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I know i was shocked i find them very interesting i have previously bought books that are local to me in East Yorkshire on various railways and they were expensive to purchase couldn't believe how cheap they were

Hi Halvarras That maybe one of the books that I have coming in the next few days :) Kind regards Ed

Hi John Thank you I have since ordered the book off Amazon :) looking forward to getting it :) Ed

Hi Stu I haven't seen that but thank you I will have a look through :) Ed

Hi John Thank you for replying and it is lovely around there is a 7 hour journey for us but always try to get on the trial. I have found a couple through that notorious auction website and I have previously built n gauge locomotives along as I have plans and photos I'm happy to give a good representation. Thank you I'll see if I can find a book on LSWR locos. I would like to run an 0-6-0 tender loco as I do have a bit of a soft spot for these. Don't make things easy for myself haha 😆 😅 🤣 Thank you for the links as well :) Ed

Hi All After recently enjoying a couple of weeks in Cornwall and cycling along the camel train. I have found my next project until I have the space to undertake a larger project. As many I was fascinated by the images of the locomotives squeezing between the houses at Hellandbridge and after purchasing a few books on the prototype I have set my mind on building a small space model of a Halt and a couple of sidings at Hellandbridge to the rear of the houses. I'm aware that there was a small siding there. But I'd like to think of it as a might of been The model will be in n gauge and will be set about 1910/12. My questions is what kind of locomotives other than the beattie well tank, Adams and the 02 are common. But can anyone suggest or think of any other locomotives that could potentially run on the line?? I'm happy to scratch build or kit bash and also have access to a 3D printer which isn't a problem. Thank you in advance for any help Kind regards

Just thinking out loud but would the railway have bought ex petrol auto cars or ex steam powered rail cars?

Im struggling with that atm can't decide between either of them tbh looking around for inspiration atm

Thank you for that ill have to have a look at the locomotives I intend to use for the scheme and see what locomotives I can in theory use on the line. Rolling stock can be pretty much anything.

I have been contemplating that my plan is to use one of the larger towns to produce a small/town or remote settlement look I have a space that's 12ft x 3ft but with some clever breaks/ veiw blockers and forced perspective I'm hoping it will work im looking at either Portree or Dunvegan as an early idea but I'm open to suggestions.

Hi Guys Thanks for all your comments your firing out some great ideas in terms of locomotives and where to gain information. I must admit I do have a thing for 0-6-0 tender locomotives and having had a look through i have a couple of locomotive drawings for Hull and Barnsley locomotives that where scrapped in the 1913 so as a back story the purchased a couple of the E class. I'm thinking of the terriers and possibly a sentianl as I am a big fan of those and possibly my own take on some of the colonel steven designs. In answer to the question the line planned was 52 miles long so maybe some slightly larger locomotives would be a good choice i assumed that light railways had a weight limit but i imagine it's more to do with speed restrictions. But some 2-4-0 would be a good choice. The plan is to run the line at around the 1919/1920 Mark with the Isle of Skye having its own livery of locos, rolling stock etc probably a sky blue colour representing the nature of the island. If anyone has any thought would be greatly appreciated as I am quite excited about this idea.

Evening Everyone After looking for inspiration for a while for my next layout and fliting between ideas I think I have settled on an idea thanks to the plan of the month in Railway modeller. My plan is to design and build my layout based upon a station on the unbuilt ilse of skye line however my idea is to assume that they built the line as a standard gauge light railway with a train ferry connection to the mainland to reduce handling. (due to the current stock that I posses and have no need intention or changing scale) My question is are they any plans of buildings/bridges or track plans of the proposed line for ideas? My other one is what kind of standard gauge locomotives would be used on a light railway. I'm aware of a few such as 0-6-0, 0-4-0 and the odd rail car but what other standard gauge could be used? Would some small tender locomotives such as a J21 or something of that size be acceptable?? The plan is to produce my own stock and wagons in my own livery for the railway. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you in advance. Thanks Ed

I recently bought a class 20 and i have just started running it today using a standard new gaugemaster controller. The locomotive runs then cuts out and there is some smoke coming from it? Does anybody know what this could be and i havent got a receipt for the locomotive as the shop printer was broken. Would Bachmann acceot this?? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated

Hi Mick Thank you for that i havent seensome of those before i am currently looking through my books to find more information etc on the wagons and coaches etc. There seems to be a vast amount on the coaching stock. Kind regards

Mick Thank you for that i will keep scouring, i have just bought the volume 2 of thr H&BR which has a number of wagon pictures Are there any pictures of the fish trucks or drawing i have a couple of the flat timber bolster wagons plans Thank you for the help kind regards