Most of us have seen layouts of such quality, that we could only dream of building.
One such layout was built by a friend who sadly died a couple of years ago.
View it here at Chadwick Model Railway.
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Oh Charlie What a beautiful little layout, some of the buildings are amazing and the overall ambience is something I would love to be able to achieve on my layout, maybe once I have put in the many hours it must have taken to build that layout maybe I will be somewhere close … doubt it 🙂
Charlie, I wonder if you have ever seen a channel called EVERARD JUNCTION, a layout being built on a grand scale and with meticulous detail as seen in this small layout? This young man does such mind boggling detail with scenery and live action, I always watch with open mouth and wide eyes. It’s worth a look.
Best Regards, John Kerns Sr.
You have helped me a great deal sir, I look forward to your videos , I am looking forward to many more, cheers
It's a well-executed layout, and I hope everything goes well on it's first outing in your charge. I am fairly certain the widow would be extremely pleased to see it working, and seeing the enjoyment that it gives to the operator, and the viewing public.
What a beauty! The detail in the modelling is absolutely exquisite. I’ve always been fascinated by shunting puzzle layouts and the variety of routines you can manage with them. Perhaps, if it’s not in the cards to purchase the layout yourself, you could convince your club to do so. As you say, just a touch of TLC would do wonders to clean up the loose ends, but it certainly a diamond in rough. What a gem! Thank you for sharing.
Lovely layout, but I have to say it looks ideal for steam … (Ah! you said it).
Lovely little layout.
Beautiful layout! Nice to see!
For me Charlie, I would say you made a great advert for passing the layout on, the green diesels suit the layout well! I would also like to comment would it be too much of a distraction from the main layout Chadwick? plus there is the storage when not in use!
When I was a member of the Colne Valley Railway in Essex, we were donated a railway by a family, the only trouble was, it was in a shed around 30'x20' which fortunately came with the railway… too make it public access the shed had to be lengthened. Also it took a while to reconnect every thing as it had the moved within a few days so it was Jig sawed up into sections!!
Great layout! Fantastic detail! Great trick with the magnets! Could one hide them under the tracks? Or are they to far away from the couplings then?
What a nice layout. I do hope you post a video of your experience operating the layout at the show.
As for operating it looks very similar to an Inglnook style. Why not make up some cards with photos of the stock and then use them to make up random trains.
Have fun operating the layout at the show, I do with mine.
As for the front, why not put a piece of hardboard over it and paint that instead of filling in the holes?
As you know I am a Chadwick Addict. My wife has now banned you from the bedroom. I lost the tablet and she found it on Friday evening vibrate her feet when she went bed early with a headache. No change there then.
I think that point controller might be one of Heathcote Electronics.
Very nive layout and great video. You could open up the back of the fiddle yard so that you could replace engines and rolling stock, as per your timetable. A hinged door would maintain Dave's great work.
One thing that I consider genius, is the entrance at the rear, behind the buildings, to hide the fiddle yard, and the emphasis on the freight works. Also nice, the kickback to the passenger's halt, you can have some action with a GWR Pannier and an autocoach (for the time period). Other solution à la Minories, two engines, one incoming with the coaches, a second one waiting at the station to take them on the return trip. An interesting situation, because you can imagine the railway company will maximalize the use of the engines : one coming with freight cars, shunting and waiting for the passenger train she will take back, while the second can do some more shunting, waiting for the next passenger train to come, or taking away some freight wagons. You have dozen of possibilities on all the big four with mixed traffic tank engines : A V1 or V3 for the LNER, a E4 or a Terrier for the SR, or an Ivatt 2MT tank for the LMS. A standard 2MT or 3MT for the BR would be at home too. That's my pick here for the steam nuts like me !
Thank you for another awesome video Charlie
Hi Charlie I am going down the block detection route, and need a bit of help where to do my blocks
i've noticed you have Anyrail 6 same as me if I send my plan over when iv.e sorted it out and put my blocks in would you have a look at it for me PLEASE and tell me if it will work or are the blocks in the wrong place for it to work
thanks
Regards
Mick
Superb, just lovely. I would most certainly invest in this beauty if I lived your side of the pond. It is very pleasing to the eye. Your buddy was a very clever bloke.
Seems that it has been made with loving care, the coal merchants area is absolutely wonderful and the light halfway across the footbridge brings it all to life. it would be marvelous to display and show the model train people what can be achieved and such a shame a man with such talent is lost to us forever
Sad to see a guy down the road model railway smash up in a skip. House left to the kids and they done a complete clear out. More scenery than track but still not nice to see. I told my wife if that happens to my mountains I come back and haunt her and transmit spirit beams at her doll collection or something like that
That is a stunning little layout Charlie, the only thing I wondered was I didn't see any signals, especially ground signals. With regard uncoupling magnets, wouldn't you put them under the track ?
😢 I posted a long comment on Thursday but it seems to have disappeared 😢
Wondered why you hadn’t replied Charlie, thought that was odd as you usually always do.
The slightly cartoonish Back drop is marvellously atmospheric 🙂 a touch Ivor the engine 😉
If it belongs to the club then it would be an ideal way to show-case the club itself on the exhibition circuit. Just an idea.
Very nice little layout. The only think I myself would have done differently, is have the Small Station Halt moved to just across from the SEVEN STARS HOTEL, (as where it is now on the switch back makes no sense).
It brilliantly has the look of a rundown industrial town in the 70’s. Socially shabby and tired buildings screaming for the developers wrecking ball: it really is a layout of exceptional quality and kudos to the late gentleman who created it.