As you may be aware, I’m involved in two layouts representing South Pelaw, the first in EM gauge built by a group of modellers that depicts the location as it was in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The layout is having it’s first public outing in over two years at the Expo EM show at Bracknell…
Month: March 2022
Leadgate in the snow…
Having had temperatures getting close to 20 degrees today (27 March 2022), here is a photo from Stephen McGahon from today in 1979 when we used to have proper winters and the weather at Leadgate 43 years ago was somewhat different…
Layout Update…
It has been quite some time since the last layout update. The big news is that all the track along the 18′ ‘Phase 1’ section of the layout has been laid, over 2,000 sleepers and over 4,000 individual rail chairs have been laid and I’m now at the point where I’ve started on the testing…
The Last Train to Consett…
38 years ago today, the Last Train to Consett ran. From Keith Turner, here are four new photos taken of the train at the site of Consett station.
All quiet at Beamish…
Four new photos of Beamish around 1984 from Craig Oliphant.