Here are some photographs of the Port Solway layout of the Newcastle & District Model Railway Society in England. The layout is set in Northern England around 1905 and is built to Scalefour standards (1/76; 4mm to foot; 18.83mm gauge). This scale/guage is usually only found in Britain
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The first photo shows a Class E1 loco of the North Eastern Railway shunting (switching) some wagons. The loco and wagons are built by John Thompson, the bridge by Jim Rowbottom using Micro Engineering parts and the scenery by Charlie Miller.
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The next photo shows a North Eastern Railway Class P on a local goods (freight). The loco was built by John Thompson from an etched brass kit.
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The North Eastern Railway Class R was scratch built by John Thompson as was the signal box (interlocking tower). There is a real miniature interlocking frame behind the backscene which controls the points and signals.
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A view of the Class R in color. When I get the hang of Photoshop, I may be able to remove the shadows, joints and edges from the backscene. Yours truly did the wiring, but that doesn't show in the photos!
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The first photo shows a Class E1 loco of the North Eastern Railway shunting (switching) some wagons. The loco and wagons are built by John Thompson, the bridge by Jim Rowbottom using Micro Engineering parts and the scenery by Charlie Miller.
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The next photo shows a North Eastern Railway Class P on a local goods (freight). The loco was built by John Thompson from an etched brass kit.
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The North Eastern Railway Class R was scratch built by John Thompson as was the signal box (interlocking tower). There is a real miniature interlocking frame behind the backscene which controls the points and signals.
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A view of the Class R in color. When I get the hang of Photoshop, I may be able to remove the shadows, joints and edges from the backscene. Yours truly did the wiring, but that doesn't show in the photos!