Hornsey Broadway

[Swindon 123]

As this thread has been resurrected and I just so happened to have taken some photos on Hornsey Broadway recently, i thought I would share them with you all.

 

Class 40, 332, heads along the "East London" line light engine.

 

Class 501 on a Broad street-Willesden service, crosses over the fast lines on its way north.

 

Seemingly lost, class 73, E6018 on a rake of coal wagons in search of the Southern Region, via the "East London" line.

 

I hope you enjoy. More will be added as and when I take some.

 

Paul J.

[TerrySVR]

Simply stunning well done

[Wibble]

Here's some footage of the layout taken at Shipley in September 2015 by 54A

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gpmvXwl9R2E

Edited July 15, 2016 by Wibble

[Ive595]

Another missed layout! What a peach, I grew up in the east end so the sights remind me of various locations around Barking, East Ham and Canning Town. Would really love to see this live, can I ask when it is being exhibited again?

[Wibble]

Thank you for the kind comments   and nice to know the layout conjures up memories of London - an amalgam of scenes inspired by the Great Northern line out of Kings Cross, and my trainspotting days of the early 1970s.

 

The next booked outing for Hornsey Broadway is Railex in May 2018 at Aylesbury.

[lezz01]

Hi there.

Mate this is where I live  Well not exactly we're just across the way at Tufnell park and our line is what was the North London, my wife works in the Doctors surgery next to the bridge with a junction that runs under the school car park. I sit out on my patio at night and you can hear the sheds clattering through the junction pointwork, I can throw a rock at Hornsey from here and stand a good punt at hitting it. Your layout is just SO NORTH LONDON  You've captured exactly the right atmosphere we'll done mate many have tried and very few have succeeded yours is right at the top IMO.

Regards Lez.Z.   

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Brilliant layout, lots of lovely detail. 

[Wibble]

 

The oldest coach in the fleet - A Mainline RB cat number 37113, and still in service alongside Bachmann mark 1 coaches. The very basic of customisation took place many years ago, and this particular topic has been spurred on by the mention of the Palitoy RB in Phil Bullock's Abbotswood Jcn thread. 

Edited September 5, 2016 by Wibble

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

The oldest coach in the fleet - A Mainline RB cat number 37113, and still in service alongside Bachmann mark 1 coaches. The very basic of customisation took place many years ago, and this particular topic has been spurned on by the mention of the Palitoy RB in Phil Bullock's Abbotswood Jcn thread. 

 

I hope it's not spurned!

 

Mike.

[Joseph_Pestell]

I had somehow missed this one (confused with another layout based in the same area). Absolutely stunning. I started from that YouTube video and was not sure if it was 4mm or 7mm scale.

[Baby Deltic]

I think the Mainline RB is still a cracking model and if I see second hand ones priced at a tenner or less I will often snap them up.

[Wibble]

 

_{Back in the day, I remember seeing rows of 2-HAL units at Mitcheldever awaiting scrap, so with a well known Liverpool box shifter knocking these out at a bargain price seemed too good to miss.}

[Wibble]

 

Both units have been de-meshed for towing in this formation, with either a class 33 or 73 as motive power en-route to a breakers yard....... maybe a class 74 one day!

 

[APOLLO]

Good idea. I have a 2 Bil (also bought cheap, wrong for my layout)) and a Lima 33 that doesn't work, so I'll remove the Lima loco gears and let the "scrapper" do the pushing to the scrap yard !!

 

Brit15

[Gwiwer]

 

 

Both units have been de-meshed for towing in this formation, with either a class 33 or 73 as motive power en-route to a breakers yard....... maybe a class 74 one day!

 

 

 

For added authenticity you can also replace a few windows with sheets of hardboard or even ply as they ran in traffic in that condition in their later days rather than have windows replaced.

 

Scrap units also often had doors removed and replaced with tape or just a simple barrier, the legend COND and the "no brakes" symbol of X in a circle painted rather roughly on the vehicle sides.  If unbraked you'd need to allow enough brake force for the train of course though IIRC these workings ran under headcodes in the 9X__  (unbraked out of gauge load) series.

[Wibble]

A 'Broadway Bump' showing one of the latest snaps, and to wish you all a Merry Christmas.

