Camps Junction

the 20x12 shed that will be coming Drew

tried again lol drew

so this is where i am in the hope it should run close to how it should ,Also put in hidden fiddle yard/ return loop think its getting close???? drew PS i forgot to put the 2ftx2ft access panel back in main yard will do so when i next update'

Thanks bud as I’ve said still a way to go , I’ll shortly look into the workings of the junction and the then I can finally get the right plan that operates the right way.I stil have 2 or 3 months before any physical work will start, Many thanks for the info Drew

More fettling last night and this morning, Drew

Yes Feedback is allways welcome, I’ve spent most the day with anyrail fettling the layout, Making Shaw the loops run UP & Down with no issues, Helix is not of the cards at all, Once I’ve got it so I’m happy with the design and base boards are all done I will print it out and transfer to base boards if it doesn’t work then I can make changes, I’d sooner spend 8 months planning or even 2 years if I have to as I’d sooner make the mistakes at this point, The actual main junction will be all on the same level whilst the rest will be block raised so I can raise the track and also put in pitches, rises and drops as I see so many layouts all on the same level, But that’s a way of yet, When I get a final plan sorted I can then order the points as I currently have 8 box’s of code 55 flexi, Anyway enough for now thanks for the feedback will try and get more done tommorow , Cheers Drew.

As I’ve said it’s still a work in progress witch has been worked on for over 6 months and still have another 3 months before I can start on the base boards, Thanks Drew

It’s only 3 if you look not 4 also there going to the fiddle yard, , The curves at top left are 3ft to do 90 degrees, As said this is not done there is a stone quarry/yard bottom left to go in also a double steel bridge just before stone yard, Plus bottom right the bridge will be going over a river/gully, As for a lot in one place it’s about bounds green yard that I lived opposite as a child. Thanks Drew

A bit more fiddling if anyone knows Bounds Green Yard the High level that goes over the mainline north the mains will go into a tunnel with a fiddle yard below the base board, The outer loop will be a high level around the Up line and Down will follow a slightly differant route and over a double steel bridge above a river or gully , Still lots of bits and pieces but think it’s taking shape atlast. Drew.

Tomorrow I’ll bring the tunnel entrance forward and have a look at the southern end of the station, Thanks again Drew, Ps still got 3 months to get this fettled , Now doing the layout I’ve wanted for 50yrs feel more confident with the idea,. Until recently I did have some photos taken from the bedroom window in Dagmar Rd but seem to have disappeared.

Yes I’ve made a start sorting bits out. Drew

Hi Ian thanks for your reply , So the mainlines following Dagmar Rd yes they will just go into tunnel and down into a fiddle yard underneath the main layout, Thanks for the platform info I will adjust that as you couldn’t see the Woodgreen/Alexander Palace station from Dagmar Rd, As for what I’d be running as per Era 7 the up and over line I only ever remember Dmu,s on that line apart from the odd engine coming over (no carriages on) Mainline I can remember Deltics and Warships running on them, I believe the sheds have been changed with more upto date ones since 70s/80s so that will get sorted with items of that period as for the yard area I can only remember seeing 08 shunters setting up passenger trains in the sidings ,Engines being repaired even a few steam still around in early 70s, Refueling also, But thanks for station info will see if I can find any pics of that period, Drew.

Hi all hope your all having a good weekend? So I’ve been trying like hell to get Didcot station and Junction onto the new size 20x12, But know matter how hard I tried even cutting it down it just didn’t look right neither did it fit, I ended up going back to my origanal idea which was the place I lived opposite as a kid, Bounds Green Junction, Had to add two lift out sections, Move the station and add a loop there is still lots of tweaking but I think it’s getting there. So in 3 months I’ve done a full circle. Drew

Hi all shortly will be moving to new house where I will be starting on a new layout, I want to do Era 7 Didcot station and junction ( not as far as the old power station), and hope to get as much as possible into 20x12 N gauge but can find no track plans for this, While most of it’s still there apart from carriage section which I do have most of the rest has 30yrs+ of growth over it ,Even with close ups on google earth very little is now visible,If anyone can help with this would be a great help pics or plans , Thanks Drew.

Also I wreckon from the station to the apex at the top of the image where there’s a junction nearest Oxford that’s about 900 meters but will only get about 650 metres in so will have to find away to crop it down without changing it to much, Drew

Hi Mike , Yes I have a screen shot of that but there’s also 35yrs of growth and what was clearly visible in 1980 say is pretty much invisible now, any idea how I can get round this? Drew

Hi yes Era 7 I know is Br Blue and although steam passenger services stopped in August 1968 there was still a fair amount of steam running right through the 70s and I think there was still some running in the early 80s, But to confirm yes Era 7, As for Didcot finding a track plan is proving difficult as I’m trying to stitch photos together to make a full plan ,Then I can see what I can fit of it in 20x12 but still have a loop at some point., Thanks again for the input ,Drew

Hey all just wondered has anyone ATTEMPTED Didcot station and junction, Just thinking out loud as maybe possible in N with a lift out section? thanks Drew

Love this ,Railway and Military and Movies a stunning model ,I wish others would do more of these maybe , Bridge over the River Kwai or Von Ryan’s Express I’m sure theres more, This is a stunning bit of modeling 👍

Thanks Andy just ordered last copy of Amazon 👍

2014 someone changed pic to black and white drrrrrrrr

It maybe date on photos is wrong I’ll go back and check ,Thanks Tony, Drew

Morning all so I’ve spent the morning doing a mainline station one that I know well from meeting my grandparents there picking me up for summer breaks,, 1971 Cambridge. All done from photos. Also it goes in to close scale and will fit within 2ft6.by 20ft Drew.