Normski7

A typical operation could be : 1. Loco’s being fired in the shed area 2. Bring one or two off shed and send up to water & coaling area 3. Use a station pilot to bring stock out of the carriage siding and into station 4. Move station pilot to goods line 5. Bring a loco from coaling and turn it on the turntable 6. Bring the 2nd loco down to the coaches in the station 7. Send the turned loco up the line to work a train travelling in the opposite direction 8. Take a train to Westcombe Junction from main station 9. Bring the 2nd back from Westcombe Junction 10. Run the loco around its coaches in Main Station ready for another turn

Hi Nick, The main station allows me to operate exactly as you would see on a preserved railway, ive added isolated sections to the coaling area and both sheds to allow multiple locos to be stored there and move them around as and when i need to. I can also isolate the coaling area to the diesel depot and use a 2nd controller to move things around up there whilst the main controller 1 moves trains between the main station and westcombe junction. I will be able to have up to 6 loco’s with stock on the preserved line at any one time but only be able to move 2 at once. For example i could send a train to westcombe junction from the main station and another from station 3 to westcombe at the same time. I am intending to put a water tower at station 3 for a bit of realism too so loco’s can be watered at either end of the preserved line

Thanks, i wanted best of both worlds with this layout, i love preserved steam railways and wanted to have my own to operate but thought i would miss twin track loop running so i added the upper mainlines to work with. I am very pleased with it so far

Finally Royal Scot runs around its stock and prepares to take the next train out to Westcombe Junction

Royal Scot emerges from Corner Tunnel and runs down to towards the Station the enters Platform 1 Camelot then departs with its own train

Hinderton Hall emerges from Corner Tunnel and enters Westcombe Junction Shortly after “Royal Scot” departs Westcombe Junction in the opposite direction

Bit of operational fun GWR Hall “Hinderton Hall” sits ready to depart at Platform 1 and BR Standard 5 “Camelot” has just arrived at the head of its train having just come off shed Hinderton Hall then departs and heads up to towards Corner Tunnel

My Layout is DC analogue as it would be too expensive to upgrade my collection to DCC

Good advice, thank you, i have always enjoyed following other peoples layouts in this area and some are also building from scratch so i thought this was the correct place to do it

This Layout allows me operate the preserved railway with a variety of loco’s and stock whilst running trains on the mainline around the twin track loop. That also means i can run mainline steam specials on there and bring them off the mainline into Westcombe Junction then on to Station 1, just like the real thing. I have many preserved steam loco’s to use on the line with creative licence, some of which are mercig studio weathered. I have several coach sets to use as well just like the Severn Valley Railway has. Some of my loco’s are scrapped examples so i will be using them as restored home fleet loco’s The stations on the preserved line are built for 6 carriages plus loco but if i do some gala style running i can use 7 coaches at a squeeze The coach sets i have are : 1. GWR Colletts 2. BR Choc & Cream Mk1’s 3. BR Maroon Mk1’s 4. LMS Staniers 5. LNER Teaks 6. Pullmans 7. BR blood & custard Mk1’s The diesel depot is small and i dont own many diesels but id like to add to it Station 1 is loosely based on Kidderminster on the SVR and Station 2 Westcombe Junction is loosely based on Bewdley also on the SVR Please feel free to comment or give feedback or ask questions When i start the scenery i will be using the techniques on Richard from Everard Junction as i think his scenic work is fabulous

Station 3 has no name yet but i have started planning the trackwork this is a work in progress

This will be the viaduct area beyond Westcombe Junction, the mainline and mainline connection incline will be hidden behind a backscene with the viaduct dominating this scenic section with a canal and river underneath it

The Control Panels they need finishing with laminated diagram and signal controls they also require frames and cable tidying

Station 2 Westcombe Junction