Lower Road depot, or Grime Street board 4 starts......

Entry posted by Red Devil August 9, 2015

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Prior to the festival of model trams in July there was a rapid period of building to add a 'jointing board' to Andy Burrow's Florin Street layout, the two Leeds tram layouts live 250 miles apart so construction to join the two for inter running had a few minor difficulties but we did manage it and it will happen again (and better) in the future where the two layouts are in attendance. This involved building a double junction off the original layout (to the right hand end) and a small board to join the two layouts.

This has now given me the impetus to get my finger out on board 4 of Grime Street which will be based on the former Leeds City Transport depot at Hunslet, it's not a copy but based on.....

The picture below is Hunslet depot, it actually closed to trams pre WW2 even though the wiring remained for quite some time

As the depot was on Low Road, the model depot will be known as Lower Rd Depot.

In effect it'll be a series of loops, the majority of the depot not really being modelled but the front and side in low relief the loops connecting to the original layout at the rear in the hidden area, allowing cars to enter from the rear then be brought out into traffic from the front. A turning loop of Faller Road vehicle guide is planned allowing LCT buses to turn on the depot fan before returning back down Grime Street.

So far a fair bit of track has been constructed (but nowhere near fettled and finished) it includes some fairly complex stuff (for me!) including a single slip and a three way point, still lots to do but gives an idea

The tracks leading off to the right will still allow the joint board to be used and through running to Florin Street.

The pic below shows Snowblade 7 posed on the stand alone joint board, scenics on this will need reworking when board 4 comes into play.

The pic below shows the two layouts combined at the Festival, they have an approx 16ft frontage, with board 4 that'll take it up to 20ft and Andy has another one planned so a 24ft frontage joint Leeds tram layout is currently in the planning and building stage!