The story of a conventional home OO layout that has ventured over 3 countries and 2000 miles only to end up as an exhibition standard DCC layout.

Top Photographs of All Time 1  36. One of the aims of the layouts is to create mini-scenes and what better than this? A Cravens DMU sits waiting its next turn of duty while 27005 manoeuvres fuel TTAs. The more observant among you will notice that we are evolving even before we get out on the circuit and the adequate but commonplace Portakabins have been replaced by a far nicer 'bespoke' crew bothy built by Malcolm. The original fueller based on Ayr depot has also gone. The structure (which may work in stell) was far too prone to warping in plastikard and the newer one can be seen in 2008 images.   02. Airthrey Park; Adding the finishing touches 2006-07   (1449) 2  HST. Probably one of the most bizarre 'railway' photos you can get! This image of the High Level Bridge and Gateshead TMD was taken from the flightdeck of an RAF Hercules some 800ft above Newcastle, whilst the plane was preparing to make a low-level fly-past having dropped the Red Devils parachute team from 10,000ft over the Town Moor during 1987. What could be a cross-country HST set is sat on the High Level Bridge with several 37s and 47s just visible on the depot! The 'obstruction' in front of the camera is actually the co-pilot...! (MD)   22. Prototype Images; North-East England in the 1980s and early 1990s   (1201) 3  26. The fuelling point is based on that at Ayr, an ususal design but superbly captured in miniature by MD. Duff 47006 and Rat 25083 pose under the structure whilst testing clearances. At this point the roof and centre structure (which stays on the baseboard when top comes off) were not well aligned. The top has now been rebuilt and you can see from photos of 20 in the dark etc later on that it all fits a lot better now.   02. Airthrey Park; Adding the finishing touches 2006-07   (1000) 4  25028. View inside the No.1 end cab, which is full of junk with cables hanging out of the hole where the grille has been 'borrowed' from, the windscreens have star shaped smashes where local vandals have bricked them. A one way ticket to MC metals in Glasgow beckons. An excellent feature on 25028 (and sisters) can be found at; www.derbysulzers.com/25026.html    12. Airthrey Park Motive Power & Rolling Stock   (941) 5  33. Aerial view from the fueling point end during June 2007, with the layout starting to come alive.   02. Airthrey Park; Adding the finishing touches 2006-07   (932) Most Recent Collections 01. Airthrey Park Origins; From Porto to Newcastle & Stirling 2002-2006 02. Airthrey Park; Adding the finishing touches 2006-07 03. Airthrey Park in 2007. Ayr Exhibition, September 22 & 23, 2007 04. Airthrey Park in 2008. New arrivals and Rutherglen Show 05. Airthrey Park in 2009 11. Airthrey Park workbenches 12. Airthrey Park Motive Power & Rolling Stock 20. Airthrey Park; The Rogues Gallery 21. Prototype Images; Scotland through the 1980s and early 1990s 22. Prototype Images; North-East England in the 1980s and early 1990s 23. Prototype Images; Cumbria & the North-West in the '80s and '90s [ More collections | Calendar ]

Welcome Airthrey Park was conceived in Portugal and via a brief stay in England came 'home' to Stirling & Clackmannanshire Model Railway Club in 2004. The layout is owned by Andrew Donnelly but operated as a club layout. The stars are Simon Barratt, Jeff and David Paterson, Roland Turner, Mark Pearson and the original perfectionist, Malcolm Donnelly. Lest we forget, the layout is dedicated to the memory of Andrew Elliott. The site has folders depicting stages in the layout's development as well as galleries covering buildings, motive power, rolling stock, the rogues who made it all possible and prototype images. We look forward to seeing you all at Glasgow show in February 2009 and apologise for the protected folder from a few weeks ago. We were bound by copyright to keep these images undercover until Feb 2009 Rail Express was published. Most Recent Photo 12. 47562 rolls into Airthrey Park with a special working formed of a single Inspection Saloon, a rather light load for 2580hp of Sulzer power! Gallery Stats Hits (today): 66 Hits (this week): 689 Hits (this month): 1036 Hits (this year): 42962 Hits (all-time): 129623 Collections: 11 Links Airthrey Park on video Fotopic; Andrew Donnelly Fotopic; Max Fowler Fotopic; Monkey Snaps Fotopic; Peter Mantle Fotopic; Roland Turner Fotopic; Simon Barratt Fotopic; Simon McComb Fotopic; Wayne Walsh Fotopic; White Mask Fotos; Class 25s Fotos; Rail Blue Fotos; Railcar Association Stirling MRC Club Site Fotopic.Net Top Photo 36. One of the aims of the layouts is to create mini-scenes and what better than this? A Cravens DMU sits waiting its next turn of duty while 27005 manoeuvres fuel TTAs. The more observant among you will notice that we are evolving even before we get out on the circuit and the adequate but commonplace Portakabins have been replaced by a far nicer 'bespoke' crew bothy built by Malcolm. The original fueller based on Ayr depot has also gone. The structure (which may work in stell) was far too prone to warping in plastikard and the newer one can be seen in 2008 images. (1449 hits) 02. Airthrey Park; Adding the finishing touches 2006-07 Leave a Message Click here to get in touch!

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