Midland 3F 3502 heads a coal train into Hammeston as Bessie passes under the skew bridge with a short pick-up goods on the industrial line. The plate girders of the bridge are constructed from multiple layers of Plasticard.
Photograph Len Weale, by courtesy of Railway Modeller.

Photograph Len Weale, by courtesy of Railway Modeller
A rather untidy painter's and decorator's yard occupies one of the arches under Hammeston station. All the internal fitting and paraphernalia are made from scraps of wood, card or plastic, plus liberal dollops of paint.
Manning Wardle 0-4-0ST, Tina, hauls with a short freight train along the industrial line. The train has just passed under the mainline while in the background, life goes on for the residents of Mill Street.
Photograph Len Weale, by courtesy of Railway Modeller.

Photograph courtesy of Roger Bailey.
This view along the layout looks towards the narrow gauge quarry. An LMS 0-6-0T heads a loaded coal train into Hammeston station while, in the background, another 0-6-OT shunts the wharf.
The narrow gauge runs above the rear retaining wall, passed the tipper and the engine shed in the distance, on to the quarry which is not visible.
A general view along the the layout showing the gentle "S" curve of the mainline. The Midland rail motor is held at the signal prior to entering at the station.
The industrial railway, which runs at the low level, can be seen to the right of the picture.

Photograph courtesy of Roger Bailey.

Photograph Len Weale, by courtesy of Railway Modeller..
Manchester Corporation 4 wheel open-ended double deck tram of 1902 as rebuilt in 1906. The model is on the street scene which hides the mainline traverser.
Stone is transferred from the narrow gauge into standard gauge wagons via this hopper. Each of the bogie narrow gauge wagons has three sections which tip sideways. A push-rod is operated from behind the backscene to tip one section at a time.
Photograph courtesy of Roger Bailey.

Photograph courtesy of Roger Bailey.
These railway arches took a few months to make. They are made from foamboard from which one card layer has been removed to reveal the foam sandwich filling. The foam was then scribed to represent the stone and brickwork. That way features such as engineering bricks for the arches, window lintels, different brick bonds can be readily incorporated.
This photograph shows part of the street scene. The buildings are all PLM Castaway mouldings to which detail, especially shop window contents, has been added. The bricks are individually picked out in different colours. The tram trackwork was scratchbuilt using code 100 rail laid almost horizontally and soldered with its head against the web of vertical code 75 rail to simulate typical street tramway. Then the street surface was made from DAS scribed to represent setts.
Photograph courtesy of Roger Bailey.

Photograph courtesy of Roger Bailey.
This view shows the full length of the mainline. A Midland 3F waits with a loaded stone train, for the token for the single track section which has just been cleared by the passenger train approaching the station.
Narrow gauge empties return to the quarry.
Photograph Len Weale, by courtesy of Railway Modeller.