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Hi Gents,
If you care to click on the link below you will see a short video of my private railway.
Covering 1500 square feet this is 0 gauge. 30 trains run through 17 stations named after my grandchildren simultaneously.

http://youtu.be/xp3RbKVN1GA

I hope you enjoy what you see.

Roy

Thanks Roy, and welcome to the forum - and what an impressive first post!

Here are a few photographs of this railway.


















If you like what you see click on the link below and you will be taken for a cab ride around this railway.
It takes approximately 15 minutes.


http://youtu.be/pViR_J285l4

I thought the streamlined Coronation was a masterpiece.
The Duchess is a work of art.











Roy.

If you would like to see the Duchess and Coronations in action please click on the link below.

http://youtu.be/DTwWbszfvfU

Roy.

Hi There,

If you would like to see my London Underground line from Victoria to Sambridge,

Please click on the link below.

http://youtu.be/j93vTuFSq-o

These Metro Vic locomotives ran until 1960.

Enjoy Roy.

Thanks, Roy. Those Metro Vics are great. I can't imagine there are many models of them around. How many have you got on your layout? All scratch-built or can you buy them off the shelf?

John Ashworth wrote:Thanks, Roy. Those Metro Vics are great. I can't imagine there are many models of them around. How many have you got on your layout? All scratch-built or can you buy them off the shelf?

Hi John,
The Metro Vics are ready to run recently made by Ace Trains of London.
I have 6 on my layout, 4 London Transport livery, 2 Metropolitan Livery.
Roy.

Roy ,

WOW !!!!
Did you add onto your house specially for that layout?
How many years has that taken you so far?
Were those 2 Mallards that I saw together in one photo?

I was just thinking.......... 1500 feet is just under 40' x 40' - that's far bigger than any garage or lounge that you get in most houses.

Please give us more background: What made you choose O as against HO?, etc.

It looks absolutely styling. The amount of work ( I know, I'm busy with an N layout - I can do the same in 10' by 10' ( if the talent is there - it's a struggle) ) is incredible.

Thanks for posting. I have a slow connection, so I'm hesitant to watch movies, unfortunately.

Andrew

OK, I watched the underground vid until 4:30 when the double-headed passenger train came past.

Do you have any kind of automated signal system?
Was it actual real-life policy to push the undergrounds on turnaround, with the unit at the back?

So many questions .......

Hi Fidel,
Thank you for taking an interest in my railway.
This is a private railway not open to the public.
The railway is 50 feet x 30 feet and runs through 5 interconnected sheds situated in the grounds of my house.
30 trains run simultaneously through 17 stations which are named after my grandchildren on over 2000 feet of track.
It is fully automated on a block section basis and is operated from a central control room with the aid of closed circuit television.
It has taken me approximately 16 years to build.
It is a fantasy world and any similarity to the prototype is intentional.
The video's attempt to show most of what you are likely to want to know.
The cab ride gives an indication of size.http://youtu.be/pViR_J285l4
For some reason I have been unable to upload any further photographs but I have enclosed a few links below.


http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21 ... lroom.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/52 ... mcity.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18 ... amed1.jpg/

Roy.

Hello,
If you are interested in seeing an article on my Dream City Railway,
please click on the link below.


http://www.tinplatetimes.com/Layouts/Dr ... amcity.htm




Roy.

Since I last posted I hve extended the railway.
Below is a video when I attached the camera to the rear of the Mid/day Scot.

http://youtu.be/zZ2vHq8YtA0

This video shows Duchess class locomotives at speed over the new extension and various other shots.

http://youtu.be/9oUCRgKQCuw

Roy.

As the weather has improved I grabbed a camera to show progress on my extension.

https://youtu.be/MTHDsDRD4os

Enjoy.

Roy.

This is the latest videO.
"The Visit 2016" is a walk round this railway
one of the largest in the UK.

https://youtu.be/4KYdfTKJYD8