B18 DUD Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Hi,This is my first post and I have been given free range of MY converted garage room by the wife.I will be using my home town CHESTERFIELD late1950`s as a basis..East side will be the Midland, West side will be the Central and along the South wall will be a disused Horns Bridge Viaduct (Market station) with Tapton road bridge to the North as the cut off points,Of course a certain amount of compression will be needed...this does sound rather a lot to take on but I have purchased a large dismantled layout which came with 40 foot of 4 road tracks a6 foot 4 platform station and a 16 foot ,17 road fiddle yard which when spilt in two, one half is very similar to the MR sidings south of the station,so the other half will be flipped round to the GC side.When I bought it it said it was 9 foot long yard,got a lot more than I bargained for..... .My question is does a source of information exist for my plans for Chesterfield Central station sidings similar to track plans in the book THROUGH LIMESTONE HILLS by Bill Hudson I have the Godfrey 1914 map which is Scaled @15" to the mile,which gives full detailed sidings and stations, however It just misses the sidings north of Chesterfield Central (.GCR Loop)which were behind the Arnold Laver wood yard they may have been part private .tried to source O/S for this but failed....CHEERS for any help or Ideas 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Hello, Have you tried here:- http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html Good Luck. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrush Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 The Ken Grainger book will probably help: http://www.abebooks.co.uk/SHEFFIELD-VICTORIA-CHESTERFIELD-CENTRAL-GRAINGER-KEN/2670101119/bd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb900f Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 You could contact Chesterfield Library, I have a copy of an OS map at 25 inch to the mile of Chesterfield Market Place dated 1906 and I am sure that Central station will be on the map also. The map also helps with position of signals etc. The next time I'm in town I could get a copy for you, let me know. As Andyrush suggests the K Grainger book would be very helpful. The track layout is in there also. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B18 DUD Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 You could contact Chesterfield Library, I have a copy of an OS map at 25 inch to the mile of Chesterfield Market Place dated 1906 and I am sure that Central station will be on the map also. The map also helps with position of signals etc. The next time I'm in town I could get a copy for you, let me know. As Andyrush suggests the K Grainger book would be very helpful. The track layout is in there also. Pete Hi,yes the 1986 Godfrey edition of 1914 Chesterfield does indeed thank Chesterfield library for its help in the local O/S dept..Let me know if your map covers the Central station and the Stongravels area which ran adjacent to the sidings. cheers,,, Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B18 DUD Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Hi,Just to update on progress.I have tried to include all 3 stations in Chesterfield but it is not a faithful replica more of a childhood(trainspotting) memory..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Miles Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 If you are doing Chesterfield in the later 1950s then you need lots of 8Fs and 4Fs on lon coal trains passing through the Midland station. A Fowler 2-6-4T waiting in the northbound bay with a train of suburban coaches for Sheffield - stopping all stations and double headed expresses on the fast lines with Jubilees or Black 5s with 2Ps as the pilots. My memory of Central is that is was much quieter. There were engines simmering down in the distance towards a huge brick goods shed and the occasional passenger train but very few goods trains - these mostly went through Stavelely up to Arkwright Town on the main line. If you are going to do this in detail it is a huge project so good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B18 DUD Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi,please forgive the wild mix of running stock.It will be adjusted to fit...though the Southern units I do remember passing Tapton Box in long Steam hauled trains on there way for scrap at Booth`s in Rotherham..One recollection is Market Station.in the very late 50`s,the books say it was closed, however I remember meeting my Grandfather who was a Shunter at Grassmoor sidings off of a train there,though possibly just an engine,so I can include that as well... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldecrles Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Hi,please forgive the wild mix of running stock.It will be adjusted to fit...though the Southern units I do remember passing Tapton Box in long Steam hauled trains on there way for scrap at Booth`s in Rotherham..One recollection is Market Station.in the very late 50`s,the books say it was closed, however I remember meeting my Grandfather who was a Shunter at Grassmoor sidings off of a train there,though possibly just an engine,so I can include that as well... Hi, I can see that it's progressed well and is looking great. If you need any more info I have copies of detailed maps of the area including track bed diagrams & buildings footprints C1910. I live in Chessy but spend lots of time in Mablethorpe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 From what I can glean the Market Place Station closed to goods traffic in 1957. But in those days there was no great haste to rip track up, and who knows when engineers trains stopped running? Market Place alone, with four platforms and a sprawling goods yard, would be quite a project for anyone to take on. I strongly recommend the Ken Grainger books for info on the GC side. They are packed with photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidlandModeler Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I live in Chesterfield and if you want to get the full feel for the location then I believe the crooked spire is te only thing that can do so. It's basically the representation of the whole town. Keep up the good work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffinell Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Hi, I know this thread is a long time back, but was wondering how you did the Chesterfield town scene on the backscene? I could do with something similar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Derek 19B Posted July 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2020 Hi Can I recommend two books 1. Sheffield VIctoria to Chesterfield Central and 2.South from Chesterfield Central both by Ken Granger Fox Line Publications . Should no need anything else. Good look keep us up to date . Derek 19b Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Haigh Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Hi there @B18 DUD, any update on this project? I am from Chesterfield so was curious how you'd got on since your last post! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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