The Island of Sodor
This OO/HO layout features Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. It was originally based on the stories from the books called The Railway Stories written by The Late Rev. W Awdry, but now also features a lot of the characters from the modern TV and Movies. It is a double sided display. The side in the first photo is based on Edwards Station (lower section) and Thomas' Branch Line (upper section). The other side in the second photo is based on the Junction scene where the Thomas Branch Line meets the main lines. Most of the trains are made by Hornby or Bachmann and a couple by Heljan. This layout has been seen at several Wanganui Model Railway & Engineering Society Shows, three times at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway " A Day out with Thomas" event in Waiuku, Auckland, two times at Bulls, a couple of trips down to Silver Stream Railway in the Hutt Valley, Wellington, a couple of times at the Palmerston North Model Railway show, at the Steam Traction Society open weekend at Maewa near Fielding and its also been shown at the Esplanade Railway Palmerston North. Due to Hornby not producing any new Thomas range, I have started to make my own by converting look alike locos to characters by painting them and putting faces on them. I have now done Neville, Derek, Arthur, Den, BoCo, Wilbert, 16, Big City Engine and Stephen with Ryan, Diesel 10, Hector and Rebecca (plus a few others) in the planning. I have now started the extension plans for this layout. I have started to build the Tidmouth Sheds with Turntable scene and Maithwaite Station area, with the Brendam docks with Cranky the Crane and Narrow Gauge track to be added later. Once extension is done this will make the layout a bit longer.
The Layout size is 6.0m long by 1.2m wide (If Fence is included its 7.2m x 2.5m).
The Layout size is 6.0m long by 1.2m wide (If Fence is included its 7.2m x 2.5m).
You can see more photos of this layout on the Recent Happenings page and video's on Buzzz's Railways World YouTube site.
Extension/Alterations
Along with building the new extension I will also be making the old sections wider to allow another track. The first photos are of the Tidmouth sheds area. Although there is still a lot of scenery work to do, this has now been to its first show in Wanganui.
The Characters/wagons etc that feature on my Thomas layout.
Who Built The Models On My Layout
Hornby Thomas Range(now discontinued)
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Bachmann Thomas Range(The HO locos have moving eyes)
Note that a few items shown here are on order, they have not been released by Bachman yet. |
Customs I Have BuiltI heve used the following model makes when making my custom Characters - Hornby, Bachmann, Heljan and Take-Along.
Note some of these still need the finishing touches done. |
Diecast Thomas RangeThese are the makes of diecast models I have used on the layout - ERTL, Take-Along, Take-n-Play and Adventures.
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