Stephenwolsten

Steve - Apart from my Atlantic Dock thread, I also have masses of reference pictures on Pinterest and Flickr. My Pinterest Boards include not only one with hundreds of Liverpool dock layout pictures, but also two Boards of Urban and Industrial pictures. You will find plenty of warehouses etc in the respective galleries. Warning: my reference stuff is a great time waster! https://www.pinterest.co.uk/stephenwolstenh/_saved/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/16896988@N08/galleries Good luck. Stephen

Don't let this sort of quality discourage anyone! The cgi LOR took at least 8 months work by a professional artist. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L9g2P

Advanced cgi software has transformed many areas such as films, games and TV. When applied to recreating authentic historic scenes it can be a very powerful technique which leads towards "virtual model making". Here is a still image from a computer generated film of the Overhead Railway, copyright of Steven Wheeler, a cgi artist and worker.

Apart from construction detail, this picture shows the only short location where the Overhead Railway dipped to street level. This was necessary to get under the L & Y Railway's High Level Coal Railway to Bramley Moore Dock.

Imagine Liverpool in 1893, with the world's first elevated electric railway, light weight multiple unit trains, and automatic signalling. This was pretty ambitious for this era. Model photograph courtesy of Richard Ellis/Monk's Gate Models.

A new phase of work on Atlantic Dock is about to start, courtesy of Judith Edge Kits and Monk's Gate Models. The diorama will be completed with the construction of the Liverpool Overhead Railway structure (and rolling stock, in due course). The infrastructure work consists of assembling the 7mm etches for the 'normal' 50ft spans and supporting columns, plus track laying. The columns supporting the LOR viaduct measured 13 ins by 18 ins with an average height of 16ft. The columns were generally placed vertically under the ends of the main girders and about 22 ft apart, giving width for two lines of track. A normal span had two wrought iron, plate-type girders 50 by 4ft, with a 16 ins flange at the top, bottom and both ends. Fixed to the top flange was a projecting parapet forming a continuous footway with a wider refuge at the end of each span. To ensure a watertight deck, arched plate flooring was fixed consisting of plates bent round with a flat top ( to take the rails) and riveted to intervening t-bars. A first span will be completed to test clearances with the MDHB branch lines underneath and gain familiarity with the etches and construction process.

The full film, with more railway scenes.

Some sounds of Liverpool docks.

Thanks for sharing the Getty/NRM pictures. I had seen them before but had not realised the definition in pre-view mode could be so good. I see what you mean about detail. There was a string of goods stations/warehouses like these ones immediately inland from the docks and the Liverpool 'dock road'. Each competing railway company usually owned several goods stations, reflecting how they had to keep up as the docks moved northwards as the size of ships increased.

Hi, I came across this picture and thought you might like to see it. Regards Stephen

This newly discovered picture, courtesy of Glen Fairweather, will be useful for matching LOR paint colours:

Another recent eBay purchase.

In much earlier posts I speculated about the purpose of a mobile boiler that appears in several pictures of the MDHB shed at Princes Dock. I concluded that it was sand dryer and have now bought this image on eBay. This latest picture shows some nice detail of the mobile dryer. It also shows the role of public telephone boxes in keeping the wheels of commerce turning on the docks.

Hi Steve, I posted a photo of the method here on 11 September (above). I hope this illustrates the simple fixing by gluing down a second, adjacent rail with cut-down sleepers. I hope this helps. Stephen

This photo shows an experiment with laying setts/cobbles between track using Redutex self-adhesive cobble sheets on 5mm foam board. Gentle heating enables the 3D surface to be shaped round bends. Further work would be needed to disguise the gap between the rail and the 'check' rail and hide the sleepers.

This Facebook group currently has a series of posts about relevant rolling stock, especially the Distington Engineering products: https://www.facebook.com/groups/394490193925697

Now I'm going to need a Lister truck in 7mm! The Autotruck Club told me via Facebook that this is a "Lister Auto Truck petrol powered either 600cc or 750cc J.A.P engine".

Albert Dock before restoration, showing capstan and bollards.

3D printed capstans by Chris Ward. Hand made bollards and quayside by Richard Ellis, Monk's Gate Models.

Hi, there is a picture of wool being handled by rail at Liverpool docks on page 6 of my thread called Atlantic Dock. Stephen.

Not long now till the Virtual Show on Saturday 31 October! The GOG team have been working hard behind the scenes and this trial Virtual Show has expanded considerably. The organisers are adding more and more: Layouts Demonstrations Traders adverts and promotions Technical Committee sessions and Modelling Competition A timetable of "Live" announcements Please make sure it is in your diary. The event is free and non-members are welcome. Latest update is now available below. Entry to the Show will be via the GOG website.: https://www.gaugeoguild.com/news/files/2d40582a-9954-49db-9321-4a1925e90e1c.pdf

"In this book, Allan Heyes aims to recreate, using his personal pictorial record, the final years of the steam locomotive and its working environment in the North of England and Central Scotland. The accelerating demise of steam in the spring of 1964 was a call to action which continued unabated until August 1968.' This a a very good collection of 'end of steam' photos that avoids being too predictable/conventional. The images are well printed. East and West Lancashire get detailed coverage by the Wigan based author but the book includes steam in Scotland and the NE. Industrial lines are also covered. Available online for less than the published price of £20. http://www.crecy.co.uk/northern-rail-rover

Great research and illustration, thanks. I found the digital images really interesting as a way of visualising the end result.

Progress on the quay wall by Monk's Gate Models. In 1824 the remarkable Jesse Hartley (1780 - 1860) became Dock Engineer and, by 1860, had increased the size of Liverpool's docks from 46 acres to 212 acres. All the old docks were modernised and he was responsible for the design and execution of numerous new docks both to the north and south of the Pier Head. The random pattern of the granite is a 'trademark' feature of his docks. Hartley's background was as a stonemason and the quality of the work he supervised was so good that it can still be admired today. He had a fondness for so-called 'Cyclopean' masonry using irregularly-shaped stones carefully fitted together. In constructing quay walls, huge stones might be used but a similar style with smaller stones was also used extensively.