edcayton Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I wanted to put this in layout topics but I'm not allowed to start a new topic there. Anyway, looking through some old mags I got to thinking about how many models of ecml prototypes there are, surely more popular than the west country branch line? Examples that come immediately to mind include Biggleswade, Little Bytham, Peterborough, Retford and Edinburgh Waverley but I am sure there are more. I think it would be nice to see as full a list as possible. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Grantham. Pilmoor Junction. Gamston bank High Dyke King's Cross (Gresley Beat/Gainsborough) Copenhagen Fields Stoke Summit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Hitchin (still going, despite the original builder no longer being with us) Sandy (of this parish) Doncaster (also of this parish) York (at least twice AFAIK, but not sure if the first one is still in existence) If you consider the Gainsborough set up more completely, then you can add Retford (again), Doncaster (again), Leeds Central and several of the smaller stations in between There was an N gauge model of King's Cross featured in BRM a few years ago. What is quite interesting/puzzling is why so many concentrated on the southern end? There are surely some wonderful prototype locations north of Newcastle along the Northumberland coast (for example)? And, despite my obvious current allegiance(!), I'd be surprised if ECML layouts really were more popular than the west country branch line (although quite how you 'measure' that is a mute point). A more intriguing aspect might be to ask how many GW mainline layouts there are (as opposed to branch lines?). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 I meant the branch line to Paddington! Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Gravy Train of this parish has posted pictures of Berwick station buildings, suggesting there's a layout there somewhere. Drem is also ECML, is it not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 There's also this rather nice in OO. Seems to only post vids to youtube, as I've never seen anything on any forum so far. Trackplan here: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted July 29, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2013 I'm sure I've got some back issues of BRM around here somewhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I think Eaton crossing would be a great layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted July 29, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2013 I know of a model of Bawtry station, which I believe includes the viaduct. I was able to help the builder with a couple of photos of the goods shed a while ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 29, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2013 I think Eaton crossing would be a great layout Gamston Bank includes that little Xing.... Quack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Gamston Bank includes that little Xing.... Quack Rally, I've seen that layout and never noticed, although that was before I first went there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 29, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2013 It has the crossing keeper's cottage so you may not have recognised the scene. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 It has the crossing keeper's cottage so you may not have recognised the scene. P That'll be why then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandg Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 There's also this rather nice in OO. Seems to only post vids to youtube, as I've never seen anything on any forum so far. I've watched a few of the more recent videos which show the layout taking shape. The owner states that the period is late 50s through to early 60s but Deltics seem somewhat conspicuous by their absence! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 There's at least two of us working toward a model of Hatfield (34C). I, and at least one other have done 'Welwyn North' in the past, and I have seen a 'Hadley Wood' too, many years ago. (To the best of my knowledge there hasn't been an earlier attempt at Hatfield, which is surprising. Consider: most of the ECML traffic passing, some at speed, the inner suburban terminus for many years and the junction for three branches, thus a loco shed and carriage stabling location, a busy goods yards with rail served businesses on the boundary, four signal boxes, and an unusual curvaceous and assymetric layout, with the only Prime Minister's personal waiting room that I know of as garnish. It's a corker.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl. H. Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Gravy Train of this parish has posted pictures of Berwick station buildings, suggesting there's a layout there somewhere. Drem is also ECML, is it not? It is and has been done in N by East Neuk MRC. Its' also the junction for the North Berwick branch. If Arran Aird is reading this, how about a few pictures. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrush Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Kings Cross in P4 by Bob How, in MRJ a while back. And there is a Grantham in P4 under way somewhere Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl. H. Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 What is quite interesting/puzzling is why so many concentrated on the southern end? There are surely some wonderful prototype locations north of Newcastle along the Northumberland coast (for example)? Yes, I agree. Lamberton cliffs would be an ideal candidate. Operationally not much (just a double track) but the scenery would more than make up for it. How about the viaduct and station at Durham? Or Darlington, it always strikes me how unusual it is seeing the station loop off from the mainline. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl. H. Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Drem in action. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 There's at least two of us working toward a model of Hatfield (34C). I, and at least one other have done 'Welwyn North' in the past, and I have seen a 'Hadley Wood' too, many years ago. (To the best of my knowledge there hasn't been an earlier attempt at Hatfield, which is surprising. Consider: most of the ECML traffic passing, some at speed, the inner suburban terminus for many years and the junction for three branches, thus a loco shed and carriage stabling location, a busy goods yards with rail served businesses on the boundary, four signal boxes, and an unusual curvaceous and assymetric layout, with the only Prime Minister's personal waiting room that I know of as garnish. It's a corker.) Isn't one of the Gainsborough stations Hatfield? They may also have a Hitchin as well. Certainly at least one of the two is used for exactly the purpose you describe, ie terminating local services and sending them back to KX. However, it is in the middle of the room and you can only really catch a glimpse of what goes on there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Hi, Has anyone mentioned Peterborough North or am I going blind? Here in OZ (Australia), there is Northcastle, inspired by Newcastle upon tyne in LNER days. It has the castle keep at the head of a large terminus station and within a triangle. It has a few of the North Eastern loco types, such as G5, J27, Q7, D20, C7, J72 and usual number of LNER types, A1/A3, A4, D49, V2, K3, V3, P2, Sentinel Shunter, Sentinel railcar. My own layout is inspired by the carriage sidings at Gosforth in Newcastle upon tyne in LNER days and will eventually have a branchline to Ponteland (birth place of late fathers). So not actually ECML, but a diversionary route if you look at railway maps or google maps. Again LNER, with Silver Jubilee set, Pullmans, Gresleys including Restaurant Triplet set under construction, a Coronation set to be built. Mark in OZ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Peterborough (North) mentioned in OP, Mark. Perhaps you were looking at it upsidedown? That looks to be a model railway worthy of its own thread on RMWeb. So please do consider starting one; I'd certainly be calling in to have a look. I know of someone with a layout of Dundee and my Dad's layout is based on Aberdeen (but bears no resemblance to Aberdeen) if we want to look further north of the border... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Does Wallsea Main count? It has Disgwell Viaduct on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 I'm not sure if it counts, but glendower looks pretty good to me http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j_rwzsdVW6M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Sorry, prototype models only. Besides, that layout gives me claustrophobia! Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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