Show us yours - Realistic modelling

[Broadoak]

 

The Talbot Valley Rail Road 60 tonner #43 once belonged to Bethlehem Steel where she worked in a steel mill. Now she has exchanged heavy industry for the relative quiet of switching cars in a forestry environment since she was purchased by the TVRR. She is seen in the west yard at Benson with a Rock Island wooden gondola.

Photos Peter M

 

Peter M

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by Broadoak
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[brylonscamel]

Meanwhile, on the coast, the weather has turned 'dreich' ...

 

[Baggies1961]

EWS liveried Class 37417 sits in the station siding.

[Andrew P]

Seven Mills resident Shunter, No 08173 moves a Warwell near the old disused Station.

[Broadoak]

Three more visitors to Benson, all from the same railroad, The Bangor & Aroostook, but all with different liveries.

 

 

First up is the most modern being an EMD GP 38 #83 in a dark blue with yellow lettering and silver trucks, seen rolling over the crossing into the west yard at Benson.

 

 

Next is an EMD GP7 #60 in red, grey and black with white stripes and silver trucks, with a cut of loaded pulpwood cars.

 

 

The last is another EMD GP7 #562 wearing a blue and white scheme with yellow stripes and silver trucks, she is seen switching loaded pulpwood cars in Benson east yard.

 

Photos by Andy Knott

 

Peter M

[Les1952]

 

Early morning at NO PLACE opencast screens as a hired-in Class 08 shunts the screens.

 

Les

[chuffinghell]

 

[Andrew P]

Crompton, 33012 runs through Seven Mills from Seven Up Junction to Dore End.

[Les1952]

Early morning at Furtwangen Ost.  Clean brewery wagons inhabit the loading dock.

 

 

 

from my now-sold N-gauge layout.

 

Les

 

[P.C.M]

Llanbourne arrivals.

47636 arrives on a train from Euston. 

45141 arrives on a trans Pennine service from Holyhead.

[Broadoak]

Another visitor to Benson this time a 2400 HP Alco RSD15 # 2403, they were available as either a high or low hood. Rail fans dubbed the low short hood version “Alligators” The loco featured is owned by the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad, a short line in Michigan.

Popular with rail fans if not the railroads themselves as only 75 were built.

 

 

Photos by Andy Knott

 

Peter M

[chuffinghell]

A bit more going on at the goods shed

 

 

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by chuffinghell

[Giles]

4mm radio control Bedford TK, as featured in BRM last year

 

 

 

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, Giles said:

4mm radio control Bedford TK, as featured in BRM last year

 

 

 

That's lovely. Hard to find anything in that photo that says it's a 4mm scale model and not the real thing!

 

 

[SDJR7F88]

A short running session featuring one of my Bachmann Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway 7F Class 2-8-0s, No. 53810, edited with real sound. 
Sounds are provided by preserved class members from my sound collection, captured at various Gala and Preserved Railways over the past few years.
Here we see No. 53810 in BR late black, with typical weathered finished, hauling a short goods train.
Hope you enjoy!

 

[Andrew P]

The Sun is shining this morning as I look over the Mills Lane Bridge and see 25054 and 40007 in Bridge End Sidings.

 

Edited April 23, 2021 by Andrew P

[Les1952]

Not one of mine, this time, though I  added the hedge and grass in the foreground. The line between the hedge and the fence is a baseboard join.

 

 

Stanley Terrace was built by the late Trevor Webster as an entry in the N-gauge Society's annual model making competition.  It won.  When we built "Rise Park" Trevor gifted a number of his winning buildings as well as making some new ones.  The yard that was attached to the right of Stanley Terrace originally was relocated to the front of the layout, and a different yard (also a Buildings Cup winner) added to the end- the one that can just be seen.  The brewery in the background was built specially for the layout, but I can't remember whether by Trevor or Geoff Warren.

 

The original of this terrace stood in Newark on Trent, behind Northgate Station.  The two-storey row opposite still stands.

 

Les

 

 

 

 

Edited April 23, 2021 by Les1952
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[Broadoak]

 

A night time visitor this time a Green Bay & Western Alco RS27 #316 seen passing the grade crossing next to the store at Benson’s west yard.

Photo by Andy Knott

 

Peter M

[Mike_Walker]

1 hour ago, Broadoak said:

 

A night time visitor this time a Green Bay & Western Alco RS27 #316 seen passing the grade crossing next to the store at Benson’s west yard.

Photo by Andy Knott

 

Peter M

That is superb.  Hard to decide whether it's a model or the real thing.

 

[Broadoak]

Thanks Mike but to be honest all I supplied was the place to run Andy's model.

He photo shopped the image I seem to remember, it was some time ago.

 

Regards Peter M

Edited April 23, 2021 by Broadoak
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[Captain Kernow]

19 hours ago, SDJR7F88 said:

A short running session featuring one of my Bachmann Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway 7F Class 2-8-0s, No. 53810, edited with real sound. 
Sounds are provided by preserved class members from my sound collection, captured at various Gala and Preserved Railways over the past few years.
Here we see No. 53810 in BR late black, with typical weathered finished, hauling a short goods train.
Hope you enjoy!

 

Hi Callum,

 

That looks really good and the whole setting seems very 'North Somerset'.

 

The only thing that would further enhance the scene, in my view, is some line-side fencing, because the immediate railway environs just seem a little too open?

 

[gwrrob]

Castle class 5071 Spitfire heads west with an express in the spring of '47.

 

[Cowley 47521]

A bit of black and white 20th century action...

 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Cowley 47521

[Andrew P]

So a bit of Tractor power in the form of 37206 in Bridge End Sidings.

[Captain Kernow]

The 'Planet' diesel has arrived at Bethesda yard off the light railway and is picking up a van from the goods shed siding: