Pics of Rob's OO Layout

Rob · Pics of Rob's OO Layout

i have 49 pics of my oo guage layout. its based on the transition era from steam to diesel.

there are 2 thing i would not have done if i had made it again.

firstly, i wouldnt have used any set curves. i have 1st and 2nd radius curves on here, and the deltic doesnt like them, neither does the ivatt. it just looks wrong and un-realistic.

secondly, i would have used the long points instead of the shorter ones. it looks much better when coaches are going over them, rather than quickly darting from one track to another.

here are some pics anyway:

its 16ft long, 20 inc the fiddle yard at this end

the canal and bridge to the fiddle yard

coal boat, stearsman and a cyclist on the tow path

the bridge again with the signal

a swan cruises the bottom of the lock

the small station

clean jinty, i need to weather it heavily as BR just left them dirty

class 20 outside the ground level signal box, with full interior

the signal box

the interior

reversed

collett goods about to set out

showing the tender and inside of the cab

goods shed near the station

almost ready to load

from just above the goods shed, shows the rest of the layout

a nice BR goods van on the country road to the goods shed. the owner minds his horses

a closer view

a country walker just about to cross the stiel, on the country road

a view of the allotments which back off of the terrace houses

someone restoring a traction engine on his plot

hanging the washing out to dry, the man of the house takes a load to the shed - anderson shelter

view from the front

where the cars park at the front of the allotments

just over from them, is the town station. an ivatt class 4 is about to depart, and a class 25 has just pulled in

the terrace houses and tetleys warehouse

the town station

the goods yard and tetleys warehouse

someone who fred dibnah would have looked up to, literally

the small timber yard

the goods which the class 25 brought in

some pasangers on the station

the back of the coach - i really like that, the lamp completes it

super detailed coaches. no smoking and first class in the window

ivatt standard class 4 outside the signal box

showing the complex valve gear

window cleaner on the signal box

car park outside the staion and a tea van near the signal box

another view of the goods yard

class 55 deltic awaits a use

the coal yard behind the goods yard. NCB lorry is bringing some sacks of coal.

the main street with shops and garage

the garage from the front with a car re-fueling

BR lorry takes some cable away, whilst the coach to skegness passes through

workman "spending a penny"

the model shop, chip shop, army store, butchers and pub

closer look at the pub with sandwich board outside

another country road, leading from the coal yard, over the railway into the country

the terrace houses from the front

if i can help with answering any questions about the layout, just post here or pm me.

johnreid

I see a lot of work has gone into that one, lots of details.
Keep up the good work.

Nick

Thanks for all of the pictures.

You've done a great job with this.

Lewis

Nice layout mate

love the jinty and and the mucky duck (ivatt class 4) both classic lms

love the old traction engine in the shed as well

bessytractor

brilliant

the scenery on that is to a standard I'm striving to achieve on my On30 line.

I have 43047

Good those 4MTs aren't they! I also had problems with this loco on 1st radius track. I was doing what they really do and putting check rails everywhere in order to keep it on the rails!

Part of the reason I scrapped the old layout, much as it pained me to do so.

James

Very very good!

I'd love one like that!

Rob

they are a treat matt.
are the last few pics not working? ill re do them if they aint.

thanks for the comments guys, i have another extension on the layout comming off at the town station into a big shunting yard and engine shed.

andysleigh

fantastic little layout, i might have to build one now

made-in-england

Ohh Shunting yard! thats what im striving to achive!!

Rob

cheers lads. ill try to upload the plans for the shunting yard. only a small one, about 6ft by 2ft. twin road engine shed at the back and double in length, use 2 of the metcalfe ones, and a peco pit for the engine workers.

i gonna have 3 or 4 tracks to shunt into, with points connecting them.

i think most of the scenery was woodlands scenic.

all the card buildings are metcalfe apart from the garage and country station footbridge, which is super quick.

and the plastic buildings are wills and ratio.

all the locos are bachmann, apart from the class 26 in the coal yard which is a heljan. heljan are the best runners you will ever come accross, and the detail is awsome.

the coaches and wagons are bachmann. the ones pulled by the collett, are old old hornby ones repainted.

feel free to ask anything else about the layout.

Rob

oh, and all the track is peco code 100. if you run dcc, buy electrofrog points, they are much better than insulfrog, they stop stalling of locos. also, my layout is dcc, by a bachmann ez controller. i have brought the dynamis hand held and it is awful. cant get on with it at all. they should have made a hand held ex one instead.

bessytractor

Rob

oh right. well...i only have the one, so cant really base it on much, but this one runs sweet. the bachmann 25 is a close second.

Lewis

just noticed one of your wagons which says buxton on it

buxton isnt that far from me and is still today quaried for limestone

made-in-england

Rob,

What sort of Desiel Shunters would GWR of had??

Les

That's very good, thanks for sharing it with us.

bessytractor

steamyjim

They had a Sentinel didn't they?

Well it was certainly scrapped at Swindon

bessytractor

steamyjim

I didn't mean a Sentinel, sorry getting confused. It was a little 0-4-0 Deisel loco.

I can't remember who made it though

There was a pic in Model Rail a while ago

Minor1PJG

Quick a cyclist is drowning in the canal