National Coal Board - Royd Hall Drift & Royal Oak Sidings.

[Manchester765]

Hi all,

 

For all of those that are in the Blacker Lane D.P. thread, there has been discussion about Royd Hall Drift and Royal Oak Sidings being removed from Ruston's shed.

 

I'm delighted to say (after some serious butchery and violence against the timber framework as alluded to in the other thread!) that the layout is joining my collection alongside Bury, Thorn and Sons. 

 

The plan is that they will get out onto the exhibition circuit for the first time sometime in 2024, once they have been reframed onto new timbers and work undertaken on the scenics and some wiring adjustments to make sure it is resilient when being moved about - not something ever intended and it made this point quite clear today when we worked to remove it from its home! 

 

Will keep this thread updated as things develop! 

 

Cheers,

Joshua 

 

[Ruston]

I have managed to find most of the missing pictures and have replaced them for the second time. There are some here on my hard drive that I can't even find where they went, so I'll post them here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JamFjord]

On 12/02/2023 at 22:48, Manchester765 said:

I'm delighted to say (after some serious butchery and violence against the timber framework as alluded to in the other thread!) that the layout is joining my collection alongside Bury, Thorn and Sons. 

 

The plan is that they will get out onto the exhibition circuit for the first time sometime in 2024

 

 

Having just sat down for a good read of this topic, I'm happy to hear this and looking forward to catching the layouts out and about somewhere.

  

On 12/02/2023 at 22:48, Manchester765 said:

once they have been reframed onto new timbers

 

I for one would be very, very interested to hear more about this. The stakes are high. It sounds similar to a task I have ahead of me also, and frankly I'm quietly crapping myself about it.