RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 18/10/2019 at 22:06, Moggs Eye said: Holland Beck set up and ready for the exhibition opening tomorrow. I hope to see some of you there, from what I saw this evening there are some cracking layouts on show. Look what I had to put up opposite the DEMU stand It was a good show and good to meet Ben at long last. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Hi, it was really good to see Holland Beck in the flesh, so as to speak, and to meet you. It's a cracking wee model! Roja 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 Holland Beck will be heading North to Jarrow and the Perth Green exhibition next weekend. As part of the preparations I have been making sure the Humber Logistics Services industrial shunter are happy on the exchange sidings. The Ruston runs beautifully, even on my average track. Hopefully I'll see some of you up there. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) Despite the menace of you-know-what the Perth Green (Jarrow) Model Railway Exhibition last weekend was a chilled, very pleasant event. The folk up there were very warm and friendly so the Holland Beck crew had a fine time up there. We did end up being backed into a corner of a small room surrounded my narrow gauge layouts, leading to the revelation that 009 modellers don't in fact bite and have a great sense of humour. Thanks for your company, lads. A view down Carnival Bank as a 156 heads towards Barton. Some odd photographic stuff means both red lights on the crossing appear to be illuminated together. The signalling equipment at Holland Beck Ground Frame. 60007 gets away with a trip working to Immingham after picking up the single line token from the crossing keeper. Humberside Police pointing the way to a decent cup of tea for the downed Army Air Corps pilot. As 47744 trundles in with the empties for the brickworks, ex-army Ruston 802 waits to pick them up. Edited March 18, 2020 by Moggs Eye 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 18/03/2020 at 21:18, Moggs Eye said: Despite the menace of you-know-what the Perth Green (Jarrow) Model Railway Exhibition last weekend was a chilled, very pleasant event. The folk up there were very warm and friendly so the Holland Beck crew had a fine time up there. We did end up being backed into a corner of a small room surrounded my narrow gauge layouts, leading to the revelation that 009 modellers don't in fact bite and have a great sense of humour. Thanks for your company, lads. A view down Carnival Bank as a 156 heads towards Barton. Some odd photographic stuff means both red lights on the crossing appear to be illuminated together. The signalling equipment at Holland Beck Ground Frame. 60007 gets away with a trip working to Immingham after picking up the single line token from the crossing keeper. Humberside Police pointing the way to a decent cup of tea for the downed Army Air Corps pilot. As 47744 trundles in with the empties for the brickworks, ex-army Ruston 802 waits to pick them up. Great set of pictures here!! Looking forward to another update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted May 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2021 Very nice article in the Modeller: I particularly liked your “Single Line Operations” section. Well done. Paul. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clogger Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Nice to see this layout in Railway Modeller. Well done especially for the part about single line working. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Yes, read it while eating my lunch, and the descriptions of ‘signalling’ and how you’ve integrated that into the layout definitely take it way above the bar. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 Hi, Thanks for the comments on the magazine article. As much as it's nice to see pictures of your layout in the magazine, and Paul Bason did an excellent job with them, the hardest part is trying to get across, in words, a flavour of what the layout is all about. The editorial team did chop the wording around, which means some of it doesn't make as much sense, particularly at the beginning of the article, but it's their product. I do appreciate the comments about the single line working. I've always been convinced that good operation is the heart of a decent exhibition layout and I enjoy operating prototypically, even if the timetable is a little hectic for a sleepy branch line. (Barton gets one train every two hours at the moment!) Really I ought to get the thing set up and have a running session, I'm missing driving my trains! Cheers, Ben. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 Waiting for the train at Holland Beck this afternoon at the Boston exhibition. 153382 is on a Lincoln to Barton service. Humber Logistics Services locomotive number 2 rumbles over the Beck. 31466 waits on the headshunt, presumably while the crew has a brew with the crossing keeper, while a Lincoln bound 153 halts at the platform. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) The Holland Beck team enjoyed a pleasant exhibition at Caistor in Lincolnshire this weekend. This was the first time I had exhibited it anywhere to its supposed location on the South Bank of the River Humber and a few locals were a little perplexed how they had never passed through Holland Beck or enjoyed a meal at the Black Cat pub! It was good to see so many folk supporting the club by turning out for a visit. The layout behaved itself, which was more than could be said for the operators, particularly the pro-celebrity team who took over Sunday afternoon. Thanks to the Caistor club for the invitation and for their usual friendly show. 47744 gets the road with a trip working to Immingham. The same train seen having just picked up the single line token from the crossing keeper. A class 153 bound for Barton from Lincoln slows down for its stop at Holland Beck. With Carnival Bank level crossing activated the service is about to depart. I'm not sure why they would put a 60 on a trip working like this, but here is 60065 fouling the level crossing while its driver has a chat with the crossing keeper. A track maintenance team ignore the Lincoln train, the Gazelle helicopter is much more interesting. The next exhibition outing for us will be at Howden in March. Have fun. Edited October 24, 2021 by Moggs Eye 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 We're looking forward to taking Holland Beck to the Carlton Railway Society's exhibition in Howden next weekend, March the 19th and 20th. I have decided to acknowledge the RAF's history by allowing their centenary Class 156 onto the branch. See you in Howden. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 Holland Beck is journeying well beyond the borders of Lincolnshire in November when we head to Cumbria for the Workington show. https://sites.google.com/view/solrail/2023-exhibition?fbclid=IwAR2SypPzo82d9WYlB-mHmJw6pQt_wSSyzUjUWIIyq36h8Mg8E9zHM9NxByE Since I last posted there have been some alterations at the fiddle yard end to make the layout a little more interesting to operate. An overall view of the layout with the new industrial area hiding the single line fiddle yard. 37114 positioning the first wagons into the new building. The dockyard shunter having a break between duties. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 I haven't had a great deal of spare time for modelling of late, but have been working on converting a Hornby Class 153 into a Network Rail track inspection unit. The finished unit is seen on Holland Beck at the Lincoln show today. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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