Barton - past to present *FOR SALE*

[mason]

Hi all

A few months back I was looking around on eBay and found a layout that caught my eye and decided to Persue and purchase it.

To my amazement on collecting the layout I was greated by Mike wild, editor of Hornby magazine standing before me.

The layout I had brought was one of his Hornby micro show layouts which I believe featured in a Hornby project page at some point in the past.

Obviously I was delighted and actually came away with the scenic board and both fiddle yards.
And a good chat with Mike and a look at some other Hornby projects going on.

So I get the layout back and it's basically sat in my workshop for the past two months and taken a back seat to the little layouts customer builds.

I now have some space and although not much time at the moment I decided to move the layout into the outside workshop, this got me looking at the layout and got me thinking and tinkering

The layout in its current state is complete and with some quick wood work on the fiddle yards would be show ready in 2 weeks time
But!! I had a chat with Cav (RBE) and he got the ideas flowing.

Mike has created a lovely scenic layout and the scenics are fantastic, but I want to put my stamp on it and add my skills into what's already there.

So the plan!

The plan is to move the layout into a time machine and throw it 30 years ahead in time

Barton is now a small branch line with a few passenger services and a few short freight trains and flask traffic.

The signal box was closed around 20 years earlier and the station buildings long gone and the platform resurfaced to Tarmac to keep the upkeep costs lower.
The station building replaced with a shelter and ticket machines

The goods shed has recently been levelled and there are still remains of the building that once stood.
Although the yard is a little overgrown it still has wagons stored or locos stabled for driver changes.

Of course this is all yet to happen
But that's the plan.

Here is what Barton looks like in 1967 ish

I seem to be having issues with posting the pictures from my phone

So I will post these later on

The work is yet to take place except the goods shed and station building removed and the signal box slowly dismantled

[RBE]

Here are Masons pics as he is having issues uploading I've offered to do so for him.

 

 

 

 

 

This one is the WIP of progress today.

 

Personally I would go even further and have the yard track either uplifted or at least cut off from the main and majorly overgrown with only main branch traffic moving through the scene. I find it hard to believe that there would be any requirement to stop wagons or locos over at Barton once the railways of the 80's was in strong flow. Making a scenically interesting layout where you get lost in the details is the opportunity here rather than having an unlikely lay over for the sake of having a yard. (maybe an old stranded wooden bodied open wagon in the good shed road with most of the wood rotted away and metalwork rusty as hell and overgrown would look very interesting)

 

Just my 2p.

 

Looking forward to seeing what you do mate.

 

Cav

[mason]

Thanks Cav for doing the pictures for me it's been an iPhone nightmare with the new ios8 update that seems to have stopped s few things

 

Cav I think your right and it's something I will probably do as I think it will add to the realism of a once thriving branch line all but gone 30 years later,

[mudmagnet]

Hi Neil

 

Another layout? You're worse than me!

 

I remember seeing in Hornby May. Good to see that has gone to a good home!

 

If me, I would add plenty of grass and greenary over the yard track and as Cav suggested, an old rotten / abandoned wagon left.

[Andrew P]

Sounds like another good one mate, I have plans as well for a small project soon, I'll be watching this with great interest.

 

Good luck with the changes.

 

Bodge.

[mason]

Hi Neil

 

Another layout? You're worse than me!

 

I remember seeing in Hornby May. Good to see that has gone to a good home!

 

If me, I would add plenty of grass and greenary over the yard track and as Cav suggested, an old rotten / abandoned wagon left.

hahaha yeah its getting bout of hand now i think Richard.

 

Which issue number is that and do you still have a copy as information on the layout is very limited and iv asked Mike Wild a few times with no reply.

 

I like the idea of the run down siding, probably the one nearest the front were the goods shed is or was. i have an old bauxite van that i might do a bit burnt out with graffiti on it maybe and lots of weeds infront of it and maybe a section of rail missing too.

 

I know some people will see it as losing operating potential with taking a siding away but it makes sense given the time period.

[mason]

Sounds like another good one mate, I have plans as well for a small project soon, I'll be watching this with great interest.

 

Good luck with the changes.

 

Bodge.

Thanks Andy, im becoming a serial layout builder like yourself apprently hahaha, looking forward to seeing what you have up your sleeve next too, maybe a double bill at Mansfield next year

[Andrew P]

Thanks Andy, im becoming a serial layout builder like yourself apprently hahaha, looking forward to seeing what you have up your sleeve next too, maybe a double bill at Mansfield next year

Hi Neil, Bitton (see link below) will be the main project, but I have some modern image wagons to move on when I unpack some boxes, I will pm some pics of what I have.

hen I would like to do a Trebudoc style in OO just small, Trebudoc was 9 ft in O Gauge including Fiddle yard so I could theoretically get that into 4.5 ft x 1 ft, but that's for later in the year maybe.

