Marc Dobson
Western Thunderer
This is going to be my first Scale 7 project so I'm starting small and achievable I hope.
History
The Tramway ran from a junction on the Furness Railway's Lakeside branch, between Greenodd and Haverthwaite, to a gunpowder mill in the Russland Valley near the village of Bouth. The mill dates from before the building of the Lakeside branch, by about 10 years, and soon as the branch was built the mill was linked to it by the standard gauge tramway. There were two places on the tramway were sidings were built but the reason for these is unclear as storing gunpowder vans in unsecured places doesn't make a lot sense. Also these sidings are next to roads so were these sidings for goods for the local population?
In most the of the historical sources the tramway was horse drawn but in one the use of a locomotive was stated.
The model
Marc
History
The Tramway ran from a junction on the Furness Railway's Lakeside branch, between Greenodd and Haverthwaite, to a gunpowder mill in the Russland Valley near the village of Bouth. The mill dates from before the building of the Lakeside branch, by about 10 years, and soon as the branch was built the mill was linked to it by the standard gauge tramway. There were two places on the tramway were sidings were built but the reason for these is unclear as storing gunpowder vans in unsecured places doesn't make a lot sense. Also these sidings are next to roads so were these sidings for goods for the local population?
In most the of the historical sources the tramway was horse drawn but in one the use of a locomotive was stated.
The model
- The plan is use two base boards that were left over from another project that failed to get off the ground. The scenic area will be 1800mm by 400mm
- Date of the model 1917-1928
- One of the sidings to be modelled as if it was one with public access.
- Locos to be used as working horses to difficult. the types will be a Midland BEL/Ex WD Simplex/Standard gauge Simplex/GER 0-4-0 Tram. Other Powder mills did use locomotives to move wagons, especially in the period post 1916 with the mills coming under government control. So using a small loco would not be with out precedence.
Marc
