Shaun123

I do apologise for bumping this topic, with it being 6 months old. But it’s something I was searching for! I remember this siding well, there was a TTA and the end of a rake of wagons there for many years. I’d say that was there until at least 2007/2008, that’s the last time I saw it. I remember them being there for at least 10 years previously rooted the spot, the TTA at least anyway. I remember my Dad driving right up them and that must have been late 90’s! I’ve got a photo somewhere, I’ll try and dig it one day! Here’s a link to a Flickr pic, courtesy of Flickr user tomsmithtommysmith

Thanks everyone, you couldn’t have been more helpful! I’m not going to rush in to just building a layout, luckily with my Peco O Gauge starter set and a few bits of extra track, luckily someone did buy me some extra points for Christmas too, I can arrange some different track layouts to see what works best in the space I have before committing it to the baseboard.

Thank you everyone! Some food for thought! And @D6775 you’re part of the team behind Dovedale?! All I can say is wow! One of the my favourite ever layouts, it’s incredible. Peak Forest inspired + O Gauge is perfection.

Good morning all, and Merry Christmas! So I took the plunge into O Gauge and for Christmas got the Peco O Gauge starter set. Basically im looking for inspiration and where to start. Ive gone from OO Gauge as a child to a gap in the hobby of 10-15 years to N Gauge and now to O Gauge. My inspiration for O Gauge is trying to base a layout on Arpley Stabling sidings, Warrington, having had fond memories seeing locos stabled there from 31’s, 37’s to 60’s. I’m looking for some inspirational track plans, for an end to end shunting layout that can represent the above. Space is at premium but I’m hoping I can achieve something with 8ft by 2ft? The era I’m modelling will be mid 90’s so BR sectorisation to Privatisation transitional period, just before EWS was everywhere! Seeing the Dovedale layout and the recent exhibition put it firmly in my mind O Gauge was the way to go. Thanks for any help!