Hi,
I've just joined this group, so I thought I would introduce myself.
I model in P4 and recently converted my garage into a 20-foot square railway room with insulation, underfloor heating, dehumidifier and daylight strips for lighting. I have just started to build a model of Leyburn station on the Northallerton - Hawes branch of the NER. The model will be as accurate as my limited skill can make it (e.g. no compression) and will represent the station as it was in October 1910. I chose this date because 1910 was one of the busiest years in the station's history and October was the busiest month of the year due to the sheep and cattle sales at the local auction mart. When the model is built, I intend to run it to the working timetable operating at that date and to include the passenger excursions, livestock trains and other specials listed in the Weekly Operating Notices. Needless to say, the project will take several years (probably at least ten) to complete.
I am a historian by profession, which probably explains why I want the model I am building to be as accurate historically as I can make it. I have been researching the history of the Hawes branch for over twenty years and have built up an extensive collection of photographs, plans and documents relating to the branch. I am also writing a new history of the branch, which I hope to finish by the end of next year.
If anyone else out there is modelling or intending to model any of the stations on the Hawes branch, I would be interested to hear from them and would be happy to help with prototype information.
Best wishes,
Bob Ellis
I've just joined this group, so I thought I would introduce myself.
I model in P4 and recently converted my garage into a 20-foot square railway room with insulation, underfloor heating, dehumidifier and daylight strips for lighting. I have just started to build a model of Leyburn station on the Northallerton - Hawes branch of the NER. The model will be as accurate as my limited skill can make it (e.g. no compression) and will represent the station as it was in October 1910. I chose this date because 1910 was one of the busiest years in the station's history and October was the busiest month of the year due to the sheep and cattle sales at the local auction mart. When the model is built, I intend to run it to the working timetable operating at that date and to include the passenger excursions, livestock trains and other specials listed in the Weekly Operating Notices. Needless to say, the project will take several years (probably at least ten) to complete.
I am a historian by profession, which probably explains why I want the model I am building to be as accurate historically as I can make it. I have been researching the history of the Hawes branch for over twenty years and have built up an extensive collection of photographs, plans and documents relating to the branch. I am also writing a new history of the branch, which I hope to finish by the end of next year.
If anyone else out there is modelling or intending to model any of the stations on the Hawes branch, I would be interested to hear from them and would be happy to help with prototype information.
Best wishes,
Bob Ellis
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