Gowerton Parkway - The End Of The Line ?

[@leey7h]

I have had 32 layouts. Im never happy so end up changing it after a year or so! its always hard to know just how much detail to put in, always hesitant. Yours sounds like a good plan.

[@greghale9972]

Hello from Australia, I have just discovered your channel and I will follow the changes you have outlined with great interest. Cheers Greg

[@TrentValleyRailway]

Great to hear your not destroying your fantastic scenic sections. Cheers Matt

[@GowertonParkway]

Trent Valley Railway Thanks Matt . Yep this kind of gives me the best of both worlds .

[@jamfieldcentral372]

A very ambitious and impressive concept you have. Can't wait to see how it works out. Paul

[@GowertonParkway]

Jamfield Model Railway Thanks Paul .

[@learningoogauge3452]

Sounds cool will be nice to watch the changes take place!

[@GowertonParkway]

Thanks, this is a very old video, a lot has sinve happened :-)

[@learningoogauge3452]

Gowerton Parkway sorry I’m so silly didn’t realise it was old!

[@learningoogauge3452]

Gowerton Parkway it only just came up on my recommended!!

[@GowertonParkway]

Learning OO Gauge no worries , easy to catch up 😄

[@BarnabasJunction]

Big ideas for big changes 👍 going to be fun watching the redevelopment progress. You will undoubtedly enjoy doing it and enjoy it once operational.

[@GowertonParkway]

Barnabas Junction I'm at the stage where I'm ripping it up at the moment, and it's quite enjoyable even doing that lol

[@darrelldeltic807]

Exciting and nervy times ahead Marcus, really looking forward to seeing your progression with the alteration, maybe to could do a time lapse video of the whole thing just like network rail do on their videos 😄 cheers Dazza

[@GowertonParkway]

Darrell Deltic I'm doing a step by step video that shows it coming down in stages . Hopefully that'll do it justice 😀

[@alexgmodelling2318]

I wish you all the best with this project!

[@GowertonParkway]

Townsend Junction thank you :-)

[@JAMESDEMU-RailwayModeller]

All sounds good mate. Going to be good watching this develop over time.

[@GowertonParkway]

JAMES DEMU Hopefully it all works out. It's a lot to do , but I'm hoping it'll be worth it !

[@Elvenhome]

That all sounded very interesting. The layout has to work for you and the changes you plan will really improve running options. Just the small matter of doing it, but your sound excited by the thought of getting with the changes. Look forward to seeing the layout develop. Stephen

[@GowertonParkway]

Stephen Humphreys Thanks Stephen , yep I'm looking forward to it , and have already started work !

[@grah84mck]

Very nice. How did u make the motorway gantry.

[@DanStanbridge]

Loving the idea mate, I look forward to the building of the extension and seeing it all in full working order, with the flask area you could have a line coming off of the 2 track mainline as a branchline maybe to get to the loading point, wouldn't be too much of an issue I would see, then you can have it join the mainline/s in either direction

[@GowertonParkway]

Daniel Stanbridge cheers bro. Looking forward to you coming to see it.

[@GalgormHall]

Up until now I hadn’t realised the space you had going spare in the loft for your layout so in a way am amazed you hadn’t utilised that area before. The fiddle yard in the untouched area is a sound idea giving you plenty of space for storage. Perhaps my only concern would be your positioning of crossover tracks to accommodate transitions from one line to the other - will they hinder running of the lines whilst these movements are made? I dunno, I’m no track guru but it’s just thoughts to throw at you. Secondly, your nuclear flask depot, that would seem more tricky. Do you like it a lot? Is it worth keeping and trying to shoehorn a line in to the mainline to accommodate what is a small scenic area of the layout? Finally, before you rip out that centre section, is there anyway to integrate it in to the new plan to add operational interest with the mainlines diverging off across the central area to give the impression of a junction with lines heading to another destination? Perhaps even a branchline joining the mainline with its own individual section in the fiddle yard for storing a few DMU’s. Like I say, all musings on my part and may not fit in anyway with what’s in your head but thought I’d throw them out there. Great update and exciting times ahead with the new developments both in the loft and with the better half. Good luck with them. Paul

[@CherrhamJunction]

Nice ideas. Look forward to this moving forward. If you wanted to go round the whole loft like you were suggesting could you not move the fiddle yard slightly more forward down towards the tmd area. Then you can keep the points going into it but then you could run the main lines through towards your desk infront of the fiddle yard. That way you'd minimize how much youre taking up and then you could put a board up infront of the fiddle yard as the backdrop to hide it from view of the scenic board. Just an idea, hopefully it helps with your ideas :)

[@GowertonParkway]

Cherrham Junction Part of the reason I'm ripping it up is also because the woodwork on the fiddle yard is pretty bad . This gives me the chance to correct that also 😀

[@kevindonnelly9811]

Dude, I love your layout! And yeah fuck it, why not try something new? Keep it fresh, model railways only stay fun when you can constantly develop your layout world. Looking forward to your future videos! X

[@GrantWilliamsRailway]

Looks good, a lot of work though, it's going to be hot working in the loft in the summer - i try & avoid it if i can! The yard looks great!

[@GowertonParkway]

Grant Williams I've been working hard on it this week. I can confirm it is seriously seriously hot haha

[@nigelcarter9503]

We get them as well. The idea looks good.

[@NewcastleCentralOOGauge]

Certainly big changes! Will end up with a great length of mainlines to run multiple trains, and the fiddle yard will help fit a ton of locos. Looking forward to seeing how you progress. Iain

[@GowertonParkway]

Thanks Iain , I am really excited about having decent storage so I can run full length trains !

[@Bruno.Trains]

Super footage Great scenery.

