Basingstoke huge layout in Spain

[mabel]

Does anyone know if the huge Basingstoke layout is still at Mora La Nova museum in Tarragona? It was built by an ex pat. He used to have a build blog on here but for some reason he took the posts down.  The chaps rmweb name was The Duke 71000. We are off on holiday in the area and would like to visit if the layout is still there. Cant seem to contact anyone on site for confirmation. Thanks in advance.

Tony

[Neal Ball]

Good luck with your search @mabel it’s not something I’ve heard about.

 

I would suggest you post it on one of the main boards here… have you searched for his user ID?

 

Good luck

[Neal Ball]

5 hours ago, mabel said:

Does anyone know if the huge Basingstoke layout is still at Mora La Nova museum in Tarragona? It was built by an ex pat. He used to have a build blog on here but for some reason he took the posts down.  The chaps rmweb name was The Duke 71000. We are off on holiday in the area and would like to visit if the layout is still there. Cant seem to contact anyone on site for confirmation. Thanks in advance.

Tony

Is this the same person? @Duke 71000

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

Whilst undoubtedly a very clever and talented modeller, he was a somewhat attritional character on here.

It didn't end well however it ended, but the toys were well and truly out of the pram.

To return to the original question, for the amount of effort that went into Basingstoke I can't see it not still being in existence, whether he fell out with the museum or not and it's still there is another question!

 

Mike.

[MyRule1]

As is often the case with questions on RMWeb a quick internet search will bring something up

 

https://us.Hornby.com/community/forum/basingstoke-1958-67-87ft-x-25ft?p=14%2F&ccm_paging_p=20&ccm_order_by=&ccm_order_by_direction=

 

This is two years old though. I have not followed up any other possible search results.

[mabel]

19 minutes ago, MyRule1 said:

As is often the case with questions on RMWeb a quick internet search will bring something up

 

https://us.Hornby.com/community/forum/basingstoke-1958-67-87ft-x-25ft?p=14%2F&ccm_paging_p=20&ccm_order_by=&ccm_order_by_direction=

 

This is two years old though. I have not followed up any other possible search results.

I had already found that. I think he posted some similar on the Dapol forum around the same time. I do remember him deleting his posts on rmweb some time back under a bit of a cloud (I didn’t know what, or why). Politics aside, as we are holidaying not too far from the area, I would have liked to have seen the layout. I’ve heard nothing back from the museum and a Google image search of the facility doesn’t bring up any suggestion of a model railway there either. 
Thanks for your replies and input chaps. If we get to visit the place, and the layout is there, I will report back.

Tony

[mabel]

13 hours ago, Neal Ball said:

Is this the same person? @Duke 71000

Yes, that is the same person.

[009 micro modeller]

This is the RMWeb thread although, as pointed out, stuff has been removed (some of the later posts indicate how the disagreements might have arisen but I’m staying out of that): 

 

 

Also interesting was his thread about goings on at the railway museum itself (in Spain, where he was building the layout). I don’t know if that’s gone completely now though.

 

Even if the layout isn’t there any more, surely the museum itself is of interest? It does appear to only be open at weekends though: https://museuferrocarril.cat/horaris-i-tarifes/

Edited October 6, 2022 by 009 micro modeller

[EddieB]

Straying slightly off-topic (but staying with Mora), I note that the surviving two broad-gauge Garratts and a vintage electric E-1003 were towed from Llerida to Mora yesterday for restoration.