Waverley West Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Is the next construction project on the drawing ,perhaps the Forth Bridge? Plans, plans, plans, lms. I have too many of them in the back of my mind! The Forth Bridge is one of them. Not as a model but as an add-on end-on backscene to a branch off the layout, as viewed from Dalmeny or North Queensferry perhaps. I would like Princes St. to end in the Haymarket Tunnels too, rather than just peter out as it does at the moment. I'd really also somehow like to include Kinghorn (Fife) and/or maybe the section of the ECML where it runs alongside the coast close to the border. First up though is finishing off the depot, including the admin building which is next after the final shed. There's a lot of detailing of the depot to do: interior platforms, walkways, point levers, overhead crane, etc., etc. After that the big plan is a fiddle yard, hopefully next year, preferably as a through route so that trains won't need to reverse. This should hugely increase the variety of freight trains on the layout in particular, plus add a few more passenger trains too. After that, well, it's Oban as a separate module to the layout with 27s/37s stabled next to the Hebridean Isles ferry and McCaig's Tower in the background. After that, it depends very much on the balance in the space-time-money continuum and probably my life expectancy too I should think! There are plenty of plans for improvements to the rolling stock too, coach lighting in particular. My non-air con Mk 2 rake is in urgent need of passengers and interior detailing. A push-pull 27 rake would be nice, plus some more Scottish 47/4s of course. Then there are corridor connections, which need to be fitted to all stock... and then there's Bachmann's Mk 2e's/DBSO on the horizon, etc., etc. Oh yes, and the weathering of that extra freight stock I'm hopefully going to need (a rake of TEA tankers and a rake of VDAs are next in line). There is also a lot of detailing still to be done in the Waverley West area too and I quite fancy redoing the walls too and some of the platform canopies are looking a bit wonky. Then there's computer control with block occupancy detection. The ECoS was a first stage in that, but that will remain on the back-burner for a little while now. There's no shortage of ideas for the future, that's for sure! In fact, I probably won't be satisfied until I've modelled the whole of Scotland's railways. Cheers Dave Edited October 27, 2015 by Waverley West 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted October 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2015 Good to hear all your plans Dave, looking forward to watching them come to life on here 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hi folks, With the space-time displacement machine set to 1981, I had a sneak around the back of Haymarket depot this evening. Managed to cop a definite sighting of 27105 through the rather grimy window... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 47546 was in for some minor attention after working to Inverness that day... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 20226 had been released earlier that evening to work some ballast hoppers... Must put some filler along the bottom of that wall... 37693 was still on shed later that night... 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Leaving Waverley West on a DMU at the end of a long evening, I managed to sit behind the driver and got a good view of the local red light district as we followed a succession of reds through Princes Street Gardens... Edited October 27, 2015 by Waverley West 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) 27105 on Road 8 earlier in the evening... Edited October 27, 2015 by Waverley West 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Later that night, with 27105 ready for the road again, the driver starts her up... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley47708 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) "The Forth Bridge is one of them. Not as a model but as an add-on end-on backscene to a branch off the layout, as viewed from Dalmeny or North Queensferry perhaps. I would like Princes St. to end in the Haymarket Tunnels too, rather than just peter out as it does at the moment. I'd really also somehow like to include Kinghorn (Fife) and/or maybe the section of the ECML where it runs alongside the coast close to the border" Kinghorn would be good, Aberdour in the 80s difficult due to the fact it used to win station of the year with its many many plants and flower beds. How about Inverkeithing, more trains than Kinghorn as it was located before the branch spilt to Dunfermline. It handily has a road bridge at one end and a tunnel at the other for scenic breaks, or a shortened version could use the road bridge at either end as scenic breaks. A nice s curve track layout. In the 80s the station buildings were upgraded giving you the choice of two buildings on Plt 2. Edited October 27, 2015 by Waverley47708 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted October 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2015 Sorry, but I accidently left-clicked and dragged this photo and this is what happened:- I swear, I did nothing else! Kev. (The original photo of yours is another stunning 'classic', in my book, of which this thread has more than its fair share.) 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hi Dave Excellent photo as always expected from you, love through the window shots, and the loco shed ones... Hope all is well mate... keep up the good work Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Bath Road...then you get to have a turntable too. Nice idea, Bath Road does have some nice buildings to model. Problem is Jeff that I also think that Immingham, March, Thornaby and Shirebrook would make great layouts! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Dave, not much you can say really, first class. Loving the latest photos, 47546 looks right at home, superb! I really like the one with 37693 and the 26, quality! Once your depot is finished, I doubt very much you will leave your train room! Found this and thought of WW: 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 More super pics Dave, Looks like your to do list is longer than mine which doesn't make me feel so bad about all the loco's stored under the layout. Cheers Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Nice idea, Bath Road does have some nice buildings to model. Problem is Jeff that I also think that Immingham, March, Thornaby and Shirebrook would make great layouts! I remember Bath road back in the day but I have alway thought Shirebrook would be a great layout. Cheers Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I remember Bath road back in the day but I have alway thought Shirebrook would be a great layout. Cheers Peter. Agreed. There was an excellent website that had all the original BR plans and drawings, might have been www.shirebrookdepot.co.uk, I remember at the time thinking that I should ask if it would be possible to have a copies for a possible future project. It has since disappeared of the net! Sorry for going off topic Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Your plans sound brilliant the Oban branch will be a project to watch its a very interesting place especially the era you are going to model I have a dvd of the line and it a pretty part of the world.Running 26,s and all the freight that ran then will provide an interesting layout ,but your plans for Waverley are interesting I noticed on the BBC news website that Haymarket station has won an award from an archetects group for the work carrie out,crack on with everything its great watching your progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted October 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2015 Dave Coming along extremely well. Certainly capturing the right atmosphere for me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Those through the grimey window shots look amazing dave Cracking work! Cheers Ben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) 26004 undergoes attention... Edited October 30, 2015 by Waverley West 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GRUNFOS Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I found a couple of pictures that maybe of interest. The first is an unidentified 40 and 55 009 in March 1978, one of the first pics I took as a 15 year old! Paul 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Agreed. There was an excellent website that had all the original BR plans and drawings, might have been www.shirebrookdepot.co.uk, I remember at the time thinking that I should ask if it would be possible to have a copies for a possible future project. It has since disappeared of the net! Sorry for going off topic Dave. Hi Alex, I am sure it would be somewhere. My mate John Dedman has some nice pics of Shirebrook on Flickr. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Very nice, had a quick skim over your recent article in BRM hope to read it fully tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Hi Dave, The depot is looking superb. Its nice to see the prototype photos of Haymarket too as I've only ever known it from 2000 onwards with 158's, 170's and the odd 156. Interested by your fife plans as I spent 3 years travelling between Haymarket and Kirkcaldy. All the best Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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