Additions to Shortwaite Hill

A new loco for Shortwaite. - an 0-4-0 Bagnall Saddle Tank.  It's the first Narrow Planet kit I have built.  It went together fine, but I found the kit a bit basic - not even smoke box door handles were supplied, I fabricated mine from brass rod.  I must add more detail at the engine shed facilities area.

A few items have been added to Shortwaite.  Two new locos, a gorgeous Bagnall Saddle Tank, and a rail bus bought second hand which has been modified and re-painted.  We have detailed the old garage yard, the dump at the side of the engine shed and a garden at the rear of cottages on the hill.

I found this Corgi Bedford bus conversion for sale at a local model shop.  It had an all over brown livery and was quite plain.  It runs on a Kato 103 4-wheeled chassis.  I shortened the whole bonnet by about 3mm, added a chassis frame under the engine compartment, some hand rails, a door step and re-painted it in SHLR livery.

In the back garden of one of the cottages a little girl plays with her Scottie dog while her father tends to young plants. 

At the rear of the old garage junk is building up, including a Land Rover under a tarpaulin.

Round the back of the engine shed certain parts have been dumped and are getting overgrown with weeds and nettles.

I am sure there will be more bits and pieces added as time goes on.

Names from the past

When certain layouts were broken up after their life I had a habit of keeping station signs.  I found a little bag of signs the other day (I am sure there are more somewhere!).  "Newlyn" (1991) was my first module in the original Norfolk Group of the 009 Society, the "Tregony & Newbridge Railway" (1988 - 1992) was my first completed static layout at home, I seem to have even kept the "Tregony Caves" sign from the caves entrance at the bottom of the ravine.  A couple of signs from the "Whitemoor" Station module (1993). "Carne" (1998) was my wife and I's first joint exhibition layout and I kept the home made Post Office sign and also one from the sheep market and coal yard.  The tiny station name board from a tiny micro layout called "Grumblewick Coombe" (2001), and two more micro layouts "Fotherham" (2009) and "Sampson Vale" (2002).

Photo session - Shortwaite Hill

A few new photos of Shortwaite Hill

 Had a photo session on Shortwaite Hill the other day since some small details have been added, this view shows a passenger train at Shortwaite Station.  I need to add some railway rubbish next to the engine shed here.

"Rowan" leaves with a passenger train and passes the goods yard.

"Rowan" again shunting a single wagon.

"Hazel" seen in Stonegate goods siding.

"Rowan" arrives with passenger train at Stonegate. 

Shortwaite Village street.