N Gauge ??“ Privatisation.
This is my first attempt at both N gauge and modern traction. The main reason for building the layout was that a large retailer was selling Dapol Freightliner 66's for ??39, which turned out to be an expensive loco as it ran well and I decided I needed somewhere to run it. I also wanted to see if it was possible to have a reliable shunting layout in N, something that I haven't seen since the late Andy Calvet's 'Nether Stowey', I ran that for an afternoon and it ran just as well as the best 4mm layouts.
The layout is based on an article in the February 2008 Railway Modeller, entitled 'moderN micro' by Paul A Lunn where he describes a small freight railhead and loco repair works. I've altered the track plan a little, added a loop and doubled the length by adding a yard at one end, so not exactly as Paul intended, but I'm sure he would recognize it if he saw it.
I have used only RTR loco??™s and stock from Farish and Dapol weathered and fitted with DG couplings. Track is Peco code 55, buildings are either scatchbuilt or American kits. Portacabins are from Knightwing, containers are Farish and Dapol and the road vehicles are Herpa and Wiking. The backscene is made up from photographs taken around the railway on Teesside.
Control is DCC, originally I used a Bachmann Dynamis but it proved so unreliable that I bought a cheap basic Bachmann DCC controller and this works perfectly. Mr.S.Corn fitted most of the chips including the 08 which was a bit tricky and the Dapol 66 which was not designed for DCC.
WagRep is featured in the August 2009 Railway Modeller.
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