| Aldbury Town Layout Description |
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| Written by Administrator |
| Friday, 21 March 2008 21:07 |
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Aldbury Town is a small GWR station on an imaginary short single-track branch line somewhere in the area of the South West Midlands where the GWR and the MR were in competition. The year is 1946 and the world of railways is getting back to normal after the war. Some rolling stock is distinctly unkempt but Swindon is once again sprucing up some of the more tatty items into the latest liveries. Looking at the layout, to the left, out of sight, is the mainline junction whilst to the right the line continues to an end-on junction with an LMS (former MR) branch. During the second-world war the line proved a useful secondary route for coal and other important goods for the war effort. The track was re-laid by the LMS to allow the heavier trains to run, which is why there are three bolt chairs and steel rail keys on a GWR line! The Layout was built by Robert Evans to prove to himself (and others) that building P4 track work is no more difficult than other standards and also that P4 rolling stock is not difficult to make run properly; so far the jury is still out! As I concur with this philosophy I am happy to exhibit the layout and show Robert’s work. The track work is by C&L whilst the motive power is either re-chassised with compensated etched brass frames (steam locos) or re-wheeled (GWR railcar). Wagons and coaches are either kits or ready to run items suitably improved, some are compensated, some not. Structures are predominantly Wills kits, a few of them altered or added to for a bit of originality. As with most layouts it is not yet finished, still awaiting telegraph poles, signal cables and point rodding all of which I hope to add. |
| Last Updated on Saturday, 22 March 2008 08:16 |