Aber Halt Junction

Welcome to Aber Halt Junction

During this Covid-19 tragedy and equally contributory mid-life crisis I decided to take up OO Gauge model railways. I have been watching the likes of Chadwick Parkway, Everard Junction, Sam's Trains and Kampala Road for well over a year, so I thought.... how hard can it be??? The answer is quite. They are truly brilliant at providing inspiration and showing you how amazing your layout could look and they do cover the basics, however getting there from scratch and avoiding some very basic potholes (even though you think you know enough to avoid them, D'Oh!!!) is harder than it looks, well at least it was for me, maybe I am more basic than I realised!! I aim to share the fundamental errors that I have made so hopefully you can avoid them, to date they've probably cost me a couple of hundred quid!! Which in these hard times I'd prefer to have avoided. I'm certainly not suggesting that you shouldn't get into this great hobby and indeed I wish I'd got into it sooner, so big thanks to the aforementioned channels for getting me so inspired. I still watch you every day and you each bring me different things: Inspiration - Everard Junction (layout) Sam's Trains (rolling stock); Humour and fundamentals - Chadwick Parkway; Dry Wit, Exasperation (mainly with Hornby) and perseverance - Kampala Road. Each of these at different times have enthused me, so thanks again guys! Please check them out, they are all worthy of a visit.

On my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1LGERks03fp1kAvDensL0w/ I plan to discuss all of the trials and tribulations that I have faced in getting my layout up and running, including track layouts, power/control options, track (much more complicated than it sounds), rolling stock (to date only one Class 121 from Dapol and a Class 37 from ViTrains), design software (I use a particular [free] beauty), baseboard construction (more of a challenge in these Covid days), aspirations for the main layout, plus much more. I hope you enjoy! I plan on providing more detailed information to this website, including lots of pictures and behind the scenes looks!!