Long Newton: BR 1980ish - 1993 in N

[Infrontcat]

Hi Mike,

Looking good fella It's certainly coming along nicely and looking more and more 'railway-like'

Cheers fella

Tim

[MrT]

Thanks gents I'm very happy with the way its coming together. Lots of things to do yet though.

I like the plane in the sky in your back scene, I'm planning on an airship somewhere in my own back scene (one day).

The plane is a Wellington - my uncle was a navigator in one during the war.

[THE CHIEF]

Hi mate, id just like to say how impressed I am with your work. The ballasting and concrete around the sheds is especially good. Must of missed this one, keep it up!

[connor n gauge]

Here is my layout for everyones perusal. I've been asked about it a few times, and I've made a bit of progress now, so thought I'd post it up.

Firstly, credit where its due - the layout board/track laying and electrics were done by The Goods Yard, and a very good job they did too. I can't recommend them highly enough. Pictures of the layout as delivered can be found here.

I run stock on the layout from BR Blue to Sectorisation - basically anything with a TOPS number up until privatisation. In terms of operation, I try not to run Scotrail stuff at the same time as NSE for example but am aiming to go for a generic sort of feel to the layout, allowing me to run either as the mood takes me. The first bits of scenic work that you see here (ballasting & track weathering, basically) have taken me a long time - I prefer tinkering with locos to doing scenic stuff but hopefully the layout will move forward at a decent pace now.

Thanks also go to Grahame of Stoney Lane Depot for track weathering advice, Blooregard for depot floor and cable trough ideas, Sprintex for unknowingly giving me the motivation to get my ballasting done (due to his layout looking rather excellent and being done much quicker than mine!) and to Chris (Raider) and Simon (SASLord) for keeping the forum ticking over.

First up, a track plan (which I'm sure some have seen before):



The track is laid to Setrack geometry. Alot of people don't recommend this but I haven't found any problems. My 08 shunter is quite happy over the points (most of the time!) and I haven't found anything which won't run on it (although my VGAs don't like the crossovers!).

I'm sure the rest of the pics will speak for themselves apart from the first, which was an abortive first attempt at the platforms. Any questions, feel free to ask.

hi whats the length and width of your base boards in feet cheers connor

[MrT]

Thanks Chief.

hi whats the length and width of your base boards in feet cheers connor

Hi Connor,

Welcome to the forum. Its 5'2" x 2'8".

[slow8dirty]

Hi,
really enjoyable thread, really shows off the potential of sterack components. Will keep an eye on this thread.
Cheers Matt.

[ste234]

Hi Mike,
I have to agree with what you say about the 08, they arent too bad on setrack points! mine only struggles on mediums and large
The town looks good, im hoping to do something similar
Cheers,
Ste.

[1977joey]

Hi Mike, Great layout developing there , also i love your ballasting.
Looking forward to watching your progress

[m.levin]

Good work MrsT,

[MrT]

Thanks gents, much appreciated. Alot has been done on the layout but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves rather than bore you with my drivel (although I'd point out that the town is the work of my other half - she spent a long time making the Metcalfe kits look better and I think they look brilliant). Any questions just ask. Still a decent amount to do but we're getting there!

[Spavo]

Superb Mike..........town looks ace too........I love this layout.......well done.

[MrT]

Thanks Gav

Shameless bump but I took this picture and thought it looked pretty good:

[mattmay05]

coming along nicely, even though I don't like N... To small.
But good job!

[slackbladder]

Looks fantastic Mike. Big thumbs up

slackers

[BROADTRAIN1979]

Fantastic layout! love the fact its (BR BLUE) and the way its set out and the use of set track, like mine. brilliant well done