Category: Layouts
Hornby Q6 is added to the fleet
The Rede Valley Railway is finally getting the engines it needs to make it look authentically in...
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Rede Valley Locomotives
The Rede Valley locomotives form a diverse collection, not quite representing one place or time....
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Stephenson Road is born
Every model railway needs a back story, whether it is a real location or a fictitious one. My...
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Upper Level Baseboard Completed
The 300 inch challenge micro layout now has its top level baseboard (or benchwork for our American...
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Designing the upper level
My micro layout is intended to have two levels. The upper level will allow a single carriage and...
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Fitting Seep Point Motors
The 300 inch challenge layout is going to exploit DCC as much as possible, so electrifying the...
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Laying the yard track
The bottom level track is in place and I’ve nearly got an operational railway in 300 square...
Read MoreTurnout modification for reliability and DCC
There is a great DCC myth that you need to modify all your turnouts to work with DCC. This really isn’t true, and my Rede Valley layout has been operational for some time using PECO turnouts straight out of the box, mainly...
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Micro Baseboard Construction
The build has actually started! We have a baseboard. I decided that the size of the layout...
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Adding some height
Making the 300 square inch challenge look convincing is not going to be easy. How do I make such a...
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Baseboards are going to be a challenge!
When developing a micro layout every millimetre matters. The initial placement of track onto the...
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Best Laid Plans………..
Never mind how much you plan on paper there is no substitute for trying things out full size....
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Model Railway Book Reviews
- Track Laying – Ian Morton
- Lost Lines East Anglia – Nigel Welbourn
- Diesel Hydraulics in the 1960’s and 1970’s
- Modelling Options The Book of the LNER Pacifics
- The Last Decade of British Railways Steam
- Rail Atlas 1939-1945
- Speedlink – Paul Shannon
- Welcome to our railway book reviews
- Developments in DC and DCC – Howard Watkins – Right Track 16 (DVD)
- Southern Infrastructure 1922 – 1934: Stations / Signalling / Trackwork
