David Bigcheeseplant

It will be my first visit to Uckfield show on the Saturday then doing the Bluebell Railway on the Sunday so staying in Uckfield on Saturday night are there any decent real ale pubs in town or curry houses? David

The Down line was partly the old single line Wycombe Branch as well as a brand new up alinement there was a easing of the old line to form a new down line just north of Saunderton the old Wycombe line can still be seen between the new up and down lines a short cutting survives and if you look at OS maps the old line is clearly showing.

Thanks Mike I know when rebuilt in 1905 it was GWR lower quadrant changing to LNER upper quadrant in the grouping then changing back to WR tubular post in the late 50s maybe early 60s, I guess not all the signals were replaced at the same time. Although on the model I could go for replacement drop in signals if needed. Any more photos of the area I intend to model would be welcome.

Some more photos of the area I plan to model just showing the interesting trains that I can run including a J15 sunting a GWR brake van into the private siding, the white gate to the siding can be seen in the last photo. There is even a LNER upper quadrant signal I am not sure why it has too stop arms, one for Oxford and one for Watlington maybe! All this in six feet and for points. I have watched a video where a prairie tank on a two coach train leaves for Oxford while a a standard BR 2-6-2 is shunning on the rear line. David

With a time period from the 1920s to mid 60s there will be lots of stock that can be used, large prairie tanks with two coaches, or GWR streamlined railcars, auto coaches on the Watlington but not with auto locos so had to run round. then when passenger services stopped they used LNER J15s on the branch so will have those. and going to the diesel period Hymeks and D63XX. I will model platform 3 too so that opens up quite a bit more, although a King on a 12 coach train is not gonna fit in the fiddle yard!

Diesel railcars from Oxford and panniers with Autotrailers shared the same platform at the same time.

Are you going to join it to the Aylesbury layout? No this is a stand alone cameo layout .

I am thinking of building a cameo layout of Princes Risborough platform 4 For the Scalefour challenge . It was a bay platform where trains terminated from the Oxford and Watlington branches. There is also a gated private siding and a goods loop round the rear of the waiting room as per the attached photo. Total length of scenic area is 6 feet and the idea is that with a removable backscene could be viewed from either side. the fiddle yards would be 2.5 feet long using cassettes. With only four points it is quite compact, and there is plenty of different rolling stock that can be used. David

That's the sort I think I need, although it does not have the lab siding but its workable for me.

Yep That's my club, thinking of a project!

Yes I have the book, although published in the 70s is still quite useful, I also have both volumes of Wild Swans Watlington Branch. Lets just say I am working on a something cameo layout wise!

I was looking for something that shows the two lines of rails so I can scale.

There is but I was looking for something larger scale

I am looking for a track plan or Princes Risborough station sometime between the 1920s & early 1960s the bigger the better, I thought I had one but I cant seen to find anything with detail even on the OS maps David

Another photo, definitely not a signal box at Aylesbury as there was four proper boxes built from opening till closure

I have never seen a loco running with the piston rods moving through the front of the cylinders before. David

This is a MSLR box at Aylesbury non the London Extension although not in use as a signal box it defiantly is in design, I wonder where it came from. David

After drawing up Wycombe in Fusion 360 I have started to draw up Thame, both stations are built to the same design although the main differences are Thame has a wooden train shed. I had thought drawings original contract drawings for both were lost to time, although one elevation of Thame has been published, imagine my surprise when I managed to obtain copies of all the contract drawings of Thame showing plans and all the missing elevations. As originally drawn and constructed Thame had just one platform and a single road engine shed, as this is how I am drawing it up in 3D. David

The area there the railway passes over the A4010 between Saunderton and High Wycombe is called Pictonville, although the nameboards on the road now just say West Wycombe so maybe Pictonville would be a better name for you. David

I have added and revised parts of my talk since I did it last, There will be two parts the first and longer one on the line from Maidenhead to Wycombe and after a break the 1862-64 extensions to Thame, Oxford and Aylesbury. David

Starts at 7.30 I think it’s a couple of pounds entry

If you are still interested I have now obtained the original contract drawings of the station building from 1862 showing all dimensions. let me know if you want a copy and I will We-Transfer a copy over. David

I am doing a talk on the early years of the Wycombe Railway this Thursday at Bourne End community centre. If anyone is interested in coming along. I have managed to obtain some original Wycombe Railway drawings of the stations just yesterday which have never been seen or published before so I will put these into the talk.

I always draw in in model scale, but if you need to scale down can it not been done in the slicer software. David

I have not