Amelia Grove is my 7 by 4 combined tramway and railway layout. I have a few years away from the hobby and this is my test bed and also gives me a chance to share a layout with my so. Like Dull Steamer's son he likes bendy trams and also single truck cars. The tramway runs inside the railway and crosses over the fuel merchant siding. A car siding runs behind the main station to store a car to change over with. I work on the basic principle that if I like it, I run it!. I am mainly interested in the Melbourne, LA , London and San Francisco systems. I was inspired by Victoria Street and also the Sydney Trams layout which was displayed a few years ago at some local exhibitons. Volunteering at the Sydney Tramway Museum also increased my interest. A fellow RM webber is assiting with the layout and will see some Japanese and other US cars visit the system. Eventually when I build my double car garage sized layout the tramway will expand but this is a good starting point for now
The track is down and I hope to do a fair bit more work during my upcoming holidays.
The fleet is mixed - some brass US cars run along side plastic and die cast cars. I have some Felthams to assemble to repesent London and Sunderland cars and an Edinburgh car to assemble along with a Melbourne W2 which was a present from the wife last year.
Here are a couple of images
A 25 year old Bachmann PCC which has been repowered with the newer Bachmann mech clanks over the crossing to the fuel merchant's
A Die Cast Cooee Melbourne W6 stands at the Elliott Road stop. The car is to be fitted with a pantograph instead of poles to reflect contemporary practice - the actual prototype car is now a restraunt tram in Melbourne - the shelter is an old Life Like US kit which I plan to detail up eventually
My first brass model - a 50 year old Pacific Electric Hollywood Car which awaits repowering and repainting
A view of the car sidings - a PCC is on Standby whilst a Boeing LRV from International Hobby Corp stands awaiting passengers outside Amelia Grove.
Hope the pics of interest and apologies if I have clogged up this thead as I am new to RM Web