Crewe works forced perspective diorama

[Dunalastair]

A quick post for today's diorama-a-day as I need to get out.

 

Midge from Crewe Works 18" gauge railway, 3D printed

 

 

Posed against a photo of the Spider Bridge

 

 

A 3D doodle for a forced perspective diorama

 

 

 

And the printed diorama - very much an early trial for me for this approach

 

 

Hopefully a little more later ...

[Dunalastair]

Some images of the prototype 'spider bridge' at Crewe to support my much simplified diorama.

 

From the station end, looking through the signal box 'tunnel'.

 

 

Looking down the ramp into the works.

 

and being dismantled in 1939

 

 

"The bridge itself was a foot bridge that ran from the Old Works to the Railway Station with the inclusion of the tramway, this allowed spare parts to be transferred from the works to the Station for onward transport to wherever they were needed on the network. "

https://www.crewehc.co.uk/spider-bridge

 

There is an interesting book on the Crewe NG system from the LNWR Society.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crewe-Works-Narrow-Gauge-Railway/dp/0954695119

 

Of course the L&YR Horwich works had a similar NG railway system, but no spider bridge. Those two works in Nortthern England are well known, but a careful study of old maps (e.g. at NLS) will show that many (most?) works had internal NG railways. St Rollox and Cowlairs were examples in Glasgow, while Wolverton had a system until comparatively recently. The difference is that most did not use NG locos.

Edited July 23, 2023 by Dunalastair

[Dunalastair]

A side-on view of the forced perspective diorama, showing the relationship between the larger version of 'Midge' (which used Hornby wheel sets) and the smaller edition on the 'spider bridge'.

 

 

3D printing makes it straightforward to do a 'Honey I shrank the Kids Loco' exercise.