southern railway

Situated somewhere in the Croydon area in Southern Railway days, this layout is slightly shy of eight feet long without the fiddle yard. Although small and somewhat cramped, Stroudley Park provides enough entertainment for me at home shunting a few wagons about. Behind the station is a...

I'm going to blame Gordon Gravett for this. He did a talk recently at Pendon Museum on 'The Art of Compromise' and had Arun Quay running there with two terriers made from the old Vulcan kits. Let's face it, Arun Quay is the business - and terriers are just about my favourite locomotive! I...

While I still have various other builds on, around and under the bench that ought to be taking my attention, sometimes I need to refresh my brain with something different. This time it's four Slater's Maunsell coaches, built in the 1930s, and running towards the end of the 1950s, or into the...

A possible competition entry ? Starting with, how the layout came into being. Hope you are sitting comfortably as i think this may turn into a long post. Some years ago, i visited a local exhibition. After talking to one exhibitor, i was invited to come along to one of their club days. This was...