'Eastleigh' - March 2024 Running Session - Twitter Model Show 2024

With the weekend of 23rd & 24th March 2024 being that of the 'Twitter Model Railway Show', my contribution is a 25 minute running session of my loft layout based upon Eastleigh. This time round, the layout is running stock applicable to the 1998 to 2002 period.
A layout overview and track plan video is still in the works!
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Or by searching #TwitterModelTrainShow.
The show was started by @CottonTreeRail in 2020 as, due to the pandemic, there were no shows to attend and with a large model railway presence, a virtual show was organised. Each year since, a weekend has been picked to host it and a just giving page set up to help a charity. This year it's the Railway Children: www.justgiving...
Enjoy and don't forget to donate!

[@StMaryChurchModelRailway]

Lovely Andy. Amazing Container train. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@SWT442]

Many thanks, glad you liked it!

[@CliveWatson-m6q]

Nice one Andy, looks amazing

[@SWT442]

Thanks mate!

[@Tauraco00]

Enjoyed it🎉 Regards Elizabeth

[@SWT442]

Thank you!

[@GowertonParkway]

Enjoyed every second of that !

[@SWT442]

Thanks mate, appreciate it!

[@LyntreeTown20132]

Brilliant layout and running session I remember going there in the period depicted Thank You, subscribed and liked

[@SWT442]

Cheers mate, much appreciated! Only went a handful of times in the 90's as I was still a kid, and that was only if I nagged my Dad enough to take me over there!

[@Manorm2003]

Nice running session Andy. 👌

[@SWT442]

Thanks Simon! You'd be more than welcome round for a play!

[@Manorm2003]

@@SWT442 Thanks Andy, I'll dig some rolling stock out and perhaps we can give some of it a test behind your locos !

[@SWT442]

I like the sound of that! Though I'd probably need a layout twice the size to accommodate all your stock!

[@Manorm2003]

@@SWT442 Some of the stuff I've done over the winter such as the LPG's, SITT, Cable Train, Balfour Beatty Drain Train and HOBC set could all do with a spin. The Railvac and Harsco Grinder are unpowered but I am sure would look OK being dragged behind something !

[@southamptontrainspotter553]

Nice one mate lovely layout

[@SWT442]

Cheers mate, it's slowly getting there!

[@James47298]

Great vid, plenty of action

[@SWT442]

Thanks mate!

[@tonyroe2299]

Lovely layout. How do you cope with being in the loft, variations of heat, moisture, etc?

[@SWT442]

Thank you! It's not been too bad so far. Most of the track runs have gaps that have been cut to give enough space for expansion, without creating too big of a gap when it contracts. The temperature variations haven't been too excessive either way, and I'm hoping that some additional insulation and making the windows openable will help in keeping a more stable temperature through the year. Not noted any moisture issues, it's never felt particularly damp up there. I did have some slipped tiles when I moved in, so the roof was given some TLC to ensure no issues with water ingress and some gaps around the Dormer windows were addressed.