rogerfarnworth Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 This is another thread prompted by reading old copies of "The Railway Magazine" from 1950. The September 1950 magazine carried a short article about the Ashover Light Railway which had finally closed over the majority of its length to freight traffic in March 1950. The post below is the first of two. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/15/the-ashover-light-railway-part-1 I hope you enjoy it. Much of the information comes from three sources ... The Railway Magazine, Wikipedia, and the website of the Ashover Light Railway Society. The Society's website is well worth a visit. http://www.alrs.org.uk 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) This is the second post in a short series about the Ashover Light Railway. It covers the length of the line from the Clay Cross Works to Stretton Halt. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/19/the-ashover-light-railway-part-2 Edited January 19, 2019 by rogerfarnworth 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 And finally ........... This is the third of three planned posts about the Ashover Light Railway. I hope you enjoy the final installment. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/19/the-ashover-light-railway-part-3. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted January 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2019 Very interesting - many thanks for publishing the results of your extensive research. Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 Fantastic picture. Are you building a model of the line? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzine Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Hi Roger, Have enjoyed your work on the Ashover Railway. I'm currently working on my next article for Model Rail magazine and hoping to design a 009 layout that includes as much of the branch as possible. Do you know if any of the published books contain all or a substantial amount of track plans? And perhaps most important can be purchased for a sensible price! Kind regards Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted January 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 15/12/2021 at 17:52, Dzine said: Hi Roger, Have enjoyed your work on the Ashover Railway. I'm currently working on my next article for Model Rail magazine and hoping to design a 009 layout that includes as much of the branch as possible. Do you know if any of the published books contain all or a substantial amount of track plans? And perhaps most important can be purchased for a sensible price! Kind regards Paul interesting to see this layout based on ALR, for sale at Osborn's-- https://www.osbornsmodels.com/00-9-the-ashover-light-railway-90-x-100-46432-p.asp --looks quite an interesting plan that links together Clay Cross, and Ashover Butts. there is also this earlier RMWeb thread on the topic-- all the best, Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted January 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2022 6 hours ago, tractionman said: interesting to see this layout based on ALR, for sale at Osborn's-- https://www.osbornsmodels.com/00-9-the-ashover-light-railway-90-x-100-46432-p.asp A clever way of selling Peco track - obviously took some work to design it and make it fit, but as far as I can tell instead of a layout you just get a box of track as listed. . 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzine Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 44 minutes ago, Mike Bellamy said: A clever way of selling Peco track - obviously took some work to design it and make it fit, but as far as I can tell instead of a layout you just get a box of track as listed. . Hi Mike, although not one of mine, the plan comes from the Peco Narrow Gauge Planbook. Regards Paul 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted January 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2022 Ken Plant's Oakwood Press (1st or 1987 edition) 'The Ashover Light Railway' has 4 pages of track & station diagrams. The Gratton (Wild Swan) book fetches silly prices. Dava 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzine Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Dava said: Ken Plant's Oakwood Press (1st or 1987 edition) 'The Ashover Light Railway' has 4 pages of track & station diagrams. The Gratton (Wild Swan) book fetches silly prices. Dava Thanks Dave, I found a way round it. The two termini are shown in reasonable detail, albeit heavily compressed or modified (or both in some cases). I decided to leave some sections on a multiple choice basis (you can choose your own favourites) leaving purchase of the book to any potential builder if they so wish. It's good to know they're available and I'll mention the detail in the script. I have to say, some second hand book purchases and model railway equipment have become ridiculously overpriced, often with vague descriptions that are either untrue or frankly of very little use. I think there's probably another topic here, it's been bugging me for some time. Thanks again, Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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