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Volume 23 Number 5
HOCKLAND
AS I WAS COMPLETING MY CAMEO LAYOUT
‘Back Brook’, described in the Gazette August
2023 Vol. 22 No. 4, I was thinking of something
smaller and pointless.
THE US MILITARY RAILROAD AQUIA LINE
SINCE JANUARY 2009I have been building an O
scale model railroad of the United States Military
Railroad (USMRR) Aquia line set during the
American Civil War in the late winter-early spring
of 1863.
THE LEGEND OF THE DUN COW A story about an early Slaters kit
WHEN THE MONKS OF LINDISFARNE were
transporting the coffin of St. Cuthbert to a place
of safety, they ground to a halt at Chester-le
Street, where a woman with a dun (brown) cow
directed them to Dunhelm (Durham): he remains
there to this day.
DEVELOPING MORE GOODS. The continuing evolution of Kirtley Bridge
THE GOODS YARD AT KIRTLEY BRIDGE has
seen a variety of changes since its inception.
Initially the design of the yard included a cattle
dock, provender shed, coal staithes and small
goods shed
SMITHFIELD - PART 2: SCENIC DEVELOPMENTS. An Update on the Layout of the East Surrey MRC
Smithfield featured in the May 2023 edition of the
Gazette as a part completed layout showing the
planning and building of the project but at that
stage scenery was rudimentary.
AN INSIGHT: 1950s O GAUGE COACH BUILDING
THE GAUGE O GUILD and I share the same
birth year. However, any thoughts of compared
illustrious beginnings end right there as our
paths are obviously quite separate.
NEWTON HEATH WORKS. The story of a cameo layout based on the clay industry in Dorset
NEWTON HEATH WORKS WAS CONCEIVED
during the 2017 Wells exhibition (a ‘must go
to’ in this part of the world) on a sunny August
lunchtime in the bar at the Crown Hotel.
SWILLYBEGS. ˜e evolution of a compact Irish exhibition layout.
I’VE BEEN MODELLING Irish railways in 7mm
scale for around 15 years, both in 5-3in (36.75mm)
and 3- narrow gauge (21mm).
HLU – A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY OF MODEL RAILWAY OPERATION
HLU IS MORE than a train control system; it
represents a fundamentally different philosophy
of model railway operation.
BUILDING A MINERVA GWR
97XX PANNIER TANK
THE OLD LEINSTER KITS
I have fond
memories of Leinster kits from this time as they
offered some large locomotives at comparatively
low cost, ideal for someone starting out in O
gauge and wanting to impress fellow members
at the club.
EIGHTY YEARS OF O GAUGE
A RECENT TOPIC on the Guild Forum raised the
question ‘So, what are your memories of your first
O gauge purchases or modelling achievements?’
BUILDING AN SR W CLASS TANK LOCO
THE PROTOTYPE LOCO was typically Southern,
inasmuch as it was a collection of parts that
were in stock; to some extent, the ACE kit
emulates this,