Ipswich Model Railway Layout

Not to write for the Express!

I hope Brake is spelt correctly on the van!

Ranelagh Road level crossing.

Scratch built gates, lamps and posts. The wicket gates open as well

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The arrows at Worcestershire Parkway are the largest I’ve seen. They are about 13ft long, around 3.5 metres

Counting the bricks I think this one is about 13 ft wide, more than three and a half metres.

How big is the one on Worcestershire Parkway station?

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Really should have included the website as a clickable link in the post. www.andysmanclub.co.uk

And a Hard Boiled Egg!

After the number of times I’ve begged Bachmann for another run of Freightliners believe me I do!

Big fat zero to you, the announcement has cost me the best part of 2 grand!

that "little suburban train" being the class 210 DEMU

Stay strong little fellow, all paws here are crossed for you

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An older video of Ravensclyffe at RMweb Live at Ricoh Arena Coventry

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Ipswich Top Yard with some freight stock

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18 year old cat Pandora on the layout

Kitten Jessica laying on the layout

Cats above and below the layout. Jareth is a big black beast while Jessica is a tabby kitten

What is a model railway without cats?

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66727 Andrew Scott CBE on the model of Ipswich

Strange visitor to the fuel point

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Early photos of the layout with some trains in the station and stabling sidings.

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Tunnel portal and the end of the stabling sidings on the model of Ipswich Station

Some more photos of Ipswich, here is the tunnel entrance at the London end of the station
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A locomotive speeding through a marshalling yard, with a clear signal.

A Second World War style poster, for no reason...

How to make #ModelTrainShow2025 bigger and better:

1. Repost this (please)
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Signalling map for Ipswich layout

Spending Boxing Day working on Train Describers for the layout. Every TD berth has to have strict rules written for when and how the train description moves to the next berth when a train moves.
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Jonathon Livingstone I presume?

Look at Google maps for 251 Ancaster Road, Ipswich

Add me too please, I'm a bit quiet at the moment but things will take off again in the new year

I spent yesterday afternoon playing trains with my Dad on his layout. It’s the first time we’ve played trains together for nearly 50 years. Very special time.