08-26-2010, 02:51 PM
As many of you know, I model British trains on my 00 (a British scale similar to HO) layout.
My layout is basically depicts a station (Wellow Station, near Bath, Somerset) on the famous Somerset & Dorset Line in the late-50s or early-60s. However, I also will occasionally run the layout in a 1920s/’30s mode and I also have enough stock to run trains that would have run in the north of Britain (LMS & LNER) in the 1930s ... Also, occasionally, I run my 1950s Canadian HO trains.
In any case, the layout is firmly rooted in the steam-era from the 1920s to the 1960s (steam ran until 1968 in Britain).
I’ve also read at least two magazine articles recently where the person who designed these layouts purposely made them so that they could run a variety of trains from different eras and different regions. I think this is a great idea and allows you to have a lot more fun and variety! It can get boring to be stuck in one region/era.
Rob
My layout is basically depicts a station (Wellow Station, near Bath, Somerset) on the famous Somerset & Dorset Line in the late-50s or early-60s. However, I also will occasionally run the layout in a 1920s/’30s mode and I also have enough stock to run trains that would have run in the north of Britain (LMS & LNER) in the 1930s ... Also, occasionally, I run my 1950s Canadian HO trains.
In any case, the layout is firmly rooted in the steam-era from the 1920s to the 1960s (steam ran until 1968 in Britain).
I’ve also read at least two magazine articles recently where the person who designed these layouts purposely made them so that they could run a variety of trains from different eras and different regions. I think this is a great idea and allows you to have a lot more fun and variety! It can get boring to be stuck in one region/era.
Rob
Rob
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