d winpenny Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Hi everybody people who follow my ramblings will know I have recently sold my previous layout Eskborough, with the intention of starting a new project based on knottingley depot West Yorkshire, I wasn't going to start a three this early but having seen Marcus 37 efforts planning his new peakdale layout on wallpaper I thought id give it a go. Here is the area I want to capture I will be excluding the lines for the triangle as I don't have the space to build out that far aswell as the fuel storage siding. More pictures of my planning to follow David Edited May 9, 2020 by d winpenny Title change 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Are you going to include the wagon repair depot as well to be used as a wagon repair depot or part of the MPD. Also will the layout be end to end or a through layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 That looks like a good plan for an interesting project. Good luck with it; at least there would be lots of activity in its heyday, although it looks to have undergone some rationalisation in recent years. The big building at the back appeared to be going to take over as the new servicing facility when it was being built 20 years ago (or at least that is what I assumed. Now, from that overhead view, it seems to be completely unconnected with rails and looks more of a white elephant. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted March 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2015 Looking forward to how you get on with this David, can't beat a mpd Cheers, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Good luck with your new project David, I have always liked Knottingley depot as it was a great place to visit to see lots and lots of Grids. I will be following your progress with interest. I do hope that you will allow it to be modelled in the late 80s and early 90s as well?!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Nice to see you up and running with a replacement project David. Nice location, and a home for your 60's too!!!! Now following Jinty ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Thanks everybody I will try and take a photo of the plan thus far, I will be including as much as I can on the picture starting at the top of the picture with the main running lines then the big wagon repair Shed then moving towards the bottom of the picture I may have to compress it slightly depending on how much room everything takes up lengthways David Edited March 24, 2015 by d winpenny 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hi David, It looks and sounds like a nice plan, looking forward to seeing it flourish. Here's a few of pics for you from when George T and I went up there on 28th March 2005, ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO to the day. You can tell it was a Sunday 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 That looks like a good plan for an interesting project. Good luck with it; at least there would be lots of activity in its heyday, although it looks to have undergone some rationalisation in recent years. The big building at the back appeared to be going to take over as the new servicing facility when it was being built 20 years ago (or at least that is what I assumed. 56092 56108 KY 5:9:92.jpg Now, from that overhead view, it seems to be completely unconnected with rails and looks more of a white elephant. I think that was the new office for trainload coal in fact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Thanks for that info robD2. I must admit that I am not a regular visitor to the region, and just took the occasional photo while in the area. Therefore I just guessed at what the building was, and like many of my guesses - it was wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Great pictures Andy thanks. I always wondered what that building was now I am enlightened David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Here are a couple more shots from 25 years ago. Note to friend: Please try not to point out something on the avoiding line, just as the shutter is being pressed. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
87023Velocity Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hi David, Looking forward to seeing this progress! I visited Knottigley a couple of times but that was when it was full of 56's and 08's. Those last pictures above from Jonny777 were probably around the time I visited, I was 13 at the time and now 38! Cheers Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Here's my plan so far at 8ft by 3ft there will be another senic board at 4ft lengthways but there is no more room on the floor Apolagies for the poor picture not the best light and I'm drawing in pencil till I'm happy In an ideal world I would extend it another foot width ways but I don think that will be a viable option right now so I may lose the end shed road of have it as an unconnected track so at least the building is complete but we will see, Edited March 25, 2015 by d winpenny 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Could you close up some of the tracks a little, to fit everything in? The photos show the locos were rather tightly packed in there, with not much room between them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Nice photos Andy, looks like 56078 was on shed that day. Lovely work Jonny777, like Simon, that is just how I remember Knottingley. My first ever visit was in 1988, Grids....and lots of them! Looks good David, please show us more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Great pictures Johnny, I probably could reduce the spacings as at at the loco shed end seem have spread out to 5 cm between tracks some how might have to buy a few pieces of flexi and a couple of large radius points and see if that doesn't pull the spacing in a bit David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hi David Just come across your thread. It sounds a very interesting plan. Will be watching your progress with interest. Are you going to be modelling it in a particular era? Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 I will be modelling in the ews era, but I could probably backdate easily David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Here are a couple more shots from 25 years ago. Note to friend: Please try not to point out something on the avoiding line, just as the shutter is being pressed. 56107 56092 ky.jpg 56107 56104 08706 ky.jpg Far more interesting than my EWS Pics. NICE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2015 Amazing to think this is almost 40 years ago! Knottingley TMD, 17th May 1975, with the cooling towers of Ferrybridge Power Station in the background. For any one interested, on the depot that day were; 08206/305/309 47277/286/296/301/302/308/309/310/319/371/372/374/375 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 An excellent photo of the 47 days. I'm sure that I have one or two of that era filed away somewhere, but I can't find them - and that one is far superior to mine which were taken on a dull winters' day. It is great to see them all with their MGR headcodes. Thanks for posting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Hi David, It looks and sounds like a nice plan, looking forward to seeing it flourish. Here's a few of pics for you from when George T and I went up there on 28th March 2005, ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO to the day. Knottingley AP G-TAP.JPG 66029 knot 28-03-2005 033.jpg 66035 knot 28-03-2005 036.jpg 66035 knot 28-03-2005 042.jpg You can tell it was a Sunday Yes definitely a Sunday - what a good set of images Andy - inspiration in bucketloads stuff em if they dont like a good old MPD Here's my plan so far at 8ft by 3ft there will be another senic board at 4ft lengthways but there is no more room on the floor image.jpg Apolagies for the poor picture not the best light and I'm drawing in pencil till I'm happy In an ideal world I would extend it another foot width ways but I don think that will be a viable option right now so I may lose the end shed road of have it as an unconnected track so at least the building is complete but we will see, Class A good starting image...! Edited March 25, 2015 by Crisis Rail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Will you be modelling the unit reversals on the mainline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Thanks everybody for the support and all the great pictures, Yes I think the unit reversals will add a bit more operational interest David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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