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TRACK PLANS & WAGONS ! No track plan found in ANY model manufacturers book is realistic. They are all designed to encourage you to buy their track systems. For realistic track plans you need to get your hands on one or more of the many "Reference" books available such as "Great Western Railway track plans". There were at least four published by OPC (Oxford Publishing) from memory. Or Southern Railway, LMS railway etc. & written by various authors. Such books give scale plans of all types of real stations from branch line halts to major stations like Reading General or Cannon Street !!! They are available from the many second hand specialist Railway/Transport book shops. Or if recently published found in the Preserved steam Railway shops at places like Bridgnorth (SVR) or Bishops Lydeard (WSR), or indeed in Peco's own shop at Beer, Devon. Reference material for all sorts of Railway subjects is plentiful, once you find the regular sources, & many advertise in Railway Modeller, and they always prove a boon to those trying to build realistic model railways. NOTE: This sort of material WILL NOT be found on the internet, for legal copyright reasons. WAGONS... The complexities of operating wagons in the steam era is typified, if I tell you that the "Rule Book" on freight operation was hundreds of pages ! To start the ball rolling you need to know that BR painted "Fitted" wagons (those with vacuum train brakes) red oxide, and wagons with NO train brake, known as "unfitted" grey. This required the marshalling of freight trains as follows. Any red oxide painted wagon had to be coupled behind the locomotive so the loco could control the brakes in those wagons. Behind the "fitted" wagons would be any "Unfitted" grey wagons which had nothing but a hand parking brake. At the rear of course HAD to be a brake van. There were express freight trains consisting of ALL "fitted" wagons; Part fitted freight trains with both fitted & non fitted wagons, and "unfitted" freight trains (such as coal trains) which had no brakes. This later type was normally limited to 30mph, simply because the only brakes available were those on the engine, and those on the Guards van operated by the Guard. The next step in marshalling a freight was to identify the contents of each wagon. It's position in a freight was therefore also dependant on what it carried. For example you were not allowed to couple a Van full of Commercial explosives for the Mining Industry, next to a tank wagon carrying inflammable liquids. For obvious safety reasons ! Another important aspect of wagons in the BR steam era, are the markings on wagons. For example the diagonal white line seen on many of the mineral wagons at the beginning of your programme, indicates that end of the wagon, had an end door, allowing the wagon to be unloaded by tipping it on that end (in large machines designed for the purpose). Another BR wagon marking was 3 white vertical oblongs painted on all four corners of a wagon. This indicated the wagon was a "Shock" wagon intended for carrying fragile loads, and was NOT allowed to be "Hump shunted" (in Marshalling yards). There are plenty of "Reference" books around dealing with wagons both in the BR steam era, the "Big Four", and even Modern BR wagons. They are all extremely interesting, and really help with the operation of layouts !!!! Happy Modelling, From an ex BR Engineer.

As I lived in Whitehaven in the 1970's your layout has particular meaning and interest to me. Thank you for your videos. 😊

Great video very informative some good ideas on your layout thank you for sharing very nice 👍

It is satisfying to build from a kit!

nice work I like it! are you getting a class 314 next?

Beautiful tank Neggy

Brilliant stuff!! I especially enjoyed seeing the 31, hauling the parcel / newspaper train. So unusual to see.

wow, thats some good sound there

Im going there on sunday

Very good grass work great video thanks for sharing 👍

I really like this Neggy, the backscene I thought was pretty good. Love the overgrown points and track. Really more like 00 look than ‘N’. More to come soon I hope.

Right back to the 70s and 80s, such a simple but effective through station. Nice shunting sidings, my kind of place 👍

Glad I found these videos. I lived about midday between St. Bees and Whitehaven from 1954 to '56 so was a frequent visitor. Can't comment on the authenticity of the station, unfortunately. I always want by bike (pedal.)

Modelling companies should consider making some Furness Railway locos. There are some genuinely beautiful designs from the FR, and they would look great if the right company made 00 models of them. It’s an untapped goldmine of potential.

Ballast looks very realistic and fine, love the interesting old stock.

very good

Superb, trees, buildings , bridges, scenics, stock. Must be your favourite 👍

I'm planning on a Queen St Station for my loft layout. I'd happily follow your build to see how it's done (as this would be my first build) Best of luck with it 😊

Glad to see what looks like paper and card buildings. I use Scalescenes and really like them.

Brilliant video.

Yeah, we got a lot of buffers, Senator. Thanks for the vid!

Nailed it there Neggy, super work with the vegetation. Love the polybulk weathering. Might get my train set out later 👍👍👍

Very nice video, looks 00 to me!

good idea for a layout and i like the sound class 25

Wow, not letting the grass grow there Neggy. Looks great already. ATB

Super session Neggy, nice blend of real and model, the noughties era works great. Enjoyed the DMU sounds and prototypical workings. ATB Darren 👍

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where did you get a drs dbso

Perhaps the most difficult thing with the smaller scales is getting the track to look prototypical, I think you always do a great job blending the ballast and rail colours. Lots of challenges with this layout, hard standing area looks good in the goods area and vegetation too. Nice to see the class 28 back on Cumbrian metals, ATB Darren 👍

Amazing session, great mix with the sleeper, Strathclyde PTE engineering, RHTT etc. Looking about finished now? Good atmosphere of the city 👍

Did you make the tank wagons

Very Glasgow like with the island platform and retaining walls, very impressive office buildings and scenics. Great update, thanks Darren 👋

Looks 00 gauge to me…apart from the couplers. 92 looks good, the sound on the 60 is incredible. Love this layout, simple but captures the essence. It definitely provided me with the basis for my layout, thanks 👍

Hi Neggy. You seem to have quite a few layouts to your name. Are they individual or modules to each other? What is your favoured method of controlling your locos (make and model of controller)?

Sweet!

Good update, I like the polyfiller mwthod. Usually I use that or plaster mixedxwith paint and sone PVA. The latter to slightly reduce the brittleness and maje it less like a water sponge abd the paint to..wrll, paint. It also helps hide a crack if it happens as there isn't a bright white line then. Always found the skimming pricess very difficult to get a truly uniform top though. Maybe I need more skill. Usually ends up with several skims and lung alarming sanding sessions.

Do you never stop modelling 😃 Thanks for the run through, you’ve really given me inspiration to keep messing about with my layouts despite being busy. It’s great to have a hobby like this when the weather isn’t the best. I had to get some catenary posts after seeing your Hardendale rebuild. Have a great year, all the best Darren

Packed full of atmosphere and detail, love the dunes at the front. I made something similar (but nowhere near as good) in about 2008. Lovely relaxing session with sounds to match👍

It’s going to be a good scene!👍

Superb

Hi beautiful train. Can you tell me where you found the locomotive?

I love seeing people appreciate the work of N scale modelers; more specifically N gauge in itself. You definitely deserved for attention and subscribers!

Love the models abd the layout

Looks really good, well done

Fantastic atmosphere on such a simple track plan. Wonderful vegetation like mid summer and the overgrown end of the platform with enveloped electrical boxes. A fine line to model, hope you get subs and views by the thousand, definitely one of my favourite channels 👍 Darren