Colinagreen Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) My Mixed Traction Weekend Edited June 19, 2016 by Colinagreen 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMay Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I've always thought that a preserved line is a good idea for a layout as you have the freedom to realistically run any locos (steam & diesel) as you wish and none of the typical nit-pickers or rivet counters can comment "That loco never ran on that particular line etc..." As the line has become a tourist attraction, I hope you have got the tea rooms & souvenir shops as part of the station! I also like the way you have devised a timetable for the line with the fish & chip and Christmas (Santa) special trains plus the gala weekends all highlighted in coloured boxes just like you would find in a tourist brochure, very authentic! It's built in lovely N Gauge as well so double points to you for that! Sam Maybe. I guess you could try to restrict yourself only to having locos and coaches that are preserved. That means in practice, lots of Mk 1 coaching stock for example which are a characteristic of most preserved lines. Diesels that are privately owned and spend most of their time sitting in a siding. Similarly, a preserved line doesn't need goods facilities, though it might run a demonstration freight train. It's likely that the cattle dock would have fallen into disrepair and be buried below undergrowth. The goods shed might now be a wagon repair shop or something. The siding meanwhile might be used for storing out of use stock. CCTs are often used as stores vans. Even on the bigger railways (e.g. SVR, WSR), the number of operational engines will rarely exceed about 10, rising slightly with locos coming in for galas. There's not much point in having a operational engine standing idle; if a railway happens to find itself with the luxury of having excess motive power it will hire out locos to other lines who are short. And this is where the critical part comes in. There's enough engines to go round, but the bottleneck in their availability is the time and effort it takes to restore and/or overhaul them. So each preserved line needs operations to overhaul engines. And there will be engines that have been taken out of service and awaiting overhaul. And engines undergoing overhaul, often with their boilers lifted. You often get random boilers stored outside. The ratio of in-ticket engines to out-of-ticket engines is often quite low. My point is that if you want a preserved line, that's great. And if you want to run anything, that's great. But there are ways in which this could be made a lot more like the prototype, if the OP chose to do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltic9014 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Nice layout. I wish there really was a class 22 diesel in preservation . Not sure I'm so keen on the class 67 and steam loco combination though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 the 67 came in on a railtour wich the steam loco took back with the 67 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Yellow timetable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) New Locos August - October 2016 Edited October 11, 2016 by Colinagreen 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 I found some photos of my railway from 2000 - 2004 pre digital Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Blue Timetable November Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 (edited) Christmas Specials December 2016 Edited December 5, 2016 by Colinagreen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 the new timetable for 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 first weekend of trains red timetable 80027 80119 440444 46440 108 DMU 4082 on footplate experience course Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 the latest purchase 2 BR auto coaches Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 March 2018 Red Timetable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinagreen Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) The Rebuilding of the Engine shed Jan 2018 Edited March 18, 2018 by Colinagreen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Colinagreen Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 My Railway summer 2018 something a bit different for a heritage railway GBRF Class 66 66779 in BR Lined Green Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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