The elevated coal stage at Fisherton Sarum like the shed, as discussed in my post A view from the line #2 below opened in 1901. Just like the Shed itself, the coal stages were also built in a house style and as such as well asSalisburysimilar stages existed at Eastleigh,Basingstokeand Plymouth Friary. Construction was wooden … Continue reading A view from the line #3. Taking coal at Fisherton Sarum.
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Talking Stock #2 The 1948 Locomotive exchange trials
The 1948 locomotive exchange trials took place from April though to September 1948 with Waterloo to Plymouth being one of the chosen routes and utilised during may and June 1948. I was keen to introduce some of the locos that ran on the Southern during the trials into the locomotive fleet on my Fisherton Sarum … Continue reading Talking Stock #2 The 1948 Locomotive exchange trials
Talking Stock #1 Bulleid Merchant Navy Pacifics
This is the first in hopefully a series of posts looking at the various items of rolling stock that have and operate on Fisherton Sarum. Over time the intent is that the series will include locomotives, coaching stock and wagons. First up are Bulleid’s masterpieces the Merchant Navy class in original ‘Air Smoothed’ condition. I … Continue reading Talking Stock #1 Bulleid Merchant Navy Pacifics
A view from the line #1. The little people…
Any model railway layout needs the little people to complete the scene. I try where possible to position them in natural groupings. This post, the first in a series of ‘views from the line’, looks at the little people on Fisherton Sarum. Alongside the typical Southern concrete platelayers hut next to the main line my … Continue reading A view from the line #1. The little people…
Post war – pre nationalisation, why do I model it?
When one looks at the majority of steam era model layouts of the big four railway companies, or the subsequent British Railways regions, the majority tend to be set in either the 1930s or the 1950/60s this also tends to be reflected by the choice of models and liveries from the major ready-to-run manufacturers. Leaving … Continue reading Post war – pre nationalisation, why do I model it?
All Kernow Models Beattie Well Tanks now approved for production
A couple of weeks ago Chris Trerise, Managing Director of the Kernow Model Centre was able to approve the Southern Railway version of the Beattie Well Tank model (the first of the production batches of this model have this week been loaded onto the ship in China) and today he has made the following announcement, with respect to the … Continue reading All Kernow Models Beattie Well Tanks now approved for production
Midland Railex with Bay Street Shed
Last weekend I was once again assisting Mike Wild, the editor of Hornby Magazine, this time operating his Southern Region basedlayout Bay StreetShed. This was a model railway exhibition with a difference as it was held amongst full size heritage steam and diesel engines and trains at the Midland Railway Centre. Although Mike’s layout is … Continue reading Midland Railex with Bay Street Shed
Bulleid Leader to make guest appearance at Midland Railex!
No not a full size one, obviously…. A while ago now I built my own 4mm model of Bulleid’s unconventional ‘Leader’, I utilised a kit of parts from Chris Meachen at Golden Arrow Productions. He sells limited edition ready to run models of this unusual prototype and obtained from him a kit of bits so I … Continue reading Bulleid Leader to make guest appearance at Midland Railex!
Moving pictures – Fisherton Sarum
When exhibiting Fisherton Sarum at various exhibitions the arrival of a video camera being pointed at the layout usually precedes either a derailment or more likely an operator error, also aligning the turn table (currently still done by eye, although an automatic alignment method is on the drawing board) suddenly becomes tricky due to twitchy … Continue reading Moving pictures – Fisherton Sarum
Introduction to Fisherton Sarum
Fisherton Sarum is a Southern Railway shed set between 1946 and 1949 . As this is basically a finished layout (if they are ever finished) this blog will concentrate on updates on its travels and also a few odds and ends that still need to be done to improve operation etc. Fisherton Sarum has appeared … Continue reading Introduction to Fisherton Sarum