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Updates September 2016 Seaford is featured in the September Issue of British Railway Modelling. A final gallery of the layout , some of these photos were used in the magazine feature, is below .
24th February 2016 Seaford is no more! I move house next month and Seaford was not built to be transported so over five days I have dismantled the layout. Locos and stock along with anything re-usable will go into storage for the next project. The baseboards and much of the track took a trip to the dump. Photos here February 2016 A few running sessions of late in view of the impending dismantling of the layout because of a house move. Lots of photos here January 2015-2016 The major construction of the railway was completed with the completion of the C&W depot last year. Time has been spent adding small details to the layout. Also the usual task of weathering stock continued. Fleet additions since the last update have been 08883 24081 31117 44002 and D1065. 40118 was withdrawn and replaced with a new bodyshell as 40063 and I made a better job of the shawplan windscreens this time. Backscenes have been added and have made a real difference to the layout - although adding them when nearing the end of construction is not recommended unless you have easy access to the back of the layout! Gaugemaster and ID backscenes were used. Time has been spent weathering wagon stock and making removable loads; Brake Vans, Ballast Wagons, Spoil Wagons and open wagons. Some semaphore signals have been added for Bridge Junction and Seaford Yard. Photos here and here. All are WR design Ratio kits and are cosmetic only. The railway has been populated with people from Bachmann and Preiser ranges. Photos here here here and here. Also some trees have been added. February 2013-2014 Despite the lack of updates on here, the railway is progressing (slowly); The goods depot canopy has been completed. Photos here and here Having originally intended to use semaphore signals in Seaford station but due to time contraints I decided to switch to cosmetic colour lights signals which are amazingly simple to install... This required the removal of the manual signal box and replacement with a more modern structure which is now adjacent to the station. The signals are by Knightwing. Photos here here and here The last major structure to build was the wagon repair depot. New locos are 37199 37277 50040 and Class 128 DMU February 2012 The canopy of the goods shed is almost complete. Photos here and here. Recent ebay bargains are 25120 & 40004 December 2011 Finally a start made on finishng the goods shed. The basic card structure has been built and installed and the next job is the canopy to go with it. Photos here and here A real effort has been made to get the rolling stock weathered and a good selection has been done recently. Examples are here here and here e-bay bargains since the last update are 08027 08778 20141 and 55002 December 2010 Again not much done to the scenic side of the layout during the intervening months since the last update, although the materials have been stockpiled to scratch build the goods depot and adjoining canopy. Also thought has been given to providing the railway with some signals! Recent e-bay bargains were a Hornby 50 and Bachmann 25 which have been transformed into 50027 and 25086 A Class 03 and Class 105 DMU have also been added to the fleet January 2010 Not a great deal done to the railway since the last update although a number of locos have been added to the collection; Two Bachmann 25's became 25064 and 25225. A Heljan 26037. A third Bachmann Class 20. 08402 has become 08418, 45114 has become 45015 and 5380 has become 27102. Hornby DMU's have been repainted and detailed - class 101 & 121. A few photos from around the layout added to the photos page August 2008 A selection of photos depicting the recent work on the entrance to the fiddle yard are here here & here. The basic scenic work in this area is now virtually complete, incuding the construction of 'Sproston Green' station on the high level line where a new level crossing has also been installed. A cheap alternative to a rolling road was secured from e-bay (thanks Matt!) and has proved most useful. This being essential to allow the running in of new locos on end to end layouts such as this. Two new DMU's added to the fleet from Hornby - a 101 and 121. Also a Heljan class 27 has also been purchased. July 2008 Another prolonged dormant period followed by frenzied activity! An area that has so far not had any scenic attention is the section leading to the fiddle yard so this area has been concentrated on with a backboard being built and a set of Hornby arches butchered to fit. A building to fill the role of depot store has also been found. Once these were in place a start on the scenic work could be made. Another area of expose chipboard was behind the wagon works and this roadway has now been completed February 2008 Both Bachmann class 20's have been completed to become 20069 and 20142. Two new purchases in the shape of the Hornby 31 and Bachmann Peak which will both go through works in due course. December 2007 D1067 has become D1023 Western Fusilier and both Bachmann class 20's are now in works to emerge as a couple of grimy vo machines. November 2007 Limited progess over the summer as usual. Two loco projects were finished off; namely 24050 and 47464 . Heljan D1067 has now entered works to emerge as a weatherbeaten D1023.. January 2007 Landscaping and scenery work continues with the marshalling yard & scrapyard areas essentially complete. The plasticard built steel mill has been suitably weathered, followed by final detailing and has now been fixed in place overlooking the yard. December 2006 A concerted effort will be made over the next couple of months to get the remaining un-landscaped areas finished. This is primarily the dockyard and goods dept areas. Work has started on the roadway into the dockyard. This will also enable the scrapyard to be built. November 2006 With the distractions of summer, little progress has been made on the layout - one of the few things completed is 37112 along with the weathering of the recently built Parkside BR 4-wheeled vans. April 2006 Work has mostly concentrated on the layout itself in recent weeks with the incline to the dockyard sculpted out of polystyrene which then allowed tracklaying into the dockyard and this marks the completion of tracklaying on the railway. The papier mache covering was completed a few days later. March 2006 A start made on building a few Parkside wagon kits and 3 Vanwides (VWV/VXV's) and a 12t BR Van (VVV) have been built - photo. A 'Southern' CCT and a old 'Grampus' kit have also been constructed. All of these still await weathering. February 2006 The Heljan 33 has been transformed from 6572 into 33044. Despite the obvious and disappointing error in the roof profile the loco does look good when viewed from favourable angles
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