Celsa Steel Works

[LMSfan72]

I bought a TT:120 Easterner set when they first came out from Hornby. However, my large layout, in OO, which remains unfinished due to my addiction to printing and modifying rolling stock, and my renovation of another exhibition layout that I picked up for free have now taken up all my space and so it seems that another mainline layout, albeit in TT for the Eastener set, is just not going to get started (yet....).

 

Anyway, I still want to get some TT going. I fancy a GBRF Class08 - since they are still available - so it got me googling as to where a suitable layout might be based...

 

As luck would have it, I came across this:

 

 

So, my investigation began.... Searching in google maps I found the location and the surrounding site. It seemed to me to be a great location: Celsa Manufacturing in Cardiff.

 

I managed to put together a decent track plan from TT setrack that will fit an 1800x500 base:

 

 

 

 

The fiddle yard will go where the wagon marshalling yard is and I will use a "scenic" sector plate (the red sector on the plan) to access that, with additional scenery in front to mask it a little. If I ever then had the space it could be an easy job to add some non scenic extensions along the main length to enable a Class 66 to move a train load out of scene....

 

I would love to find out what all the various buildings are and if there are any decent photos of them. The google street view is exceptionally helpful in this location, but, as always, really knowledge and pictures would help if anyone has any they might share!

 

Next job is to procure the baseboards and the track (oh, and that Class 08 that started me thinking!)

[65179]

You'll find more useful information searching for Tremorfa steelworks.  The Celsa steelworks was formerly Allied Steel & Wire (ASW) and is split across two sites.  This steelworks site is the one, part of which, your plan is based on at the bottom end of Tidal sidings. The 08 in the bottom of your Google Maps view is taking scrap to the scrap bay alongside the electric arc furnace building. The other site is accessed via the line disappearing off to the left. This leads to the Castle Works which is a rolling mill.

 

A thread on some of the wagons used over the years here:

 

EWS/DB era shunters here:

 

 

Link to my post with a few more 08s at Celsa:

 

Simon

Edited January 6 by 65179

[LMSfan72]

Thank you for this info, very helpful 

[hmrspaul]

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/alliedsteelwire  Some years ago. 

 

Paul

[LMSfan72]

Thank you Paul

[LMSfan72]

Boards in state of mock-up construction (some old bed pieces for the frame with 10mm card backed foam board on top for lightness), 

 

 

the "track mat" laid on so I can see where everything goes,

 

 

and the GBRf Class 08 renumbered to "Celsa 2" via some homemade decals!

 

I will add the orange cab roof lights later, and consider what to do with the loco lighting - I know I can't do both the red and white on each cluster independently but I might do them so they are both on at the same time.....

 

Edited January 11 by LMSfan72

[LMSfan72]

Starting to work on the buildings:

 

 

[LMSfan72]

First print of part of the office building. It’s printed the brickwork quite well. However, it’s so small I can’t see it clearly with the naked eye. Not sure how I will paint the mortar lines!