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Assembling a 21st Century Charter Train

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Modeling a Preserved Railway (just igore the 'railway' bit!)

IGNORE THE LAYOUT unfinished and very temporary! Time has been invested in rolling stock, and 'playing trains'! The Triang-era Station buildings and platforms are on the 'to replace' list The aim of these pics is to illustrate how I am attempting to achieve operational characteristics, cameos, and prototypical rolling stock of the preservation era, and how models of preserved railways need not be boring, nor are an excuse to 'run anything' (well not entirely!). Some of these items have been pres
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Model Railway Extreme Altitude Record

Scaling new heights; plumbing new depths – a maximum and minimum for a operating a model locomotive.

The Project Inspired by pictures of the Model Rail Sentinel Shunters in unusual locations a few years ago, and by the stories of ‘extreme ironing’ during the 2000s (underwater, atop mountains, on boats etc), my mind wandered to how I could contribute to getting model railway equipment in interesting locations. No content with just photographing, I was determined to go one further and run a locomotive as well. Unlike a robust ironing board, modern models are inherently delicate, and do not n

Bachmann A2 Cab Sloop Fix

Bachmann A2 – correcting the downward slope of the rear running plate/cab With my analysis winging its way to Bachmann, I am posting it here!   ****NOTE – this advice is offered in good faith – I will not promise that it will work in all cases and modelling skills, and take no responsibility for loss or damage (to person, limb, model or model value!) that may result. Some measurements (including thickness of plasticard, and amount of material removed) may require amendment for your part
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Taking your trainset overseas: hotel room railways

Faced with an extended-ish period working out of the UK, and aware of the relaxing properties of sitting by one’s own lineside with a whisky, I recently travelled with a fully operational set of model railway kit.   Pictured below is the setup in my hotel room (I won’t say where, but the eagle-eyed will note the UK-style G-type plugs, narrowing it down to somewhere in the world which uses those plugs!). If I may blow my own trumpet, I’m proud of my ingenuity – the track extends onto the ironin
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Various stock additions including a B4'd TPO!

An aside from my Mainline Charter Train. The advantages of jetlag and waking up at stupidly early hours is the ability to play without guilt! Such was the situation this morning, when having arrived back home after two months, and catching up from a 22 hour journey and 9hr time difference, I took the opportunity to explore the goodies that had accumulated during my absence (From a railway perspective, this absence was poorly timed; Not only did I miss Bluebell 50, but various long awaited model
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Railway Flight

Flew 'up north' today, originally wanted to get to Shildon for C1 Atlantic launch, but logistics from Durham Tees Valley and timing from my pilot were difficult. Instead passed some other interesting railway sites (also some now historic pics of Didcot from 2012...):     National Railway Museum - South Yard in foreground (or is it really a contender for 'how realistic are your models...)     National Railway Museum - Great Hall. A Class 55 Deltic (presumably KOYLI) lurking outside the
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From the old forum

To go back to the begining: It started with a WCRC Mk1 MetCam Pullman 99348 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=41337
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Mk2a TSO BR Maroon: new fleet addition

Midnight Hour, and the latest addition to the charter rake has just been lined and numbered. Repainted BR Maroon from NSE, the coach is based on the SRPS Mk2a 5412. Since my aim is for a 'generic' rake, I have not gone to the trouble of trying to get SRPS decals. Strange to think that, or so my research suggest, this coach is the only Maroon Mk2a TSO in mainline service. Others are either Mk2s or in different liveries!   Here's the prototype: http://oliverashmole.fotopic.net/p53073681.html
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Mainline Charter set

Well, the 21st Century Mainline charter set had its first outing earlier this week behind Tornado As posted in the 'Tornado' (Bachmann) thread, here's a video of the entire 13-coach rake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTBEKXQChTA   Rolling stock highlights included: the SRPS Mk2a TSO     the WCRC Maroon Mk1 Pullman 99348   Hornby Pullman Ibis as preserved by VSOE. Spare Hornby Gresley bogies were obtained from East Kent Models (the 'heavy' type with two rivet rows above the axle b
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"Layout" developments

Heritage Railway Centre developments.   First things first, having obtained a couple of Bargain Mk1s over the last few months, I thought it was time I did something with them, namely putting them in a 'stored awaiting restoration' state . The 'Last' Regional Railways Mk1 BSK 35452 was sheeted over (rather wasting my reasonable efforts to replicate the patch painting and OHL flashes the real thing had at the time of retirement, but saving the need to weather it!)     an Intercity BG, with
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Tube Stock Barrier/Translator Vehicle REA (VDA)

I don't particularly like hacking around with brand new models. However with a source of rejected Bachmann EWS VDA bodies, there was an opportunity, without irreversibly damaging a new model, to create an REA Tube barrier vehicle used for stock transfers for refurbishment or scrap moves (or in my case a railway centre transfer with a preserved silver 4-car '59 stock (not shown)!). During the 1990s EWS liveried REAs were used on on Northern Line Scrap runs so the use of EWS livery vans is prototy
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Creating new detail variants of Hornby Castle Class

As models are becoming ever more detailed, and different detail variations are captured by the manufacturers, modelling the particular prototype you want, and as correct as it can be, can be increasingly difficult, especially when classes have significant variations in details throughout their lives or production.   For me this was the case with the Hornby Castle. I had originally wanted 5051 Earl Bathurst single chimney with a Hawksworth Tender, and 7029 Clun Castle double chimney wit
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