PhilJ W
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Hi Phil.
Just came across your name while trawling across the RM website regarding the viaduct layout built for what was then the British Railways Property. The layout was built by us at the Southwark Model Railway Club, consisting of 3 baseboards depicting a double track viaduct showing scenes in Victorian times, the 1960/70 and refurbished arches. The layout was built to fit into a trailer into which the public could walk around with two hidden loops at each end so that a train could go backwards and forwards. The trailer was usually accompanied by a person dressed up as a smiley railway arch known as "Andy Arches".
The layout came back to us when Railtrack took over and found they didn't need it any more. We had to move to a new clubroom just over two years ago, so we ended up selling the layout to a family in Bexleyheath who plan to make it into a loft layout. We had started to build a fourth board incorporating a canal (loosely based on the Surrey canal at Deptford. I do have some photographs that I took of the layout over the years. I'll try and see if I can find them for you.
All the best,
Gary
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I Phil,
Please find attached (if I've done it correctly! I'm still pretty new to this website) of some photographs I took of our Andy Arches layout (as it became known). The photographs were taken prior to the layout being put onto our club's website for the purpose of selling. We did an exhibition at Bexleyheath a couple of years ago when someone inquired about the layout and bought it. Unfortunately, due to moving to a new clubroom, we didn't have the storage space for it. We had hoped to extend the layout into a large oval continuous run, loosely based on the London to Greenwich line with a representation of Spa Road station and Deptford station and possibly the lift bridge at Deptford Creek. But it never happened!
All the best!
Gary
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