Brian’s been back in touch with his model railroad dock.
But first, here’s an update from Henry:
“Hello Alastair,
Some photos of my double deck layout.
It is in a single car garage, and a drop down bridge spanning the garage door connects the lower levels.
Two removable sections connects the lower and upper levels, forming a folded figure 8 for continuoes running.
The harbor section operates as a branchline.
There is a 4 track hidden staging yard behind the rock face and mirrors against the ceiling provides visuals to stop trains at clearance markers.
The layout has a fully operational signal system with automatic block signals and dispatcher controlled home and starter signals.
Regards
Henry”
A big thanks to Henry, you can see his last post, on his HO platform here.
And now onto Brian, with a correction, which was entirely my fault for the way I linked to his last post:
“Hi Alastair,
I would like to clear up a mistake in the last published post.
The photo of the “HO scale Dock” diorama, is not my model, it was borrowed from an unknown source.
I used that photo as a source for four (4) of my scratch built models.
Below are photos of my scratch built buildings of the Tidewater models.
Below, the Boat Repair Dock,
Below, the lighthouse mostly scratch built.
Below, the three scratch built buildings, L-t-r, the Boat repair dock (converted), the Sailmaker and the Restaurant in the background.
Below, same as above.
Below, Sailmaker and Restaurant
Below, modified reversed, back to front Boat Repair Dock.
I hope this clears up some confusion as to the diorama not being mine.
Brian – the HOn3 guy in Knysna RSA”
Thanks to Brian. Here’s his boat repair dock post where I started the confusion.
It’s an impressive model railroad dock.
That’s all for this time folks.
Please do keep ’em coming because I enjoy my inbox each morning just as much as you.
And if today is the day you leave the comfort of your armchair, roll up your sleeves, get going and join in on the fun, the Beginner’s Guide is here.
Best
Al
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They are great fun to make and great value too.
Henry, your layout is coming along very nicely. Well done and keep up the good work.
Brian – the HOn3 guy in Knysna RSA 🇿🇦
Hi Brian, Thank you for your super pictures, and I love your gantry crane and your 2 harbour cranes. As I am relatively new to the hobby my layout is a simple 4 track oval, also in an old concrete Marley single garage which I have insulated and upgraded. [up and down lines of express passenger service and a slower up and down goods lines from a marshalling yard and harbour] 1) please tell me if your cranes are from a kit, or scratch built. If from a kit, where can I get such a kit, and what make is it please? I do not understand how the folding figure of 8 works. Please send me a track plan, so I can experiment. Regards, Tom Lori, England
Looks Good.!!!!!
Hi Tom, I think it was my layout that have the cranes, but both myself and Brian have harbour scenes on our layouts.
The dock cranes are Dapol kits, and the gantry crane is a Faller kit. I do not know if the kits are still available, but you might find some on Ebay.
Regards
Henry van Wyk
Pietermaritzburg,
South Africa
Thank You Brian,
Your modeling is exquisite. Love in the interior detailing.
I have completed the trackwork during the weekend, so I can now have a continues run. Takes about 8 minutes to do one lap at realistic speeds.
Regards
Henry
Henry that layout is great. It evokes some old memories in me.
Thank you.
I notice you have some U.S. and European rolling stock on the same layout. Is there any reason for this?
WOW!!!
Henry, that looks like a very nice layout. I think it would show better if the two levels were farther apart since the top level seems to cut off views of the lower level. It could also benefit from a more complete backdrop and some more figures to bring the various scenes on it to life. Of course, it’s your layout and you should do what makes you happy with it. Thanks for sharing your many detailed photos.
p.s. What does the red button in the middle of the upper-level rock fascia do?
Always like seeing a layout with a waterfront ships and railroads work together for bulk shipping and container loads In real life .