[@BoostedItalia]

I live in Gowerton !

[@roadsandrails]

Looks good, one thought I had is that you might struggle to do the mainline as anything other than a straight line down the back of the board on the TMD side, even if you do curve it away it’s got to get back across towards the edge in time to go behind the desk. Have you thought about that?

[@GowertonParkway]

roadsandrails Yea it should be fine , I don't anticipate that being an issue, the angle of the tracks should allow it .

[@stretchedits]

Hi, first of your video's I've seen. The moment I saw your layout I thought, "why didn't he go all the way down the attic?" . I think you should take your time and not rush to rebuild your boards...............Get the boards nice and solid and flat first. I think you have some good ideas too, although like someone else commented, I think you might end up with straight main line tracks all the way from the TMD to the fiddle yard. Main lines are straight as much as possible anyway for high speed running. Your Nuclear Flask depot could stay as it is, but just relay the feed in so it curves the other way, from about the point the two flask wagons were parked in on the video............I will follow your rebuild as it progresses.................Hope the points help.

[@GowertonParkway]

stretchedits Thanks for the comments . I think the only reason I didn't go all the way round was because I thought it was too much of a challenge. I'm a lot more confident now. The boards have been going up this week . They aren't elegant but they are rock solid and level :-)

[@henrylewis1256]

Just Subscribed To your Channel Cool layout I've got one But only a Circle on a Kitchen Table, I also Film FEC Freight trains and Brightline will do more filming in weeks to come Have a Good day

[@NewJunction]

Best of luck with it, Its going to take some will power to stay the course! :-)

[@GowertonParkway]

New Junction Looking forward to it. The boards are already coming up 😀

[@trevorhird3790]

Sounds like a really reasonable plan. Would you consider doing the scenic section as open plan as per Everard Junction or the Scrap Model Line ? Thanks and good luck with the baby :)

[@GowertonParkway]

Trevor Hird Thanks Trevor . With the way the rest of the layout has been made , it's a little tricky to go open frame now . I don't have a solid track plan in place yet so that sort of holds me back !

[@jonathandnicholson]

How come no-one ever makes their fiddle yard, part of the layout, say like a Bescot and Toton yards or a Longsight and Willesden carriage sidings? You've got the TMD where you can store the locos, HST power units and multiple units on the layout itself and then do the same with the carriages and wagons, using switch over points at the entrances and exits of the yards...

[@GowertonParkway]

I think its all about giving the illusion of a journey , so the trains havbe somewhere to dissapear too. When I first had the layout there was no fiddle yard. That freight yard essentially was my scenic fiddle yard.

[@jonathandnicholson]

@@GowertonParkway Ah, yeah, I get that now.. Anyway, I hope all is well with you.

[@canalsidingsmodelrailway3411]

When it's gotta go it's gotta go! I am trying to get my layout modifications going but real life has been getting in the way for the past few months. Sometimes a change is needed to keep the motivation up. Also if you have issues with the track plan you can use the change to resolve them as you are intending to do. Your plans look sound to me and it is obviously what you want to do so go for it. .............John

[@GowertonParkway]

Canal Sidings Model Railway Thanks John . I have thought it through quite a bit, and I'm confident it should give me what I want .

[@ashleygriffiths4265]

Had you thought of having a HST depot like Landore in Swansea? Would be regionally appropriate as well!

[@GowertonParkway]

Ashley Griffiths I'd need to buy about another 3k of HSTs to justify it so that's a no go for me lol

[@warnz9701]

be nice to have two long scenic sides and you could always stick the fiddle yard underneath :)

[@GowertonParkway]

Warnz Unfortunately the stupid loft beams won't allow me to build underneath :-(

[@warnz9701]

Took a second look to see what you mean. Always compromises :(

[@fredwindle3680]

Why not , widen the Station to 4 Tracks, and come back to 2 Tracks other end of Station. that way you will get your stright run, more trains in station, and still do some scenic.!!

[@mobius8002]

I can see exactly what you mean. its a great layout up to the point where your going to re build , and if you don't mind me saying you can get rid of the silly floating bridge to knowhere in the corner lol. hope you get it done , I will subscribe as I want to see how you get on . also do you know you sound like alan davies off QI lol cheers.

[@GowertonParkway]

moebius Alan Davies. Thats a new one on me lol

[@mobius8002]

I have just heard alan davies on a re run of qi and he sounds just like you lol but you don't have that slight lisp . I have just re done my layout , its much smaller than yours and is 12 feet long by 12 inches its a end to end shunting type layout . trouble is its in a caravan . it took much swearing and farting about with 4 foot by 1 foot boards . the backscenes were a night mare .I run from late era steam right up to modern 2009/2012 so I have had to build and fit the buildings from scratch .2 and 3 versions of each so I can take them on and off to represent the different eras . talk about making a rod for your own back lol. your idea seems a good one and I am sure it will open up the room and give far better prototypical running .

[@TheDaf95xf]

Yeah that’s model railways it always changes 🙄 Big project but it’ll be good at the end as you’ll be happy 👍🏻

[@GowertonParkway]

TheDaf95xf Yep thats always the way. I've found this hobby such a big learning curve . I've only started doing it properly about 6 years ago and now I'm at a stage where I want things to be more realistic operationally as well as visually .

[@mike6147]

Do it. x

[@GowertonParkway]

Hope Park Junction I am as we speak !

[@mike6147]

Gowerton Parkway Great and when you’ve finished doing ‘it’ make a start on the layout. X

[@interestingrailwaysuk5703]

I think it's an sensible idea. Why waste all that space at the back eh? :D

[@GowertonParkway]

InterestingRailways UK agreed 😀