Donington Road

I've been waiting months to add a new project from you to my Andy Peters folder. Then you sneak up with a four page opener before I've had time to blink. Looking forward to the blow by blow account of Bitton with lots and lots of photos of the whole project. Once the shed is up and running what is the timescale before we see the all important GRASS

How did they get in the Bunker? I remember 40 odd years ago on our new build when a low loader full of paving slabs turned up at 4 o,clock and all the builders had gone home at 3.30

Nah, we all knew that eventually you were going to quarry it to fill your anhydrite wagons. Little did we know you would be blowing it up completely

The spotters were bored so they got their ipads out and fixed it

Thanks Rob, you make my day many times over with your fantastic model photos which I never tire of. Jeff, I'm all in favour of sticking to the prototype, after all, it worked for them so it should work for you. BTW, that centre column in the Bunker is reinforcement to stop it collapsing if you ever reverse the car into it Once you have constructed that substantial Fell then I am sure it could be removed Thanks for the welcome Jock, maybe I need to trim down the number of links I go to, over 200 at the moment, but I do enjoy reading and seeing what other poeple do. I guess I am a pc modeller Thanks Andy, we have crossed paths in the Lounge awhile ago, I'm the mick that has all your layout links in your own personal folder. As I said to Jock, I have many many more so maybe its time to go and do a bit of spring cleaning and sort them all out into some kind of index. I'm sorry I have to be another Mick, but as you are always taking the mick(ey) you should be able to cope

Hi Jeff, The best exercise is found reading KL, I'm always up and down off the floor laughing at some of the antics here. I found RMweb about three years ago whilst looking for history of Lincolnshire railways. I am not an active modeller but anything railway orientated be it full size or models gets my attention. There is a lot of East Coast stuff on RM which first drew my attention to the forums, Peterborough North, Little Bytham, Grantham, etc., then I somehow got side tracked by all of Andy Peters small layouts which somehow led me to the Lounge and from there to KL. Like any book I am not one who reads from the end backwards, so I started at page 1 and read through until page 507 without being tempted to skip a few places to find out who dunnit even though its taken a month or so to do it. Well what a delightful journey, full of twists and turns, so many characters imparting infinite knowledge and not a bad guy to be seen. There were one or two suggestions I was going to make along the way, but no, I couldn't do that as I was still a few hundred pages from the outcome so I resisted until the end. Most things were brought up by other people so that killed all my unique answers. As for KL2, I am in agreement that it needs a seperate blog, and could I suggest some changes to the latest plan: 1. Move the NER fiddle yard into the top corner with curvered loops thereby creating a larger access area next to the main fiddle yard. 2. Pivot the viaduct from point A, and the station curve outwards as arrowed at bit more to present the viaduct arch more square on to the NER line where is passes under the viaduct. 3. Split the stream at the top and have it coming under the road (another bridge to build) Other thoughts: Would it be possible to have the UP half of the S&C FY more into the top corner, the DOWN half of the S&C FY more under the Fell, which could possibly give you an access area between the two. Would it make any sense to have a cross over from UP and Down lines at both ends of the main FY. I do like the seat on rails idea to get under the framework and I am sure you could lower the height of the boards if you wanted to by using that method. Beleive me, nobody crawls when you get older. You could always have an outside staircase to the Bunker loft then slide down a firemans pole to the operating well. Oh dear, on that note I'm going before I catch anymore of this Lunester bug. mick

Thanks for the link Jock

PHEW! I've just spent a week reading through the whole thread Jason. What fanstasic modelling of the railway in the landscape, just the right balance of railway and scenery. The superalatives have all been said so all I'll say is I'm gobsmacked at the detail and workmanship you have produced. I think I need to go and lie down in the Lounge to recover, but before that I would just like to comment on the backscene issue. I am not always in favour, Andy Y's b/w street scene with the photoshopped background is superb - your house beyond the railway bridge just gives so much depth to the scene. If you were to physically attached that background as backscene to the edge of the boards then it would not look right at all IMO. You would get shadows of buildings etc. cast onto it and it would always be in the same place relative to those buildings wherever you viewed it from in the room. The only way I could see it working would be to have the backscene fixed to the walls of the room (and across the window) which would be well away from the back edge of the layout. Viewing from the front would then give the impression of a more 3D effect where your buildings would seem to move against the backscene when looking from different viewpoints. Problem is it would have to be 3 or 4 feet in height to accomondate sitting or standing views. AndyP is a dab hand at backscenes, perhaps he could come round and paint your walls

Don't forget the annual Splading Flower (Tulip) Parade which started in May 1958. An excuse to run an excursion or two with something out of the ordinary.

