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Lovely layout and fantastic models and modelling, the detail is superb

Thanks Clive for your encouraging comments, much appreciated and thanks to everyone who has liked the various photos so far.

Sheer class Kieran, a blast from the past as a reminder of the cement traffic at Adelaide

Thank you for your comment on the layout saxokid, much appreciated

A Class 40 powers past the terrace houses with a service to Aberdeen. A Class 25 heads in the opposite direction with a service from Dundee and is about to pass the Class 24 with a parcels service for Great Queen Street. All services are seen passing the church and more terrace houses in the foreground. This area of the layout is still in build mode, with the back scene pretty much complete with occupied and derelict housing, while in front of the church and houses, footpaths etc are required, while a bus depot opposite the church is also planned.

Hi Kevin Well I have got the thread back and have not had any problems so far, but do not have a clue how it happened! I don’t have a pc, so I done what you suggested on my phone, not expecting any success! The ones I tried were not on expanded, but when I went into the exhibition layout thread, again it wasn’t on expanded, I put it on to expanded and tried it with no joy, took it off expanded again and tried it and hey presto, I could access the layout thread again! So no idea how it happened, but at least I didn’t have to go through every single thread! Andy

A Class 27 is at the head of MK1 coaching stock with a service to Fort William, passing a Class 101 DMU with a service from Stirling. In the background is an invacar production factory. The cameraman managed to get a front and tail end view without trespassing on the line! And a side view of the same trains from the safety of the meadow!

What an awe inspiring layout, absolutely stunning in every aspect. Going to take me a while to get through all 169 pages, but looking forward to doing so!

Superb thread and superb modelling, and in 3mm to boot! Really enjoyed the cover story,, the realism you have achieved is brilliant

It’s the early 1970s and a North British Class 29 trundle’s into Great High Street goods yard with a short freight. Both locomotive and yard are in their final year of existence and will soon be confined to history. In the foreground, a Class 24 has been shunting some empty wagons for its own departure very shortly. Loose coupled freight was also coming to an end! Andy

Glasgow Great Queen Street Having got some great information from members on the forum about the type of locomotives and stock that would be found in Glasgow Queen Street in the early 70s, and having always been a fan of the BR blue/grey era, I decided to do a fictitious layout, using my already partly built Irish themed layout based on Belfast Great Victoria Street, the original that closed in 1976, hence the Great in the name! Obviously, a lot of modellers licence will be in use, but hopefully a feel of the time can be created! The terminus station is in rebuild mode, the overall roof not surviving a relocation move! Below are a couple of photos of blue/grey stock from the early 70s. More photos and updates will follow, although if it is anything like my Irish themed thread, it will be somewhat sporadic! A Class 27 heads the recently introduced push/pull service from Glasgow to Edinburgh, passing a Class 40 with Mk1 stock heading to Glasgow from Aberdeen.

Always enjoy your videos Kieran, a unique wee wagon

Nice mixture of stock Kieran, just as it was back then

Ahh thanks Kevin, I will give that a try and hopefully get some success Andy

Thanks, but not on expanded and still the same problem. Strangely, I can access the sub thread exhibition layouts and all the other threads in that section, but not the main layout thread. No problems with any of the other sub forums either. Andy

Hi all Last few days I have been unable to access the above thread on my phone, I just get a blank screen. Every other thread I have went into has been fine and if I sign out and go to the thread as a guest, I can get the topics and be able to view them! Any ideas?

Nice job Kieran

Thanks Joseph, yes a forward view in a DMU was something special!

Thanks again GordonC, your input to the thread has been invaluable, really enjoying the conversations and learning about the history of the railways around Glasgow

Once again many thanks for your detailed response and information Legend . You are certainly keeping me well informed. The book sounds like one right up my street, I will have a look about for a copy. Blue electric trains taking directly over from steam, that is some transformation! A thought of a blue electric train beside a steam locomotive under electric power lines just sounds incredible to me!

Thanks Matt and pH for your detailed information and links, greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the info and link JeremyC

Thank you very much Type 2, much appreciated and very informative. Thanks for the NLS link, great following the railway lines on it that were once there. Am I right in thinking that Buchanan Street was also a terminus station and that the line met the line out of Queen Street in the tunnel?

Wow, thanks, I didn’t think Paisley was that big!

Anyway, going off topic myself, was St Enoch a through or terminus station. I know the lines north went to Queens Street, I assume those south went to Central? One of the NIR 70 class sets also received that Sealink livery! I have heard about these blue trains, was there something special about them