South-East Rail

Hello all. Haven't updated this in months! The layout has been progressing rather slowly due to A-levels but now I have the whole summer to continue developing it. Currently, the glue is drying on the first section of track to be fixed down. When the gluing is all finished I'll move on to ballasting, weathering and installing Peco Code 60 third rail. I'll try not to leave it so long until the next update! Ed

Fantastic work.

That looks very impressive.

Brilliant work on those OBAs. The attention to detail is incredible! I'm tempted to do some myself...

Fantastic work!

Great work! I'm tempted to try something similar. Ed

Hello. Just a quick update: I've cut out most of the cork underlay, as well as all the sections of track. Although the layout isn't yet wired properly, I've been able to run a few trains on a temporary set-up. Pictures will (hopefully) come soon! Ed

Thanks for the heads-up! Ed

Looking good.

Looking good.

Brilliant, some very nice shots there! Quick update: Today I started cutting out the cork underlay for the track. Father Christmas was very generous and gave me 31233 in NR yellow, some IOA ballast wagons and some IPA car carriers, amongst other things. More photos soon! Regards, Ed

Good evening. A quick pre-Christmas update: I haven't done any more work on the layout but here are a few shots of the baseboards along with the first train to run on them. Perhaps something like this will run on the layout when it's done... Hope everyone has a very happy Christmas! Ed

Might get one or two when the new Heljan version comes out.

Sounds good! I'll have to get round to sourcing some MGR hoppers (and suitable traction) at some stage.

Update: Today saw the construction of the baseboards - two 8 x 2-foot boards end to end. Surprisingly, these were finished in a day. Construction is of plywood mounted on pine baton, 3 foot off the floor. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures soon. I also laid out some of my new Peco Code 75 concrete-sleeper track, to see what the track plan looks like in real life. I have to say I'm very impressed with the Peco track compared to the standard Hornby stuff! I joined five 1-yard lengths together and ran 67018 up and down a few times just for fun - now I'm really keen to get the cork underlay and track fixed down - then it's on to wiring, ballasting and weathering! Regards, Ed

Thanks, that would be great.

Wow, loads of great info there - there seems to be quite a bit of variety. Thanks very much to you and Andy. Nice photo of the test train as well.

You're right about the siding, I saw it a couple of weeks ago. Didn't know about the Chunnel stuff, thanks for the info. Thanks, lots of useful stuff there. Ed

Hello. I'm starting my third layout (the others being my original 6x4 foot tail-chaser and my ongoing depot), based loosely on the station at Deal in Kent. Here is the initial trackplan: (Each square = 1 square foot) The lines going off towards Sandwich are on the left, and those heading towards Walmer are on the right. The layout also features an extended Network Rail siding with a headshunt. I plan on operating more freight than is perhaps realistic (There aren't any regular flows east of Folkestone!) as an endless stream of EMUs would be a bit dull. Any advice would be welcomed. Regards, Ed

This layout is looking fantastic, can't wait to see it develop.

The 08 looks fantastic.

Great work on the 377.