling stock and a better power supply.I would like to thank you for reading this item and hope you continue to read unfortunately i believe there will be limited content for a while while finances are sorted out and when this is achieved this concept will turn into a physical form thanks /jon/