South Pelaw in Miniature, again…

Posted on by John Donnelly

A few photos from the EM Gauge model of South Pelaw and Stella Gill.

O1 63760 crossing the junction from the Washington Branch to the main line to Consett. Once the train has passed the bridge on the left, it will wait for it’s banker to be attached before proceeding up the line. Empty coal wagons can be seen in the colliery exchange sidings and the signal that can be seen above the third iron ore wagon would suggest that a train is due to cross the junction from the Consett line to head down the Washington branch. Photo Tony Lambert
A Q7 passes with a loaded steel train heading for Ouston Junction. Just visible on the right is a 9F waiting for the next iron ore train for Consett which it will bank as far as Medomsley, a couple of miles away from Consett. Photo Tony Lambert
Q6, 63429 again with a rake of empty 21T wagons. In the background can be seen the NCB ‘Shed’ which was part of Stella Gill coke works that stood on the site. We don’t have the space to model the coke works so they are represented on the backscene. The NCB building was/is huge and the model is reduced by around 50% in length and 10% in width to fit the space available on the layout. Photo Tony Lambert

By way of a contrast to the above photo, here is a photo of the same building as it is today.

Stella Gill NCB Shed. Photo John Donnelly

1 thought on “South Pelaw in Miniature, again…”

  1. Truly absolutely amazing. I hope that you could help us at murton heritage railway station build the same kind of model, any advice or help would be very grateful

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