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Now has a name - Cadwell Moor

Matthew Cousins

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Having been spotted on RMWeb by a fellow rail artist Craig Tiley, my outdoor layout got featured in RM by him, which was very flattering considering that the railway is still a work in progress.

Anyway, Craig asked what the name of the railway was and I hadn't really thought of one, so came up with my old spotting location of Cadwell plus a description of Moor, which I suppose goes with the rugged viaduct and heathers?

Have had a couple of recent running sessions with some visiting locos.

 

The Devon Belle seems to have got itself diverted onto my patch of the LNER This is a Golden Age model and is superb, but I didn't seem to have enough amps running to power it properly, which was a pity.

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Also a stray E4 and C2X seem to to have wandered my way.

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The C2X and E4 are radio controlled and worked well - made very nicely by Malcolm Saker, who has got a nice weathered tone and colour to them.

Returning to the LNER here are a couple more pics of my stock, The blue A3 expertly painted by Colin Tyler is a modified Sunset model and the Royal Claud is a Mallard model by an unknown maker.

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steve22

Like many of us, no doubt, I saw this in the RM and recognised you, Mr. Cousins, Sir.  Impressive layout and some lovely locos and stock.  We get used to reading that 'each square represents a square foot' on layout plans; it made me smile to see that on your garden layout each square represented a whole square metre.  Some size - it must be great fun, especially watching expresses flash by and slow freights trundle along.  

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Rob Pulham

Hi Matthew,

 

The garden looks great, I especially like the Claud!. It was great to meet up with you at Kidderminster last weekend.

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Matthew Cousins

Hi Matthew,

 

The garden looks great, I especially like the Claud!. It was great to meet up with you at Kidderminster last weekend.

Thanks for the kind comments and good to meet you too.

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Matthew Cousins

Like many of us, no doubt, I saw this in the RM and recognised you, Mr. Cousins, Sir.  Impressive layout and some lovely locos and stock.  We get used to reading that 'each square represents a square foot' on layout plans; it made me smile to see that on your garden layout each square represented a whole square metre.  Some size - it must be great fun, especially watching expresses flash by and slow freights trundle along.  

Thanks for the kind comment Steve, but so far the track still needs more fettling to cope with express speeds! Freights do trundle quite nicely though!

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vonmarshall

Not sure if you ever visit this page anymore Matthew, but just had to say I have read and re-read the article in Railway Modeller many times.

 

Your choice of a simple oval, landscaping, plants and LNER Pacifics is perfect.

 

One day I hope to build myself a little piece of perfection in my garden.

 

I do hope the railway is still running.

 

New photos or even a video would be lovely!

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