TrentValleyRailway

Will be attending again next year, below is a 3 Part set of videos for all the layouts from The Great Electric Train Show 2019. Enjoy!

Another excellent year at the Great Electric Train Show, highlights from all the layouts below.

Another great show which gets better each year. Part 1 of all the layouts from The Great Electric Train Show 2019.

I do like the modular design evolving here for the baseboards.

nice to know it can be taken apart and moved elsewhere quite easily if needed.

On 05/10/2019 at 10:54, ISW said:

Matt,

 

Ramps starting to look the part. Are you just pinning the track or gluing as well? I tend to glue to prevent buckling of the track in hot/cold temperatures.

 

Any reason you are using concrete sleepers for what, I assume, are mostly non-scenic and visibly obstructed tracks, given that concrete sleepered Peco track costs a bit more that the timbered variant?

 

Only pinning the track on the non scenic sections, makes it very easy to dig up and replace if ever the track section goes dead or breaks.

on the scenic sections where I will ballast as well going to look at gluing the concrete sleepers down so don’t have the shiny black pins showing through the concrete sleepers.

reason for concrete sleepers is firstly a modern image layout so will look great alongside scenery for Trent Valley section representation of the WCML, and then to distinguish between the running lines and the sidings in the fiddle yard so I have a continuous run (loops) around without going through the sidings. 
 

Did my research and found a retailer which had  the full box of peco tracks that were the same for concrete or wooden sleepers at bulk price. 

Progress made on the start of the inclines for cork underlay and the track.

On 30/09/2019 at 20:16, ISW said:

Matt,

 

Why haven't I come across your layout previously? Neither here on RMWeb or YouTube. I blame the search engines. As I subscribe to quite a few railway layouts on YouTube, I can't understand why it hasn't offered your layout in the recommendations. Okay, rant over.

 

If you look at my layout (https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/133913-burton-on-trent-south-ramps/ or link in footer) of 'Burton-on-Trent South' I think you'll see we have a lot of similarities:

1. Started about the same time.
2. Overall size about the same.
3. Same gauge.
4. Same era.
5. 2 layers, storage on lower, scenic on upper.
6. Ramps between the levels.

It was the use of 'ramps' that got me interested, as that is what I'm building at present. We seem to have agreed on a ramp slope of 1 in 40 (2.5%) as well.

 

Anyway, I'll be following your progress and going back over some of your YouTube videos for ideas / tricks / etc.

 

 

Sure do have many similarities and following your layout build topic with interest too, particularly how tidy the cabling is under the Burton layout.

Following this topic with similarities to the layout build in progress for the Trent Valley Railway. Tried to read off the diagrams the level distance between lower level and the top level being around 35cm? Would be grateful if you could direct me to previous posts I may have missed on this subject.

thanks Matt

Some photos from the latest layout update

The latest layout update is below:

An excellent exhibition as always, highlights of layouts on show below.

Redditch Model Railway Exhibition 2019

Attended two model railway shows over the weekend, highlights below and layout update coming soon.

Trent Valley Model Railway Society Exhibition 2019

Redditch Model Railway Exhibition 2019

A few pictures of the rebuild on the removable section

The August 2019 Layout Update for the Trent Valley Railway is now available. 

For a long time I’ve been wondering how to stop the dust/debris from the garage floor and finally come across the solution to install mats on the floor, progress made today shown below

hopefully get the remainder sorted during the week.

Eventually got enough work done in the past month to compile a layout update

being the July 2019 Layout Update for the Trent Valley Railway

A detailed look back at the removable baseboard section.

Model Railway Removable Baseboard - Trent Valley Railway #29

The June 2019 Layout update is available for viewing. 

Parts 4-7 below, with the June Layout update for the Trent Valley Railway later this week.

The Great Central Railway Model Event 2019 - Part 4

The Great Central Railway Model Event 2019 - Part 5

The Great Central Railway Model Event 2019 - Part 6

The Great Central Railway Model Event 2019 - Part 7

Part 6 and 7 of all the layouts from the show. Let’s hope it’s just as great next year as it was this year for the exhibition layouts on display.

The Great Central Railway Model Event 2019 - Part 6

The Great Central Railway Model Event 2019 - Part 7

Parts 4 and 5 of all the layouts from the event below. Great show and Enjoy.

I will get back to my own layout over the summer now, but the last exhibition event before Autumn that i had planned to attend was the Great Central Railway Model Event 2019. An event on such a large scale that could easily challenge Warley for the biggest and best model event of the year.

Will definitely be returning next year hoping for much better weather! For those unable to attend or didn't get a chance to look round everything, highlights of the layouts in part 1, part 2 and part 3 are below. Enjoy.

An event on such a large scale that could easily challenge Warley for the biggest and best model event of the year.

Not too busy nor not too quiet on the Friday when i spent the day there and great value ticket that also gives you good access along the length of the GCR.

Plenty to see and do in one day and just about managed to get around it all and visit Loughborough station for some time.

Found the GCR and model event staff in the marquees very welcoming and it was just a shame about the rain showers in between the small amount of sunshine.

Will definitely be returning next year hoping for much better weather! For those unable to attend or didn't get a chance to look round everything, highlights of the layouts in part 1, part 2 and part 3 are below. Enjoy.

Another weekend another exhibition, highlights below...

East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition 2019 - Part 1

East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition 2019 - Part 2

East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition 2019 - Part 3

A great venue for the show, particularly liked that you were able to wait inside , considering it was absolutely chucking it down with rain, before entering the show.

very well set up, spacious and easy to get to venue - will be returning next year if it is at the same venue.

nice focus on the layouts rather than thousands of traders /sales stands with the highlights from all the layouts captured below.

East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition 2019 - Part 1

East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition 2019 - Part 2

East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition 2019 - Part 3