Tuesday 22 October 2024

A journey from here to there

  personal philosophy 

In order to be a modeller of railways there needs to be a model railway. It doesn't matter if it is a loft or an Ikea box, there has to be a railway, otherwise we are mere collectors of things in boxes.

Occasionally, a thought begins to become a concern, why build a model railway and why choose a particular subject? My obsession, for it is an obsession, is to create something relatable to me - a corner of a small Army camp in the hills of West Dorset. 

The camp was a product of WW1 but busy during WW2 but placed into 'care and maintenance' in the '50s but retained for use by the Terrortorial Army, it was rail connected to the mainline for the transport of liquid fuels stored under a hill adjacent to the camp, the camp finally closed in '73. The layout is the rail discharge point and is effectively a secure compound within the main camp.


The newly established camp in 1916

The moment when KGV inspected the Royal Loamshire Regiment in 1919 prior to their disbandment.

Road vehicles

Road vehicles

REME Land Rover Series 1 88

RASC Bedford RL prior to deployment to Cyprus


The NAAFI wagon


Details

 The details

 

Jerry Cans



 Fire point
Inside the fire point
Speedi-Dri absorbant
 

Fire Alarm Bell

Signage

Pipework

 

 
Discharge pipes
 
The entrance to the underground fuel storage 2024
 


Army buildings

The 'office' 

The 'workshop' 

 

Rail traffic

 Rail traffic






Progress

 

No buildings, just the track and fixtures