The "Old" W&LLR

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Narrow Gauge Railways
Hi guys, I thought I'd share these as my first photo's posted on the Forum ~
I'm currently in the middle of changing the Westwood & Loscoe Light Railway from a basic oval into a figure of eight, both to increase the length of run in the limited space I have, and to create some more "photo opportunity" locations.
The following photo's are a record of sights (and sites) that no longer exist after the changes.................

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"Brinsley Lodge" running shed.

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Codnor Crossing..

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The Works....

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The Wharfe.....

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The Alley.... This scene remains, but the line now curves to the right instead of disappearing into the sunset !

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Once the back looks more like a garden than a re-enactment of the Somme, I'll be able to get some up-to-date comparison photo's taken and posted for anyone interested.
 
Fantastic photos very realistic looking love the old time black & white one :thumbup:
 
Lovely lovely lovely photos and not one but to Beyer Peacocks - you're a very lucky man. I look forward to seeing and hearing more about your line :)
 
Thanks very much for the responses chaps, very encouraging :)

"............. not one but two Beyer Peacocks - you're a very lucky man."
Luck did indeed play a major role in their arrival! (Before everyone thinks otherwise, the W&LLR is very much a "budget" railway ~ my entire loco fleet is second-hand!)
I bought the Accucraft Countess from one of our local group members, handing over the readies, saved over several months, at the last 16mm AGM at Stoneleigh. I also part exchanged my "Baldrig" & "Mortimer" for the Pearse Earl at the same show!

Anyhow, while I'm in nostalgia mode, here's a quick trip round the old line via a few more pic's..........

Station Road and Westwood Station.
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Meths fired Lady Anne "Lady Of Sherwood" at the crossing entering The Alley.
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"Cardboard Train" My cheap return to Corris experiment - all Locolines card kits, leaving the Town Section and heading for Riddings Tunnel.
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Riddings Tunnel in last years' snow.
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My old Mortimer "Victoria" in Codnor Wood.
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Of course, things aren't always serious.
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and although the buffet is quite popular
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the staff tend to get some "stick" from the girls from the local school!
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T'other end of the line, at Loscoe.
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dam, im in heven:love::thumbup:
 
PaulRhB said:
Do you have a link to the flickr album as my iphone won't display the image links, just question marks :(
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Ooh! Never done this before and my "link buttons" are disabled (anti spam quarantine procedure?). Anyhow, hope this works, if it does, they're in here
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NOPE, I can't do it but if you really want to see 'em and you search for Gregs trains in Flickr, you'll find 'em:(
 
Super pictures , the school train looks interesting but would not be too popular with the wife I fear.
 
garrymartin said:
Super pictures , the school train looks interesting but would not be too popular with the wife I fear.
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Oops! Sorry Garry, I didn't realise I'd posted that photo, I only looked at the thumbnail ~ I'll replace it with a more discreet angle!
EDIT: Done :)
 
Riddings tunnel, Codnor wood and Loscoe station, with names like that you must live near me........
Great photos btw........:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Thanks very much to everyone for the kind comments, I'll be sure to keep you posted on the "re-build".
Special shout to "NETTY", thanks for the PM, but due to the anti-spam restrictions I'm not able to send or reply to you yet ~ if you'd like to PM me again with your Email address I'll get back to you via that.

I can't post links yet either but if you'd like to type wllr(dot)webs(dot)com into your web browser of choice, (replace the "dot" with ".") you should find my Westwood & Loscoe Light Railway website - due for an update, but I'm contactable via that :)
 
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