‘Isle of Wight’ in Cornwall

[Deeps]

Hello fellow members. I have been a casual observer of Rmweb for many years and thoroughly enjoyed the discussions and inspirations. As I occasionally felt I had useful contributions to make I decided it was time to join.

 

My interest in railway modelling began in the early 1960’s, as a youngster on the Isle of Wight, and after a few basic layouts my activities were put on hold when I joined the Royal Navy in 1974. I ended up serving 34 years, most of that time as a nuclear engineer in the Submarine Service. The various bits of rolling stock etc. were carefully boxed up and then religiously transferred between the loft spaces of a succession of family homes. Probably a familiar story for several readers.

 

I am now retired and have started what I hope will be my final layout, predominantly based on the Isle of Wight system, in OO gauge, in our home in Cornwall. I am a dedicated ‘steam nut’ and have a love of all LSWR/Southern Railway locomotives, so the layout will be engineered to allow me to run express locomotives on occasions. Even so I have a few locomotives from other regions, that I find interesting, such as the LNER ‘Hush Hush’, which I will probably use for a pick-up goods service (please excuse my wit).

 

I have also dabbled in OO9 gauge and am currently building a 3.5 inch gauge King Arthur. During the late 60’s I volunteered at the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society and regularly fired their primary engine ‘Cloister’.

 

’Deeps’ is an RN (general service) term for submariners.

 

Jim 

Edited November 28, 2023 by Deeps
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