RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted November 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2014 Just got a invite from Taunton Rail EX for 2015. A date to add to next year Very good! Still waiting to hear myself.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Hi Ray Like the barrows & crane..... Great set of pictures Cheers Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Hi Ray Like the barrows & crane..... Great set of pictures Cheers Bill Hi Bill Thank you for your comment. Hope to see you at the Helston show next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 I have been busy making a information board. I have made it on hinges so it will fold up as a shutter in front of the layout. My first plaque in it pride and place at the bottom right hand corner (EXMOOR RAIL 2014) back at the end of August, thanks to ExmoorDave. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmoordave Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Hi Ray I like the info boards very much - a great idea and very helpful for the public. Also, thanks for putting the "Exmoor Rail 2014" plaque onto the front - a very good exhibition I've been told........!!!!!! exmoordave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Hi Ray I like the info boards very much - a great idea and very helpful for the public. Also, thanks for putting the "Exmoor Rail 2014" plaque onto the front - a very good exhibition I've been told........!!!!!! exmoordave Hi Dave Thanks for your comment Dave. The exhibition was alright (JOKE). No It was a fantastic good show. Edited November 3, 2014 by RAY NORWOOD 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) Hounslow Sidings Exhibition dates 2015Beaminster 17th January 2015Taunton RMweb Members Day 27th April Had to cancel Hounslow Sidings at RMweb Members Day at Taunton, as I had double booked with Helston Helston 26th 27th April 2015Bideford 23rd May 2015Exeter 30th 31st May 2015Plymouth 27th June 2015Barnstaple 25th July 2015Hayle 29th 30th August 2015 tbcTaunton Rail ex 24th 25th October 2015A very busy year for the first year of Hounslow sidings. Edited January 16, 2015 by RAY NORWOOD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Morning Ray It looks like I'll have to be careful when I book my holidays for next year to make it to the south west to see this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Wishing you a Merry Christmas and productive modelling 2015 Looking forward to more stunning modelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hi I am getting Hounslow Sidings ready for Beaminster this Saturday 17th January. Will be picking Mudmagnet up early Saturday morning. If you are there please come and say hi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Have a good Show guys, you wont need to make it look any colder than it already is outside, just a little dusting of Snow up here, about an inch or so. All the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 A Date to put in the calender. Just before christmas I got a email from Paul Jones with a invite for NEC Warley in 2017. :sungum: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hi I am getting Hounslow Sidings ready for Beaminster this Saturday 17th January. Will be picking Mudmagnet up early Saturday morning. If you are there please come and say hi. Looking forward to a day out, although I should really be laying track! Oh, well will need to crack on Sunday (after getting out on my mountain bike)! I'll bring my 08's for a run out! Oh, and the camera, with thick coat, gloves, hat and hot water bottle - could get cold standing at the front operating! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 I had to cancel RMweb Members day Taunton as I had double booked H.Sidings. So I will be at Helston for that weekend. So for those in Cornwall who cannot make it to Taunton, you have the chance to see H.Sidings at Helston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Hi All Richard (Mudmagnet) and I had a fantastic Day at Beaminster Today. We left Barnstaple at 07.30 in the rain and when we got to the other side of South Molton it was very frosty. We got to Beaminster about 09.10. We was shone were we was to set up, so we unloaded the car and commenced on setting up. all was done by 09.50 10, minutes before opening time. Richard and I thought that Hounslow Sidings went down very well and also met some people that know Hounslow. My Dapol Low Mac wagons the first time on this layout We had a delivery of a new Blue Class 08 on it's very first job 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangoman69 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Fantastic, caught the light dusting of snow just right! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2015 We did have a great day yesterday! First time that I had helped to set and operate, unfornately tipping the main board on the end and some of the 'loose snow' ended up on the end! Sorry Ray! Had a great time operating, literally moving wagons backwards and forwards. Not taxing, but enjoyable nonetheless! Anyway, a few photos from me, but noticed that some are similar to Rays' so apologies for the repitition. Did give me new 08 a run, which was great. Just needs a few finishing bits and weathering. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 That's OK about the snow Richard, no harm done, I unloaded the car this morning and put the snow right. The pic's are fantastic they are better than mine. See you on Tuesday night. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 When I was exhibiting Hounslow Sidings at Beaminster last month I got myself two Second hand Airfix military kits, I have had ago at one of them and put them on my Dapol kit lowmac wagons. The vehicles was tied down with cotton and them sprayed with Photo Mount glue then sprinkled with snow on top. And some more pic's of the station forecourt. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Very nice, I have the same two kits knocking about somewhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Completely unrelated but interesting I hope................... Under the scheme to improve the capacity at Waterloo and the SW suburban area (currently under going surveys and scheme development), the real Hounslow will eventually get a siding back (well a loop actually) - I think it will be on the Up side London end of the station so Down trains can terminate and run into the siding to clear. This is designed to reduce the number of Waterloo - Waterloo "roundies" releasing pathways between Barnes & Waterloo.............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Looking very good mate with the low mac's and army trucks, Every time i see this layout i feel i need a coat on!, Fantastic work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Hi Southrenman46 That is very interesting info, thank you for that. There was or still is sidings on the south side of the station, the other side of the road bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel1960 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I love what you've done. In the 1960's my great aunt and uncle lived in Maswell Park Road and their garden backed onto the railway line. I used to watch the shunting as a young boy. My mum used to say the engines were doing a dance. My father (a career railwayman) lived at the same house in the 1950's and remembers seeing the only named WD 2-8-0 (Vulcan) from the same vantage point. He also saw a T9 shunting the yard. I have very fond memories of the Hounslow Station area. Nigel 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Hi Nigel That is a great bit of history, I bet you wonted to be a engine driver when you was at the bottom of the garden. That was my ambition when I was at school and it very nearly came true, as I was a fireman at Feltham, but I did drive a few locos with the help of my driver, unfortunate I had to leave as Feltham close in 1967. It was very hard work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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