Wow thank you all, Originally it was going to be O Scale but 8 x 2 would not do it justice. I purchased a Peckett W4 in OO with sound that will do it for me.
The idea still being formulated is the end of a Branch where the main Employer in Town is a Brewery or a Whiskey Distillary late Steam early Diesel.
The Brewery or Whiskey Distillary will be the centre of attraction with Branch traffic going back and forth to a hidden fiddle yard serving the afore mentioned, a small Local passenger service will spice things up.
Going to use PECO Bullhead rail with a 1950,s theme (I was born in 46) so as the saying goes " Oh yes I remember it well" (most of the time), I left the UK in 83 so I have a lot of catching up to do.
When did Private Owner wagons fade away.
David
A Yorkshireman in the USA.