Category Archives: life

Goodbye ‘Northlander’

Posted on September 28, 2012 by bawdsey

By 7:15pm today the Northlander will have completed its last run, and the ‘Near North’ will have lost another community link to be replaced by bus services. Image of 1805 courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/sean marshall

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Model Rail 2012 Barrow Hill

Posted on September 21, 2012 by bawdsey

Today I’m packing the train set and setting up at Model Rail Live at Barrow Hill, Chesterfield. Theres a new train, see above image, based on Ben Ashworth and Ian Pope images of the Berry Wiggins Bitumen trains, I’ve re-lettered … Continue reading →

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Model Rail Live II

Posted on September 15, 2012 by bawdsey

Here’s a bit of a clue as to the changes made since Railex and indeed the September Railway Modeller, they involve a significant change to the buildings, more track, a new train, in the literal sense, and more trees. Theres … Continue reading →

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Model Rail Live Update

Posted on September 8, 2012 by bawdsey

The layout doesn’t go to many shows and will only got to a couple of shows before its retirement in 2013. One up and coming show with a good mix of model and prototype interest is Model Rail Live at Barrow … Continue reading →

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Several Shades of Grey, Some Say, as Many as Fifty …

Posted on August 27, 2012 by bawdsey

In another ’15 minute hero’ heres how to get a better looking planked finish to a wooden floored wagon such as bogie bolsters or flat wagons. As you can see from the image below (Mainline Bogie Bolster), the ready to … Continue reading →

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Mags and Mountains …

Posted on August 17, 2012 by bawdsey

September 2012 Railway Modeller To date there’s not been much in this blog section regarding the build of Albion Yard and how its developed over the years. In this Septembers Railway Modeller the layout is featured in a break from … Continue reading →

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The Olympic Torch 28th June 2012

Posted on June 28, 2012 by bawdsey

28th JUNE 2012   Taking a bit of time out of toy trains this morning I’ve been following people running about carrying sticks of fire. Ben’s nomination story Ben is a quiet reserved lad, but inspirational in everyway, I feel … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Albion Yard …

Posted on June 1, 2012 by bawdsey

Railex 2012 Review ‘The Curse of Albion Yard’ The weekend potentially started with very bad news, and nearly ended that way too! Wednesday was a day I was looking forward to finalising a few details and getting the train set … Continue reading →

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Heavyweights creep in …

Posted on May 23, 2012 by bawdsey

In reality, highly unlikely, but I like it. It also takes the layout back to its roots as an occaisional photo set.

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Railex Preparations Vol III

Posted on May 14, 2012 by bawdsey

Today the layout was put up for the first time in six months, and I’m pleased to report that apart from dirty track, there have been no problems with the layouts running. A few people have asked what is the … Continue reading →

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