Castle Cross - Trains! (P71)

[trainsandco]

Welcome to Castle Cross!!! Change for Foxbridge and Brooke Arch!

Castle Cross (CX) hasn't always been called CX it was renamed in January 2010. Before then it was Oxcote and before then it had been many others, including NYMR and Sedgewell Road.

Castle Cross is a bi-era partial area layout. The First era and area is Wartime Britain in Western Central England, and there is a very high Great Western Influence with lots of GWR trains to be seen here, including the Cornish Riviera Express, and plenty of GWR Freight. Not only does the GWR meet here but the LNER can also be seen here, with many expresses flying through and occassional suburban trains, but no LNER Frieght.

The Second era and area is the transition era/late BR steam and that is set in no particular part of the country as there is everything there apart from GWR.

Currently there are 36 locomotives.

BR
Dapol – Kit built Pug 51212

Dapol – Kit built Pug 51212 (un complete)

Hornby - J94 68010

Bachmann – 3mt 82019

Bachmann - BR Green 08

Hornby – L1

Replica Railways – Jubilee Class ‘Orion’ (loco only)

Hornby - BR Black 9f

Lima – Class 33 (undergoing overhaul)

Dapol - Deltic


GWR
Dapol – Terrier ‘6’

Dapol – 14xx

Hornby – Trojan (Static)

Hornby – Pannier Tank 2738

Bachmann – Prairie Tank 5565

Kit Bash - 42xx (Uncomplete)

Bachmann – 43xx

Kit Bash – Modified 9351 (Static)

Hornby – 2800 Class 2847

Hornby – King 6018 ‘King Henry II’


LMS
Hornby – Fowler 4p Tank 2321

Airfix – Royal Scot 46100 ‘Royal Scot’

Airfix – Royal Scot 46100 ‘Royal Scot’ (uncomplete)

Hornby - Black 5


LNER
Hornby – L1 9001

Replica Railways – B1 1049

Bachmann - B1 61008 ‘Kudu’

Bachmann -New Engine 4

Bachmann - V2 Golden Arrow

Hornby – A1 4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’

Bachmann – A4 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley

Hornby – A4 4901 ‘Sir Charles Newton’


SR
Hornby – N15 30450 ‘Sir Kay’

Hornby – N15 30777 ‘Sir Lamiel’


Other
Model Power – ‘L’il Tugger’

Hornby - Percy



Ben

[trainsandco]

Pics

[trainsandco]

Geesh, I forgot about this thread

I'll (hopefully) be redoing all the track. As some people now that eventually, the same track layout gets boring after a while.

It'll still be 'Oxcote' but hopefully making better use of room. Multiple track station, large engine/stock yard.

In doing this it'll give me the chance to clean all the track, as it hasn't been clean properly in a veeeeery long time

any help, tips or hints greatly accepted

Thanks

T&C

[trainsandco]

Hi guys,
I now have a new track plan

The new trackplan

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I hope that I would of at least got started by the end of the holidays
there is no way that I will have finished it by the end of the holidays as there is a lot to do, the bridge and the incline needs to be moved trial and error with all the track......if I have enough track (which I really hope I have enough of )

As before an Help, tips or hints greatly accepted

T&C

[slackbladder]

Go for it young fella, keep us posted with pics and maybe a vid or two. cos you know we like em..

[trainsandco]

Go for it young fella, keep us posted with pics and maybe a vid or two. cos you know we like em..

dont worry I kept the bridge

hopefully I might get started tomorrow

(this is pretty good timeing really just as I've started making a film (Minature Disaster, keep an eye out for it on youtube )

T&C

[trainsandco]

as requested,
here are some videos of the OLD oxcote before the changing begun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOdF5X3KBCw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2f0k555obM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_lLZJ8_iZE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBcg7f8BSDc

T&C

[trainsandco]

I've done some work today and I've taken some piccies to show/prove that I've done it

and Slackbladder just for you I did a video as well.

T&C

[ste234]

Sounds good T&C, looking forward to the piccies
Ste

[trainsandco]

After around 15 minutes of cursing injuries and track lifting this is what I had achieved
http://trainsandco.fotopic.net/p62748131.html

same from a different angle. (The small branch line has been removed and the track has been taken off the polystyrene support at the end)
http://trainsandco.fotopic.net/p62748132.html

This is after about 30 minutes much track has been ripped up and the bridge has TEMPORARILY been removed (the decision has been made for a new bridge to be constructed how ever good it looks it just doesn't weigh out the impracticalities it has)
http://trainsandco.fotopic.net/p62748133.html

around 1 Hour after starting some track is now being laid, this is the shot from where the bridge USED to be
http://trainsandco.fotopic.net/p62748134.html

as above but in the other direction
http://trainsandco.fotopic.net/p62748135.html

This may look insignicant but this took alot of time and planning and I was quite proud. This is what it looks like coming into the station
http://trainsandco.fotopic.net/p62748136.html

This is the amount of track I had to 'play' with. and annoyingly it is mostly curved. and I need quite alot of straights and some points I found one thing out this year, I cant trust my dad to get the type of track I need. I asked him to get me this one single piece of track 3 times this year and each time he comes back with around 10 pieces of the same piece of track that I already had too much of. I now have nearly 40 pieces of some track I dont need (oh well hopefully I'll be able to trade some in for straights )
http://trainsandco.fotopic.net/p62748137.html

I'll post a video as soon as I have uploaded it to youtube.com

Regards

T&C

[trainsandco]

SB heres a video



T&C

[ste234]

Looks like some neat progress mate. Are you using setrack or Flex? 'Coz if your dad keeps gettin the wrong track, just tell him to get flex, its not hard to get the right one there And im sure you know you can cut it to the lenght you want.
Keep it up mate,
Ste

[trainsandco]

Looks like some neat progress mate. Are you using setrack or Flex? 'Coz if your dad keeps gettin the wrong track, just tell him to get flex, its not hard to get the right one there And im sure you know you can cut it to the lenght you want.
Keep it up mate,
Ste

its set track as it easier to lay (but very sharp on the edges of the ballast ) and I'll probably screw it up,

T&C

[trainsandco]

Done some more work today, will post pics soon.

I shot a video, and will be editing that soon and you will see what I still need to do (lots)

T&C

[trainsandco]

here is the picture. I would of taken more but my camera died and I can find the charger atm

well anyway

This was to show that now I can have a 6 carriage train in the station now (6 Carriages and a tender loco)
I have also (since the picture was taken) finished all the corners (apart from on the bridge) and most of the point work (just one more me thinks)
anyway here is a shot showing the length of the train that can now fit in the station
PICCIE

and I will get to work on the video

T&C