Goodsbridge

Well a milestone has been reached. The first locos have run in the shed yard, controlled by the correct panel. 2 years 3 months of tracklaying and wiring and we put 5 boards and some backscenes up for the club open day, The backscene, at the end of the Castle Branch actually has it's proper scenic break including the start of a terrace of cottages that go along St Georges Quay.

The viaduct and parts of the goods yard can be seen together with the locoshed control panel that was perched on the baseboard.(Otherwise it would have obstructed the doorway,) The first two backscenes have been given an initial coat of light blue and now John has to work out what to paint on them. The scenic break wasn't quite in the correct place but certainly looked good.

 

This was all part of a club open day and we had quite a lot of visitors and some good comments. I spent the day talking to the public and also adding gutter frames to more platform awnings. I had a train, static in the platform and this was the result.

The effect of the awnings and the shadows they create was quite good to look at.

We even ran a few locos in the shed area and across a diamond crossing. There are some snags to sort out but I was very happy with the result and even got two of the control panels taking to each other . Now back to the grindstone of painting awnings while watching Wodstock, the Directors cut.

 

Jamie

Just seen your pictures. Awesome, particularly as the layoiut is in O Gauge!

Peter

Jamie, this looks as if it will be absolutely brilliant! I remember Green Ayre well and worked there on secondment from Lancaster Castle station in the mid 1960s, walking down the linking track, which was a designated walking route.

My friend Edward Meadowcroft sent me this link. he used to arrive at Green Ayre for school every day throughout the 1950s , often popping into the sheds to see what was in.

I have several photographs of Green Ayre. You probably have many images yourself, but I will be happy to email you what I have if it will help your project.

My email is;

owlpub@hotmail.com

I look forward to seeing some images on this site as your project progresses.

Good luck! (And a lot of hard work too.)

Best wishes

Peter

(Lancaster former Porter)