Steam Trains to Sovereign Street on a 1914/1919 theme
Steam Trains to Sovereign Street on a 1914/1919 theme
As some people know, I run two train services (steam and diesels engines) on the same track layout. Photographs shown have tended to be rather mixed up. It is time to be 'tidied up'.
The fictional train Companies on the layout serve an area around Leeds. The engines are mainly 0.4.0s and 0.6.0s. They all run with a specific purpose to and from destinations. Most of all it is a 'fun' railway.
Here is a plan of the layout and the services that run. Steam Train Services
A -- Fiddle Yard. Is Earlsheaton Junction, Wetherby and East Seacroft on the line that passes Wyndham Farm.
The line over the bridge to the Fiddle Yard is Kirkstall, Kirkstall Forge and Leeds LNWR Passenger and Goods Station – B -- Diesel Engine Shed. C -- Scholarsgate Station. D -- Sovereign Street Station and Yard.
1 - Wyndham Farm. 2 -- The Ash Farm Fields. 3 -- J H Thompson Builders Merchants. 4 -- Marston's Scrap Merchants and house.
5 -- Small Industrial Estate. 6 -- The Bridge. 7 -- North Road. 8 -- Winterwood Manor.
Calder Railway Services are:-
Passenger Services from Earlsheaton Junction passing Wyndham Farm, Ash Farm Fields and stopping at Scholarsgate. They then continue to Sovereign Street. Their final stop is Leeds LNWR Station. The return services are in reverse.
Goods Services are:-
Goods from around the country; mainly Lancashire and West Yorkshire arrive at Earlsheaton Junction and travel the same line to Sovereign Street (not stopping at Scholarsgate Station).
Wagons are then shunted to the required Companies in the yard..
Through Goods Trains continue to Leeds LNWR Goods Yard.
The return services are in reverse.
Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway Services are :-
Passenger Services from Kirkstall stopping at Sovereign Street. The train then takes the line behind North Road and Winterwood Manor, passes Wyndham Farm and on to East Seacroft.
(Passengers are mainly Barnbow Munitions Factory staff.)
Return services in reverse.
Goods traffic is all from Kirkstall Forge and T & J Harrison (Sovereign Street) and it all goes to Barnbow, the same route as passenger services
Return traffic in reverse.
Leeds, Scarcroft & Wetherby Railway services
Goods traffic is from the north and travels on K&ESR metals to Sovereign Street and LNWR Goods Yard (Leeds). Some goods go to The Blackburn Aircraft Factory at Olympia Works, Roundhay, Leeds.
Passenger trains travel the same route.
The fictional train Companies on the layout serve an area around Leeds. The engines are mainly 0.4.0s and 0.6.0s. They all run with a specific purpose to and from destinations. Most of all it is a 'fun' railway.
Here is a plan of the layout and the services that run. Steam Train Services
A -- Fiddle Yard. Is Earlsheaton Junction, Wetherby and East Seacroft on the line that passes Wyndham Farm.
The line over the bridge to the Fiddle Yard is Kirkstall, Kirkstall Forge and Leeds LNWR Passenger and Goods Station – B -- Diesel Engine Shed. C -- Scholarsgate Station. D -- Sovereign Street Station and Yard.
1 - Wyndham Farm. 2 -- The Ash Farm Fields. 3 -- J H Thompson Builders Merchants. 4 -- Marston's Scrap Merchants and house.
5 -- Small Industrial Estate. 6 -- The Bridge. 7 -- North Road. 8 -- Winterwood Manor.
Calder Railway Services are:-
Passenger Services from Earlsheaton Junction passing Wyndham Farm, Ash Farm Fields and stopping at Scholarsgate. They then continue to Sovereign Street. Their final stop is Leeds LNWR Station. The return services are in reverse.
Goods Services are:-
Goods from around the country; mainly Lancashire and West Yorkshire arrive at Earlsheaton Junction and travel the same line to Sovereign Street (not stopping at Scholarsgate Station).
Wagons are then shunted to the required Companies in the yard..
Through Goods Trains continue to Leeds LNWR Goods Yard.
The return services are in reverse.
Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway Services are :-
Passenger Services from Kirkstall stopping at Sovereign Street. The train then takes the line behind North Road and Winterwood Manor, passes Wyndham Farm and on to East Seacroft.
(Passengers are mainly Barnbow Munitions Factory staff.)
Return services in reverse.
Goods traffic is all from Kirkstall Forge and T & J Harrison (Sovereign Street) and it all goes to Barnbow, the same route as passenger services
Return traffic in reverse.
Leeds, Scarcroft & Wetherby Railway services
Goods traffic is from the north and travels on K&ESR metals to Sovereign Street and LNWR Goods Yard (Leeds). Some goods go to The Blackburn Aircraft Factory at Olympia Works, Roundhay, Leeds.
Passenger trains travel the same route.
Last edited by glencairn on Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:11 am, edited 3 times in total.
