Nobby (John)

oh good, i expect it to be finished by Saturday then!

Further to George's post yesterday, a few updated pictures, although at the rate he is going these are already well out of date!!

I must go to specssavers, I can't even see the signalman....... Nice atmospheric photo though, spent many an hour at March in my younger days.

Great photos , thank you for posting

Or even begin. Nobby Daz Spike John

Cheers Pete See you at Stafford this year ( we are only visiting this year ) I have your DVD that I got at Warley for you.

Thanks Clive, I must get used to using one of these eye-pad thingies!!! Using DCC should be fun..................

Cheers Mark, the Brixworth sign is from George Woodcocks model of the station. So I suppose there is a model of he Northampton - Market Harborough line. ( Brixworth has been featured in Railway Modeller )

All track laying apart for a couple of catch points to be installed completed on the scenic boards, Track to left is to Blisworth and Northampton, track to right is to Salcey Forest ( in our imaginary world ) Sorry photos are on the side they were uploaded from an iPad

Hi Terry Top hat and tails tomorrow!! Happy new year to you too. See you soon John ( nobby)

Tracklaying commenced today, hopefully the 2 scenic boards will be finished tomorrow ( although we are one point short at the moment ) The occupation bridge and A5 (Lucas Bridge will be to the right hand side ) Sorry guys and gals, i should have rotated the last 3 images but times constraints stopped me........

The two scenic boards are off to Georges house,, track being bought on Wednesday from local Model shop in Northampton. Track laying due to start on Thursday morning.

Only as close as you and Spike....he he

Beautiful day here today so young George and I should complete the first part of the baseboard construction and track laying should start later in the week. Yippee.

As Mr Bryan's official PR Agent I can confirm that Longmoor is on hold at his time.

Merry Xmas to you too Terry Cheers John (nobby)

Hi Clive, Dave ( as part of the wrecking crew) will have to be trained in the use of DCC, that may take some time............... Cheers John

The following is a synopsis compiled by George regarding the layout. TOWCESTER Towcester is a small town in south Northamptonshire which dates back to Roman times. In railway terms it dates from the latter half of the nineteenth century and after a rather troubled first quarter of a century the main line through the town became known as the SMJ connecting Stratford to Olney. With its connections to Banbury and Northampton via Blisworth using the tracks of rival companies it hoped to prosper but this was sadly not be and the SMJ was absorbed into the LMS railway at the ‘Grouping’ of the privatised railway companies in 1922. Towcester was an important junction on this system and was where the four lines joined. Passenger services were always poorly patronised in this rural system and finally ceased in 1954 though freight continued until 1964 when the track was lifted, station site was cleared and later re-developed as a Tesco supermarket. That is the reality; this however is our version of events. The year is 1977 and Towcester still has a railway presence although on a reduced scale. Though the line from Blisworth on the WCML through to Banbury has been retained as a north-south link, the old SMJ line to Stratford has indeed closed though the derilicttrack is still in situ to sidings on the other side of the A5 bridge. The remaining line carries passenger services between Northampton, Banbury and Oxford although the intermediate stations have long closed. These are in the hands of Cl101, 105 and 108 DMUs. Freight traffic includes coal, cement, petroleum and Speedlink traffic between the North East and Eastleigh. There is also local freight in the form of steel delivered into Towcester yard to an engineering works in the yard itself as well as occasional fertilizer and animal feed traffic for a local agricultural merchant. The old SMJ line to Olney has been retained as far as Salcey Forest for the loading of timber. Locomotives to be seen include Cl25, 40, 45 and 47 in good old BR ‘banger blue’. We have taken a good many liberties with the history of the area but hopefully people will appreciate that we have done it all in good faith and just wish it could have been this way.

Hi Pete Yes Towcester was a through station, and as you know George likes his end to end layouts. News flash is this will also be "our" first DCC layout ( We arrive in the 21st century at last )

Boards built as posted earlier with George acting as handyman!!! Also the Snotmobile is George's car and not mine!!!

Yep and tomorrow!! Photos may be tomorrow know as I am off to sort out a point on a friends layout!!

Baseboards built and legs attached. Dowels still to be fitted, but progress is made Pictures to be posted later when downloaded from iPhone

Hi Chris, yses i did meet your FIL, i see George has already answered about the signalling, sorry i cannot help you on that either. The bridge must be the only bridge not to have been photographed on the whole BR network!!! Cheers John (nobby)

Cheers Beast, i will give that a try. John (nobby) Cheers Duncan, appreciate it. John (nobby)

Was not just 85's being sold cheap. Class 37's at £45 Desiros at £89 03's at £35 44's at £40 and loads of others as well