 

Bodge

[mason]

Hi Neil, Bitton (see link below) will be the main project, but I have some modern image wagons to move on when I unpack some boxes, I will pm some pics of what I have.

hen I would like to do a Trebudoc style in OO just small, Trebudoc was 9 ft in O Gauge including Fiddle yard so I could theoretically get that into 4.5 ft x 1 ft, but that's for later in the year maybe.

 

Bodge

All sounds good mate, glad your back in the game so to speak. looking forward to seeing what you do and i will check the Britton thread

[mason]

A few update photos will be posted soon, good old Iphone is playing up after the ios8 update and wont let me upload pictures.

 

Anyway i have started taking all the buildings off and i have now relaid all the platform using 500 grit black sandpaper to give it a nice new tarmac top.

 

A bus style shelter will replave the building or i might even use the old shelter and repaint it and graffitti it to keep a little of the old features of the 1960s barton station.

 

A couple of ticket machines, timetable boards, benchs, platform lights and a phone box and a bus stop further up the road.

 

I have also got a nice little bauxite van that i will bash up to sit in the front siding with lots of weeds and rubbish around it.

[RBE]

As if by magic the photos appear!

 

 

 

Cav

Tarmac looking good though mate.

[mason]

HAHAHAHA

 

Cheers cav thanks for uploading them for me.

 

Yeah im pleased with how its come out and its already chaned the look of the layout, i need to blend the scenics in around the platorm edges and i am not sure if it needs a fence around the rear of the platorm and what type of fence it would be.

[RBE]

Yeah I think a fence but probably just a low chainlink type for the period youre modelling.

[mason]

Ok Mate cheers, i can basically do that with the good old faithful match sticks and a strip form the ratio meshing that i have a mound of hahaha

[RBE]

Yeah thats what I used at the rear of Outon Road station. Matchsticks painted to look like concrete posts with ration netting on cut to about a scale 4ft high.

[mason]

I like doing the fences like that tbh, iv got some nice concrete effect paint to use in them too. Hopefully get that done over the weekend

[Bedders]

A quick google brings up a bit more information for you.

 

"It's most recent appearance in Hornby Magazine was as the basis for our static grass feature in HM24"  

 

Which was June 2009 according to Mr Google, hope this helps.

 

http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10612

[mason]

A quick google brings up a bit more information for you.

 

"It's most recent appearance in Hornby Magazine was as the basis for our static grass feature in HM24"  

 

Which was June 2009 according to Mr Google, hope this helps.

 

http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10612

Thanks bedders I did find that when I first got it.

It's about all I can find anywhere in regards to the layout

[mason]

Quick update

 

Barton is booked for the Mansfield show 2015 on March 7/8th

 

I had better get some work done hahaha

 

I have started to take the panels taht surround the layout off to repaint and tidy them up, these were really easy to take of as they seemed to have been fixed after the scenic board was built so has left no damage at all to the main board.

 

A few photo updates as i progress over the next week or so to come.

[bigdaveadams1]

Here are Masons pics as he is having issues uploading I've offered to do so for him.

 

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This one is the WIP of progress today.

 

Personally I would go even further and have the yard track either uplifted or at least cut off from the main and majorly overgrown with only main branch traffic moving through the scene. I find it hard to believe that there would be any requirement to stop wagons or locos over at Barton once the railways of the 80's was in strong flow. Making a scenically interesting layout where you get lost in the details is the opportunity here rather than having an unlikely lay over for the sake of having a yard. (maybe an old stranded wooden bodied open wagon in the good shed road with most of the wood rotted away and metalwork rusty as hell and overgrown would look very interesting)

 

Just my 2p.

 

Looking forward to seeing what you do mate.

 

Cav

Personally I'd opt for using the goods yard as a fertiliser siding, in a similar way to Lapford and Akeman Street.

[bigdaveadams1]

I'm really looking forward to seeing how this progresses!

[mason]

Thanks Dave

The idea is to not add anything really but make what's there run down and disused, old box van with junk in the yard n the modern station furniture.

I may even remove the signal box completely and use some linka brick stuff to build a small wall that's all over grown.

 

I don't want to do to much as I like how the łayout looks.

 

You will get a good look at it in November

[bigdaveadams1]

Nice one. I look forward to seeing it. I'll pack my dad off to London and we can get the sound fitted 37s out on the Barton branch!

 

What size is it with the fiddle yards?

[bigdaveadams1]

Oh and I was just picturing an RFD 47 and two UKF Fertiliser wagons, waiting for the local farmers to arrive in their tractors and flat bed trailers. :-)

[mason]

Nice one. I look forward to seeing it. I'll pack my dad off to London and we can get the sound fitted 37s out on the Barton branch!

What size is it with the fiddle yards?

Haha we will get it out once he has gone.

The fiddle yards are 2ft each side, they have rail laid on them at the moment but I want to fit cassettes instead, much more practical

 

I'm not sure I would get that length of train on there to be honest