They ran through alright, but the smell of all that fish lasted far far longer

Just catching up after being away for a while. Lots of nice photos as usual BTW your catfish is a Plecostomus. They can grow quite large but its not ready to eat you yet

Yes, apologies if this has been posted before.

Don't forget you've got to fit those telegraph poles in.

Yes, it is the North side. The photo came from here: http://www.geolocation.ws/nearby/en?loc=52.578699,-0.252493 I used to walk along Westwood Street to work in the late sixties. All I seem to remember was that the terrace houses were grubby, much the same colour as the railway buildings on the South side of Spital Bridge. I fact the whole way from the station up to the Triangle at New England was quite dismal back then. As has been metioned before the whole of Westwood Street to its junction with Westwood Brigde was demolished to make way for the dual carraigeway of Bourges Boulevard. Going North from Westwood Bridge to the Triangle was Wimpole Street. A small section of this still remains which is also called Bourges Boulevard, Google maps shows it as such running parallel to the dual carraigeway of the same name. Wimpole Street was mainly upperclass semi-detached houses, but still grubby all the same. I know its getting away from your station area but there was a lot of railway in Peterborough and a lot of history to go with it. It is just a shame that I was distracted by beer and beauties at the wrong time to take in the rapidly changing infrastructure at the time

This photo shows Westwood Street and the infamous brick wall taken from Spital Bridge. Station Pilot at Spital Junction, Peterborough North View eastward from Spital Bridge, 69593 is passing Spital Up Goods Yard.

Looks like part of your wall is still there: http://goo.gl/maps/yd8i2

Hi Mullie I have just read through the six pages of posts on your layout. You are doing a fine job of making a small layout with plenty of operational interest. I have been impressed with some of your methods to cut costs, making your own trackwork looks quite straight forward and I guess providing you take time doing it, it can be more rewarding too. What I have noticed is where you are working, winter will soon be here again with those cold days and you really need to prepare that garage for a more comfortable existance. I see no floor covering, you need to be standing on a wooden duck board to get your feet off that cold floor. It doesn't need to be too wide, length could be in a couple of sections so you can pull it to the centre of the garage when the car comes in and its then underneath. Also beg some old curtains, the thicker the better, put a wire above the garage door and hang them to cover all that bare metal. The garage door is acting like a cold radiator, its just sucking cold air in and radiating it out into the inside. Keep up the good work, looking forward to new enhancements. mick.

Another photo here showing that indicator box. The ladder and box are definitely on the signal box side of the post, so my previous theory of it facing the station was incorrect. I really should not give suggestions as to its use as no doubt I'll be caught out again BUT, could it have given a warning to certain services to stop and not continue through non-stop mick.

Another thought, could it be a repeater for terminating services setting back into the carraige sidings or did it control the loading bay. The photo came from http://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/blog/?cat=11 I dont know if you have looked at that site lately but there have been quite a few new additons added recently.

Gilbert, Did you ever solve what the mystery indicator was at the north end? Attached photo shows the ladder on the signal box side which I had not noticed before, so presumably the indicator is facing the station therefore could it be something used for light engine to shed or shunting movements?

It is called Focus Stacking. Here are a few pointers: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/focus-stacking.htm http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/post-processing-articles/focus-stacking-made-easy-with-photoshop/ mick

Good news, your signal box now has listed status, well the real one anyway. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jul/25/railway-signal-boxes-listed-england mick.

Peterborough East

Excuse me for butting in Great Northern, but I wondered if this might be relevent to you. The buildings (or what was left of them) at the left hand side of the Great Northern Hotel have now all been demolished. If you require any photos of them as they were in 2009, then I suggest you go to Google street view and take some screen grabs before Google Maps get updated. mick.

view from the other side, looks like two indicator panels