This must be vintage - a layout from 1946

[tc]

Partly for interest but also because it's looking for a good home, The MRC has been asked to find a buyer for this layout:

 

https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/news/75-year-old-model-railway-for-sale

 

Vintage O gauge layout for sale - The Model Railway Club - for details

 

[Paul H Vigor]

2 hours ago, tc said:

Partly for interest but also because it's looking for a good home, The MRC has been asked to find a buyer for this layout:

 

https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/news/75-year-old-model-railway-for-sale

 

Vintage O gauge layout for sale - The Model Railway Club - for details

 

Very much a museum piece. Could do with some sensitive TLC/informed conservation. Hints of Madder Valley inspiration? 

[kevinlms]

1 hour ago, Paul H Vigor said:

Very much a museum piece. Could do with some sensitive TLC/informed conservation. Hints of Madder Valley inspiration? 

The problem would appear to be removing the layout from its long term home, without wrecking it. 

[GoingUnderground]

7 hours ago, kevinlms said:

The problem would appear to be removing the layout from its long term home, without wrecking it. 

If you read the story in "World of Railways" you'll see that it has moved twice in its life before, Epsom to Derbyshire, and then Derbyshire to Newbury. Also the same report says "The track is built in modules on sections that can be separated, with fishplates across the joints. The straight sections are roughly 1m x 60cm." There would be little point in offering it for sale if it could not be removed without inflicting major damage. So, it would seem to me that with a bit of care and patience, and possibly some careful and well-placed surgery, it should be possible to remove it. 

[tc]

1 hour ago, GoingUnderground said:

If you read the story in "World of Railways" you'll see that it has moved twice in its life before, Epsom to Derbyshire, and then Derbyshire to Newbury. Also the same report says "The track is built in modules on sections that can be separated, with fishplates across the joints. The straight sections are roughly 1m x 60cm." There would be little point in offering it for sale if it could not be removed without inflicting major damage. So, it would seem to me that with a bit of care and patience, and possibly some careful and well-placed surgery, it should be possible to remove it. 

 

Yes - most home / loft layouts are almost impossible to remove without causing substantial damage, let alone get through the loft hatch, and then very difficult to resurrect. This is one of the best we've seen from that perspective. We suspect it might have at some time been designed to be portable, with trestles. Although I'm sure it's much happier on a firm frame as it is now. We've already had some interest from people who do want to preserve and use it - hopefully some good news soon.

[Ruffnut Thorston]

There is a good selection of rock on the shelves behind, including Big Big Train Hymeks and BR coaches, and a, probably Hornby, Metropolitan loco....

 

 

Edited January 27, 2021 by Ruffnut Thorston
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[GoingUnderground]

7 hours ago, Ruffnut Thorston said:

There is a good selection of rock on the shelves behind, including Big Big Train Hymeks and BR coaches, and a, probably Hornby, Metropolitan loco....

 

 

And, looking at the MRC promotional video, there are some unusual buildings standing on the baseboards as there seems to be a Hornby Control System lever frame with related No.2 Signal Box, (1928-1941) and a No.4E Station (1937-1941) as it looks to have a cut away in the centre for a walk through booking hall with an external lamp bracket and a pair of terminals for the wires to the lamp bracket.