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Some old photographs --
Calder Railway train of oil tankers heading north from Earlsheaton Junction Another Calder Railway train crossing the bridge to the LNWR Goods Yard. A Leeds Scarcroft Wetherby Railway engine shunting at Sovereign Street. Glencairn
Calder Railway train of oil tankers heading north from Earlsheaton Junction Another Calder Railway train crossing the bridge to the LNWR Goods Yard. A Leeds Scarcroft Wetherby Railway engine shunting at Sovereign Street. Glencairn
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
The 'Midday Goods' to Earlsheaton Junction waiting for clearance to depart.
Hudson Ward wagon at Hudson Ward's Flour Millers, Sovereign Street Yard
Wagons I Sovereign Street Yard ready to be despatched.
GlencairnTo the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Its nice to see the history for your layout. Also the track layout.
Theres definitely a lot in place to allow you interesting running sessions. I like how you separated the threads to, switching between steam and diesels gives you a whole other level of operation as well.
Theres definitely a lot in place to allow you interesting running sessions. I like how you separated the threads to, switching between steam and diesels gives you a whole other level of operation as well.
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Thanks joshv.
Here are some more photographs of steam trains.
A Leeds, Scarcroft & Wetherby Rlwy goods train on the way to the LNWR Goods Yard, Leeds. The LSWR goods train arriving at Sovereign Street Station. 'Huxtable' of Calder Railway with goods train waits for clearance to proceed to Earlsheaton Junction. 'Raco' of Calder Railway at Scholarsgate Station with two coach passenger train bound for Earlsheaton Junction. Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway engine ' Bodiam' with passenger train to Barnbow. Glencairn
Here are some more photographs of steam trains.
A Leeds, Scarcroft & Wetherby Rlwy goods train on the way to the LNWR Goods Yard, Leeds. The LSWR goods train arriving at Sovereign Street Station. 'Huxtable' of Calder Railway with goods train waits for clearance to proceed to Earlsheaton Junction. 'Raco' of Calder Railway at Scholarsgate Station with two coach passenger train bound for Earlsheaton Junction. Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway engine ' Bodiam' with passenger train to Barnbow. Glencairn
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
I mention my steam trains running to Barnbow. Although the railway is fictitious, Barnbow actually existed. For a short while I lived and worked about a mile away from the factory.
Barnbow munitions blast factory site given heritage status - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-37586686
There is a memorial to 'The Barnbow Lasses' in Manston Park, Leeds.
Glencairn
Barnbow munitions blast factory site given heritage status - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-37586686
There is a memorial to 'The Barnbow Lasses' in Manston Park, Leeds.
Glencairn
Last edited by glencairn on Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Another Company that has traffic on my layout is The Blackburn Aircraft Company that was at Roundhay, Leeds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Aircraft
Glencairn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Aircraft
Glencairn
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Looking through these photos it still amazes me the level of depth you manage to capture. Well done.
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Thanks again joshv8
Calder Railway trains pass at Sovereign Street. Leeds, Scarcroft & Wetherby Railway locomotive runs round carriages at Sovereign Street. 'Smokey Joe' then -- 'Smokey Joe' now 'earning his keep' for the Calder Railway Company and named 'Allan Water'. Glencairn
Calder Railway trains pass at Sovereign Street. Leeds, Scarcroft & Wetherby Railway locomotive runs round carriages at Sovereign Street. 'Smokey Joe' then -- 'Smokey Joe' now 'earning his keep' for the Calder Railway Company and named 'Allan Water'. Glencairn
Last edited by glencairn on Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Wonderful. Looking forward to seeing more. Thanks.
Cheers,
Kane
Kane
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Thanks Kane and welcome to the Forum.Kane wrote:Wonderful. Looking forward to seeing more. Thanks.
If you are really quiet you might see a badger and rabbits at Wyndham Farm Also grey squirrels near Winterwood Manor
Glencairn
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street on a 1914 theme
T & J Harrison's on the right. Foreman Bert Holt waits while a wagon arrives to load the small arms etc..
At Hey & Humphreys Foreman Reg Rose watches as barrels of beer are being unloaded.
Calder Railway locomotive 'Huxtable' shunting a wagon for T & J Harrison (Small Arms Manufacturers).
Glencairn
At Hey & Humphreys Foreman Reg Rose watches as barrels of beer are being unloaded.
Calder Railway locomotive 'Huxtable' shunting a wagon for T & J Harrison (Small Arms Manufacturers).
Glencairn
Last edited by glencairn on Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Your L&Y fish and GN meat - are they card overlays?
Tony
Tony
Men with false teeth may yet speak the truth.......
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
Yes, Tony. I bought them off a company who sells them on fleabay. £1.99 for three different ones (incl. P&P). The T & J Harrison one (and others of members of my family) I printed myself.Lysander wrote:Your L&Y fish and GN meat - are they card overlays?
Tony
Glencairn
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street
A shipment for Town Tailors (on the left)
Glencairn
Glencairn
To the world you are someone. To someone you are their world.
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought
I Cannot Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought