Small industrial OO9 layout: ideas please

[Rob K]

I have started doing some modelling again in 009 after a near 30 year break. Amongst the reasons for stopping before were disenchantment with loco reliability, stalling on points and manual uncoupling. 
The spur to start again was reading about the Bachmann quarry Hunslets.

I have two of these on order with DCC chips and a controller.

I have put together three SMS baseboards ( 55x 20 each) and need to decide what to put on them.

It will need to be very simple, industrial, Welsh, possibly a mine or crusher.

Are there any threads here I should dig back and look at , or any new ideas, please.

I don’t mind blocking off part of one end as a fiddle / way to the rest of the line but don’t want this at each end.

I have bought a soldering iron and some brass tube and piano wire.

Points etc to follow.

Cheers

[Nick G]

Have a look here for ideas http://www.ingr.co.uk/rlys_eng.html

 

I built a small peat works using ideas from various pictures online.

 

Photo copyright Chris Nevard/Modelrail

 

 

Edited January 19, 2023 by Nick G

[Rob K]

Thanks for that link. Some great photos there.

One of my interests is small islands and island railways. I saw on the website some details of the German lines in the North Sea including the amazing semi domestic ones ( still well used) on causeways to the islands near Sylt. We visited these a couple of years ago.