Narrow gauge & on30
Narrow gauge & ON30
Hello and welcome to "narrow gauge & ON30".
member of the following yahoo groups.
On30conspiracy
On30 group
Portable on30
UK on30 http://groups.yahoo.com/
Railcritters
Weathering
Narrow gauge photo's
On30 group
Portable on30
UK on30 http://groups.yahoo.com/
Railcritters
Weathering
Narrow gauge photo's
About us
born in 1962 and had a life long interest in railways , both real and model.
My first ride on a narrow gauge train must have been the visits we made to Alton Towers in the 1960's, a long time before the now famous amusment park that it is today.
Below is a link that i came across , which contains some excellent photo,s of the railway , which closed to passengers at the end of 1996.
http://altontowersmemories.net/page8.htm
As far as i remember , i think my first real contact which sparked my interest in narrow gauge was the family holidays to Humberstone, near Cleethorpes.
About 20 yards away from the caravan we used to stay in was the now sadly closed and moved Lincolnshire coast light railway [see L.C.L.R. page] and many rides were taken on this great little railway.
Andrew was born in 2001 and was just 10 days old when he rode on his first steam train at the Buckinghamshire railway centre.
As with most kids he has grown up watching Thomas the tank engine and playing with Thomas toys.
He loves going to railways and his favorite is the Baie de Somme in France, which we try to visit each year.
We are both members of the Golden Valley light railway association.
The photo shows Andrew [ aged 6 ] riding on the Baie de Somme.
Roger & Andrew Brown , Awsworth , Nottinghamshire , England..
My first ride on a narrow gauge train must have been the visits we made to Alton Towers in the 1960's, a long time before the now famous amusment park that it is today.
Below is a link that i came across , which contains some excellent photo,s of the railway , which closed to passengers at the end of 1996.
http://altontowersmemories.net/page8.htm
As far as i remember , i think my first real contact which sparked my interest in narrow gauge was the family holidays to Humberstone, near Cleethorpes.
About 20 yards away from the caravan we used to stay in was the now sadly closed and moved Lincolnshire coast light railway [see L.C.L.R. page] and many rides were taken on this great little railway.
Andrew was born in 2001 and was just 10 days old when he rode on his first steam train at the Buckinghamshire railway centre.
As with most kids he has grown up watching Thomas the tank engine and playing with Thomas toys.
He loves going to railways and his favorite is the Baie de Somme in France, which we try to visit each year.
We are both members of the Golden Valley light railway association.
The photo shows Andrew [ aged 6 ] riding on the Baie de Somme.
Roger & Andrew Brown , Awsworth , Nottinghamshire , England..
Ilkeston district omnibus preservation group.
A small group of us living in and around the Ilkeston area of Derbyshire who are interested in the preservation of buses from times past.
we are a non profit making group who own and enjoy restoring and rallying the vehicles, which are all individually owned and funded .
Being from the Ilkeston area, we all remember Midland General and the real Barton transport and this is where our main interests lie.Sadly, both firms were swallowed up by Trent .
we currently own 5 buses , 2 of which are under restoration and hopefully the pages showing one or both of these vehicles will be updated on a regular basis as and when we have any progress.
as we are only a small self supporting group, we do not have the finances to have a bus restored by some of the large restoration companies ,at the end of the day, we have more fun and satisfaction knowing that "it is all our own work " .
http://ilkestondistrictomnibus.weebly.com/
we are a non profit making group who own and enjoy restoring and rallying the vehicles, which are all individually owned and funded .
Being from the Ilkeston area, we all remember Midland General and the real Barton transport and this is where our main interests lie.Sadly, both firms were swallowed up by Trent .
we currently own 5 buses , 2 of which are under restoration and hopefully the pages showing one or both of these vehicles will be updated on a regular basis as and when we have any progress.
as we are only a small self supporting group, we do not have the finances to have a bus restored by some of the large restoration companies ,at the end of the day, we have more fun and satisfaction knowing that "it is all our own work " .
http://ilkestondistrictomnibus.weebly.com/
ON30 buildings made to order
I am pleased to be able to link to the site of the scratchbuilder of the buildings that feature on Timber Creek and will feature on the future Golden Valley railroad.
Bill Bramley makes ON30 Scratch built buildings, also known as 7mm scale or O gauge. These buildings are hand made by Bill and consist of wood, hardboard, mdf and various thickness cardboard. Lights may also be incorperated, these being cold running Led's run off a seperate 12v regulated dc supply, suitable resistors are fitted as standard.Buildings are painted as required and weathered to give a more natural look.
Buildings are made or designed to your specifications and a overall footprint size must be given as well as a maximum height measurement. Ideally, a decent detailed photo should be supplied to give Bill an idea of what you require. Please remember all items are scratch built, made to order and depending on work load, time scale for completion may slip over the usual 7 to 12 days, however, email contact will be maintained, keeping client informed of progress or delays. For more information, please contact Bill , at email address, woodbramleyj@hotmail.com or visit my website at http://bramwood1.weebly.com/
Bill Bramley makes ON30 Scratch built buildings, also known as 7mm scale or O gauge. These buildings are hand made by Bill and consist of wood, hardboard, mdf and various thickness cardboard. Lights may also be incorperated, these being cold running Led's run off a seperate 12v regulated dc supply, suitable resistors are fitted as standard.Buildings are painted as required and weathered to give a more natural look.
Buildings are made or designed to your specifications and a overall footprint size must be given as well as a maximum height measurement. Ideally, a decent detailed photo should be supplied to give Bill an idea of what you require. Please remember all items are scratch built, made to order and depending on work load, time scale for completion may slip over the usual 7 to 12 days, however, email contact will be maintained, keeping client informed of progress or delays. For more information, please contact Bill , at email address, woodbramleyj@hotmail.com or visit my website at http://bramwood1.weebly.com/
Timber Creek
Timber Creek is an ON30 ongoing layout being built by Ray Dolman on which all the buildings and tree's are scratch built. The original idea was for a working diorama and the On30 gauge was first choice as Ray had already done the OO gauge and N gauge thing and like myself, had come across the great on30 Bachmann Locomotives.
On Timber Creek the Shay's are DCC controlled and are fitted with simple three function decoders and a simple Bachmann EZ controller is used.
please visit Rays Website using the link below.
http://timbercreekryecroft.weebly.com/
On Timber Creek the Shay's are DCC controlled and are fitted with simple three function decoders and a simple Bachmann EZ controller is used.
please visit Rays Website using the link below.
http://timbercreekryecroft.weebly.com/