Railways and railway modelling
Model railways
Model railway enthusiasts -- of which there are an unhealthy
number -- would probably be appalled at my description of
building a model railway. I approach this as a DIY task,
one that is no different in principle from any other
DIY job. You will need smaller tools, to be sure, but the
same skills necessary for, say, refurbishing a kitchen
will be demanded for the construction of a model railway.
I should say before going much further that the `railways'
I am describing see daily service as toys, as well
as models. I frequently find the delicately-constructed
buildings have been taken off and replaced by Lego, and the track
occupied by Bob the Builder and his friends. So, we're not
talking about museum pieces here.
This section of my Web site, like the railways themselves,
is very much under construction at the moment.
Please excuse the unfinished and incomplete pages.
A table-top railway
This was our first attempt at a model railway, constructed
on the usual 4'x8' plywood sheet. There aren't any
photos of this project under construction, because
I forgot to take any. There are a few photos of the
finished item:
click here.
A permanent installation
This is a much more ambitious project; this model railway
occupies a permanent installation in part of our loft.
It is about 12' x 9' in size, and so far has absorbed about
90' of track.
Click here for details.
A simple garden railway
You can construct a simple, but workable, OO-scale garden railway in
a morning;
here's how.
A more ambitious garden railway
Our latest project is to construct a small (relatively speaking)
G-scale garden railway.
This is quite a challenge, given the size of our garden.
Real railways
When you've had enough of models, you can always go and see some real
trains...
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