 

 

Cheers !!!! 

[Wibble]

Another 6-monthly update for you all..... it's been a while since any update, so hope you enjoy. A Sunday line-up of shunters at Hornsey Road Depot.

 

A bit of a Southern theme going on here.

 

A view looking up Bridge Street.

 

A tank train heading north, originating from Ripple Lane (and no doubt a Stratford 47 instead of the usual class 37).

 

 

 

[Joseph_Pestell]

I hope to see this layout some day. Any shows planned?

[AndyB]

I hope to see this layout some day. Any shows planned?

 

It's a cracking layout and, like you, I hope to see it sometime.

Exhibition details can be found at http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/

 

Hornsey Broadway May 26th & 27th - 2018 - Aylesbury (Railex)

[D1059]

This layout just looks SO real, I find myself back in the 70s - a warm day, leaning on the wire fence (no bloody pallisade back then) watching the (real) trains go by

Edited July 3, 2017 by D1059

[Joseph_Pestell]

This layout just looks SO real, I find myself back in the 70s - a warm day, leaning on the wire fence (no bloody pallisade back then) watching the (real) trains go by

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Back then, I took very little interest in diesels.

[Wibble]

I hope to see this layout some day. Any shows planned?

Thanks for the nice comments chaps    always appreciated, and as mentioned by Andy B, the layout will be at Railex (Aylesbury May 2018).

 

This might be a good time to mention that none of us are getting any younger, and with this in mind the layout has primarily been built for use at home. The days of humping 40ft layouts around the country 2 or 3 times a year are now numbered, and as much as I enjoy the exhibiting side of things, it has been decided to limit outings for the entire layout to once every 2 or 3 years. For every outing, there are probably 7 days of preparation, humping, shifting, exhibiting, more humping & shifting, and setting back up at home..... not that I'm complaining, but just one of the reasons for limiting life out on the road. In all probability, it is unlikely that the layout will be shown again in the Home Counties / South East of the country until at least the mid 2020s (that's if we're still here). There are plans afoot to exhibit in other regions, but those are yet to be confirmed.  

 

However, the 12ft depot section of the layout (not another depot layout I hear you say) will make more frequent appearances, so this will satisfy the exhibiting / socialising bug, and will be much easier to transport around in a smaller vehicle.

 

Please visit the emgauge70s website for further information and regular updates.

 

All the best, Kier

[TrevorP1]

Thanks for the nice comments chaps    always appreciated, and as mentioned by Andy B, the layout will be at Railex (Aylesbury May 2018).

 

This might be a good time to mention that none of us are getting any younger, and with this in mind the layout has primarily been built for use at home. The days of humping 40ft layouts around the country 2 or 3 times a year are now numbered, and as much as I enjoy the exhibiting side of things, it has been decided to limit outings for the entire layout to once every 2 or 3 years. For every outing, there are probably 7 days of preparation, humping, shifting, exhibiting, more humping & shifting, and setting back up at home..... not that I'm complaining, but just one of the reasons for limiting life out on the road. In all probability, it is unlikely that the layout will be shown again in the Home Counties / South East of the country until at least the mid 2020s (that's if we're still here). There are plans afoot to exhibit in other regions, but those are yet to be confirmed.  

 

However, the 12ft depot section of the layout (not another depot layout I hear you say) will make more frequent appearances, so this will satisfy the exhibiting / socialising bug, and will be much easier to transport around in a smaller vehicle.

 

Please visit the emgauge70s website for further information and regular updates.

 

All the best, Kier

 

 

Already had next years RailEx 'pencilled in' - now it's in big thick felt tip!

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I think we may need 2 days at Railex next year, one to view this fantastic layout and the other to view it again. Whatever else is there can wait until people post photos and videos on the web

[rue_d_etropal]

Any chance of coming up north again. I could not get to Shipley, as I was ill, but it is one layout I would travel to see(York/Doncaster/Warley?).

Importantly for me, I have been told that there is always something moving to see, granted this means it  is more hard work to operate, but it actually entertains, unlike many of the well praised layouts out there.

Edited August 31, 2017 by rue_d_etropal