my trainset

Hi guys

here are a few photos of my first exhibiton layout I built

its based on Liverpool Crown street goods yard, I reasearched it extensively and a freind and I built it.

Liverpool crown street was the terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester railway, but soon outgrew the site and a new station was built at Lime street, crown st then became a goods depot, mainly household coal.
there was also a gravity controlled line through a tunnel to the liverpool docks which was operated by special brake vans, this is featured on the layout too.

the layout is set in the period late 1950s early 1960s. when the site was still busy, remnents of the old station where still to be seen, and when the housing nearby was being demolished and replaced due to wartime bombing.

the layout has been seen at several shows around the country, it is EM gauge with handbuilt points, I carved all the cobbles myself from modelling clay.
some photos of the model..
















at the moment Im interested in O gauge, and have built a O gauge class40 diesel from one of pete watermans resin kits, complete with sound still need to weather it up




cheers

Mike

 

Now that, as a scouser, I really like!

 

thanks for the compliments guys

cheers

Mike