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I was involved in the building of Regent Road - Chris Hewitts model based on Bramley Moor and the LOR switchback - the only place the overhead came to ground.

 

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=53.4263&lon=-3.0017&layers=168&right=BingHyb

 

If we'd have had DCC in those days it would have been fantastic to have multiple pugs shutting back and forth on the coal railway - we had to wire it for conventional controllers and it was "fun" switching the point crossings and this limited the operation a bit - still fun though !

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1 hour ago, beast66606 said:

I was involved in the building of Regent Road - Chris Hewitts model based on Bramley Moor and the LOR switchback - the only place the overhead came to ground.

 

 

 

Thanks for your comments and for following this project.   Yes, I remember Regent Road well.   I have the magazine articles and some video too.    The High Level Coal Railway was a great place.

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Did you know MDHB 26 is preserved at the Ribble Steam Railway? Photos here: https://ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/steam/avonside-1810-1918-m-d-h-b-no-26/

 

Similar to the Merseyside Museums loco which is sadly off display.  I may have a postcard of this. I'm still interested in the origin & fate of the little Barclay loco.

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4 hours ago, Dava said:

Did you know MDHB 26 is preserved at the Ribble Steam Railway? Photos here: https://ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/steam/avonside-1810-1918-m-d-h-b-no-26/

 

Similar to the Merseyside Museums loco which is sadly off display.  I may have a postcard of this. I'm still interested in the origin & fate of the little Barclay loco.

 

Thanks, and I know the card you mentioned.  The Barclay was Efficient, I  think, and it too is at the Ribble Railway.

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8 hours ago, Stephenwolsten said:

Photo courtesy of Tony Robertson's Flickr site, photographed at a Southport Model Railway Show.

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That must have been Herculaneum Dock's first visit to Southport in 2002, long before the LOR was added to it. I had to squash Brunswick shed a bit to squeeze it into the corner of the layout and it now gives us something of an operating problem as we can't see which locos are in there.

We do also have a 7mm kit for this loco.295129120_06-09blpaintedsmall.jpg.74717019a0868c49d6843cd94d3fa141.jpg

photo by Ian Rathbone who painted this one.

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