Hi Guys,
The S & W is very much a fond memory for me and I can still recall the childhood thrill of seeing Robin Hoods Bay from the DMU windows as the North-bound train emerged from Ravenscar tunnel. I would have my red metal bucket and spade at the ready, that I had purchased on Scarborough station, prior to setting off for one weeks (our only) annual family holiday in RHB The trains fascinated me and when set-down at RHB, I would race thru the Goods Yard and stand to watch the Grand Depart of the DMU to Whitby - just like the small boy in Ken Hoole's / David Hey's photo of a 3-Car 108 (Hull, Springhead depot)
If anyone can find an old copy of 'Railway Modeller' September 1981, check-out 'A Branch Line for Modern Traction', written with assistance from Ken Hoole and Robin Lidster. All the drawings and maps were produced using drawing-board ink pens on film-paper whilst at work (long before CAD) The plan was based on 'what-if the line had survived'.
Back then, although the line was an official a footpath / cycle-track - it was still very derelict and overgrown with vegetation. Now it's a bit of shining example of 'just look what can be achieved'!
I had hours of fun building and operating the model, even though it was a bit of a Train-set approach. But Model Railways themselves have moved-on so much these days, that I'm tempted to have a another go.
Regards, Paul (thanks for a great Forum and I'm glad I've joined at last)