ray_whiley
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Two layouts in one model railway room:
Bittlesey is a very small rural terminus best suited to tank engines and no more than two coaches - or rather more six wheelers, if preferred. It was probably the end of a "Colonel Stephens" style light railway.
It has an engine shed and a small goods yard. Rather more space than the station is taken up by the fiddle yard/hidden sidings/storage roads where a variety of trains can be assembled. This space is needed because of the lack of "the great hand from the sky" which can be used on a "real" model railway layout. The fiddle yard is open to view with the entry from the scenic area behind a large, derelict factory. It has a rural background.
On the other side of the room is Priory Gardens, no doubt once a green and pleasant area but now suburban and rather run-down. The station has two platorms and the usual engine shed and goods facilities
Screenshots to follow.
Ray
Bittlesey is a very small rural terminus best suited to tank engines and no more than two coaches - or rather more six wheelers, if preferred. It was probably the end of a "Colonel Stephens" style light railway.
It has an engine shed and a small goods yard. Rather more space than the station is taken up by the fiddle yard/hidden sidings/storage roads where a variety of trains can be assembled. This space is needed because of the lack of "the great hand from the sky" which can be used on a "real" model railway layout. The fiddle yard is open to view with the entry from the scenic area behind a large, derelict factory. It has a rural background.
On the other side of the room is Priory Gardens, no doubt once a green and pleasant area but now suburban and rather run-down. The station has two platorms and the usual engine shed and goods facilities
Screenshots to follow.
Ray
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