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Inspired by a wonderful discussion in the "Theory of General Minories" Layout Design thread, I have decided to head once more unto the breach with a pre-grouping, Minories variant. This is not the first time I've tried to start one of these kinds of layouts, but this IS the first time I'm going to finish it come hell or high water. No selling off of stock, no burning baseboards for warmth - if I have to drag this layout kicking and screaming across gauge, scale and prototype changes - THIS IS THE ONE.

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Permanent Way

Pragmatism on Trackwork

The first axiom for this layout when it was proposed in the Theory of General Minories thread, was one of confined scope that would be achievable in a reasonable amount of time and still provide a degree of operational satisfaction.   Track and the Permanent Way in general fascinates me. I wonder if it is because so many of my layouts have never got past the track planning and laying phase that I've unconciously gravitated towards gleaning as much enjoyment as possible from that aspect
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Lacathedrale in Permanent Way

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Planning

Introducing La Belle Sauvage

As alluded to in a previous post, the refocusing of the Pre Grouping Minories plan to an SE&CR/SER/LCDR Prototype has its benefits, not least the huge amount of research that went into my original attempt at this project.   A rarely photographed corner of Holborn Viaduct   Track Plan Amendments The change of scope from LNWR to SECR demands very little change, for of course the layout was not prototypical but designed. For the track plan, the only potential amen
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Lacathedrale in Planning

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Planning

Returning to the ever-present inspiration - Belle Sauvage and the SECR

I have come to believe that having a connection to a railway that you're modelling is a key way to motivate yourself past the sticking points one often encounters during the construction of a layout. I have built several layouts, none of which have been my core interest, and none of which were able to captivate me beyond the initial period of excitement in them. I think for better or worse, the swing towards LNWR as a subject matter of this layout might have been some kind of unintentional self-
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Lacathedrale in Planning

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Signalling

Signalling: Why?

It's no secret that I have found a great deal of pleasure in talking with the frequent offenders of the 'Theory of General Minories' thread, one of the foremost contributors is @Harlequin, to whom I had the pleasure of sending some of the SECR stock from a prior layout attempt, via an ebay sale. He states an eloquent case in a completely unrelated Track Design & Layout Planning thread:      I think we have covered the track plan to a greater or lesser degree fairly well alre
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Lacathedrale in Signalling

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Baseboards

Baseboards

Baseboard Construction I've always thought of myself as fairly handy, but if there is one model railway task I have come to loathe it is baseboard construction. With that in mind I have happily outsourced the problem to Grainge and Hodder. They offer custom sizes in addition to those on their website, and so as per the Layout Plan entry, I have ordered them there - they are 100mm tall, 400mm wide (except the station boards, which are 450mm). I've built a traverser in the past, but having it
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Lacathedrale in Baseboards

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Planning

Layout Plan

Changelog: 2/12/21 - Initial Draft 3/12/21 - Removal of throat options 15/12/21 - Removal of track standards discussion from this entry   Overall View Minories is a small urban terminus layout designed by Cyril Freezer to promote TT Gauge, the arrangement of two facing branch crossovers permitting simultaneous arrival and departure to the station, and ensuring they must only navigate one reverse curve. My layout is a fairly as-wrote Minories, the only conce
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Lacathedrale in Planning

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