Category Archives: planning

Plan view

Posted on 27 May, 2010 by Steve

With the novelty of a quiet house for a brief morning, I was able to lay out the full extent of Harrogate to get a hopefully final fix on how big it will be. Using N gauge 1st radius for … Continue reading →

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Wanna be starting’ somethin’

Posted on 15 May, 2010 by Steve

I’ve written about my plan for a layout based on the Harrogate gas works before, and given it quite a lot of thought, but when you actually start shuffling track around on a board it starts to feel a lot … Continue reading →

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Planning Harrogate

Posted on 19 February, 2010 by Steve

Ex-Harrogate gas works Peckett No. 2050 of 1944, now running on the private Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire. I know, I know, I shouldn’t be planning layouts when I already have one that needs work. But sometimes it just happens. … Continue reading →

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Route planning

Posted on 10 December, 2009 by Steve

Cranbrook was described by its original builder as “a twig off a branch”, although while the HWLR line from Hawkhurst to the branch terminus would have been short it probably wouldn’t have been straight. Driving between the two towns last … Continue reading →

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Brief intermission

Posted on 7 September, 2009 by Steve

I had been hoping to show you some photos of a great trip to the Welshpool & Llanfair gala yesterday, but my home internet connection is playing up and I doubt this mobile broadband dongle is up to uploading all … Continue reading →

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