A day in the life of me!

Whoops

2015-08-25T13:31:00.003+01:00

Whoops!!!

Forgot about the Blog.

Well what can I say, Calderfoot Is in the Dump. I've Gone European Now, New board, New track and stock.

4x2 Depot on the DB, OBB an SBB/BLS Routes

Matt

Layout Progress

2015-02-19T16:52:00.000+00:00

Lots have changed since the last post.

The layout is now a Modular 6ft by 1ft baseboard with a small fiddle yard included as it will be for the future.

Built on limited budget so far and the odd piece i found lying around at work....

Calderfoot

2014-08-05T14:16:00.000+01:00

Milestone
Since due to the setback concerning one of the boards,
I have now managed to complete track laying in all boards,

Now all I need to do is either Pursue Wiring or building the supports, but that will have to be left for another time, with this busy Fortnight coming up it will once again go into store, but hopefully not for longer :)

until next time....

Calderfoot (bad news)

2014-06-24T19:10:00.002+01:00

Calderfoot WIP
Recently I decided to get Calderfoot out from Storage (under the bed) and Discovered that one of the Running boards have been damage, so i've had to reduce the size I was going to build to, but luckily Progress can still continue once the track has been relaid.

In other news My Railway Training is going well, Nothing major apart from being qualified to operate a Railsaw on the Rail Network :)

Matt

Life Choices....

2014-04-06T13:04:00.001+01:00

Progress on hold yet again, But with Good Reason :)

I'm Currently involved in an Interview Process that if successful I could be Learning to become a
Railway Engineer Apprentice for the National Railway Network, Though there's no need to uncover Details about it, other than that it is in Doncaster with a Training Company, which would be involved with other companies to help get into employment in the Sector.

Friday I was successful, Now for getting up early Monday morning, So hopefully I get on this Course and be able to bring more updates to Calderfoot Bank in the Hopeful Near Future..

So while Waiting for the Train Home This Newly Painted Beastly 67 decided to Let Rip through the Centre Road :)

So Hope a Good Look HST thrash in the morning will help me Progress :)

Matthew

Injury time....

2014-04-01T17:21:00.000+01:00

Ouchy

I know I have not updated this for a while, but with other commitments it make it more impossible to update progress.

Recently I've developed an old injury that has plagued me for a few months now on my Arm and Shoulder, which has put layout building into doubt Progress will continue once I get the Clear from the Doctor this week and Once my Daughter has gone back to her mothers I Can perhaps start wiring or Scenic's on the Layout which will be fun, But that's if I get the all clear and Future plans could be put into jeopardy so fingers-crossed for Thursday :)

Changes to Layout Plans

Project Calderfoot will Retain its name, but with Possible 3 Layouts to Build that will hold its same name, The first which I'm Currently Building now is called Calderfoot Bank.

Calderfoot Bank

This Layout (being built) is based on an Isolated part of the Town of Calderfoot itself Due to the fact there's a Very Narrow Bridge that connects the Main Round with this estate which make commuting very hard.

The Layout Consist of Two Platforms One for Regualar Traffic the other is for Postal and goods from the Nearby Paper Factory, Which is the Main Reason the keep the line open During the Beeching and Tory Regime in the 80's Because It would of Cost the Government more money to Build a new bridge than maintain the existing Railway..... More Details to follow.....

Calderfoot TMD (next Project (if Possible))

Matthew

Project Calderfoot Valley Update 5/1/14

2014-02-05T14:30:00.001+00:00

Well only a slight update,

No pictures though yet maybe next week perhaps :)

Update:

Both Current boards are now framed, started lay a section of track on one of the boards,

But the layouts plans have changed again, if I didn't mention Previously the layout is going to be in total length of possibly 17-20ft long inc fiddle yard, Station area will have two platforms and also a relief and maintenance/goods sidings for storage of Track Machines, Locos (Thunderbirds) and Spare Units or Coaching stock.

Slightly of topic:

After a nice walk up the Old Ripponden Branch Line I thought to myself this path looks a lot wetter that usual, but I found the problem.....

One of the Drainage Channels have been blocked by debris, weather it was deliberate or from the Recent Weather I thought to myself, think I should come down one day and unblock it myself, then the Track bed can be traversed more easier than it is now...

Just up the Valley on the More Drier Part, Surprising how much of this Line is still acessable,Someone should build a Heritage Line of Some sort up there :)

Until Next Week....

Project Calderfoot Valley 15/01/2014 Part 2

2014-01-15T17:11:00.000+00:00

Framework half done, Had to stop due to Family Member being unwell (mother)

Got abit of a collection of Polystyrene Which will be used for scenery (plenty more out of shot)

Matthew

Calderfoot Valley Update 15/01/2014

2014-01-15T16:21:00.005+00:00

Nails... Check
Beams ... Check
MDF ... Check
Hammer... Check
Saw... Check

Headache... CHECK!!!

Anyway a checklist for today....

Now back to the Layout... Construction on the frames is going well despite having a fight with a wall earlier, so building with a headache is going quite well even though HSE won't approve, but two fingers at them.

Half way through the corner board and hopefully make a start on the Goods board before the evening comes to a close, if not can wait till next monday when I don't have the lil'one over....

....oh wait where's she gunna sleep...?

Now for Picture while I think what to do...

You Can't see me (ha-ah Yes I can!!)

Matthew

Calderfoot Update 12/01/2014

2014-01-12T19:39:00.003+00:00

The end to another week is nigh but major design progress is made which most likely be turned out as final, But the great achievement would be to fully build this layout in my bedroom up the most probable length being a possible 20ft long including the fiddle yard, it will be a portable layout, well I suppose it will have to be, especilly with it being built in a small room.

Starting to take shape, though nothing is stuck down at the moment but the plan now is to extend the left and side another 6ft (in the picture) and to add another 6ft to make the fiddle yard (out of view).

The next step now is to acquire the two 6ft panels and mark out the tracklines for which would be final for design of the trackwork, then also look for stripes of wood for the underframe for the wiring and other bits.

Until next time

Matt

Project Calderfoot Update

2014-01-07T15:19:00.001+00:00

T'is amazing what I come across in my dad's tool boxes,

saving a few pounds already,

By finding a tube of solder haha

Track pins hurt...

Matthew

Project Calderfoot Update

2014-01-06T11:11:00.001+00:00

Gunna need more wood....

ooh look a DMU trying to run a service into the void (or of the end of the bed)

Matthew

Project Calderfoot

2014-01-05T17:06:00.000+00:00

Project Calderfoot is now a Reality!!
Baseboards at the ready for the first phase which is the main display board

Updates will follow.

matthew

New project commence, Project Calderfoot

2014-01-04T18:41:00.000+00:00

Hey been a while again, but now I'm gunna implement my new progress on this site now as I've've decided to give Virtual Railway Building alone for abit now and start designing and building a 00 model railway, progress shots will be uploaded here as well at my Flickr page aswell, so hopefully this project will go forward more than my Railworks Projects that seem to go tits up or run out of idea's haha.

anyway....

For the past few months I've been researching and designing a Model railway that can be easily stored away in a small room (my bedroom) and be taken the Model railway Exhibitions and My associated Open days now the the basement layouts are getting a wee old and well would go well in a relationship with a sledge hammer :).

So far I've designed a small branchline station with long terms of expansion and prospect although for the moment It will only be just me building the layout.

It will consist on a station with loop and engine/goods shed and Signal box it will be a rural scene but with a lot of activity the layout is fictional but with it currently a one ended layout it will have fictional links with many Pennine towns and villages such as those in the Calder Valley Midland Region (Hebden Bridge, Halifax) and Eastern Region Towns such as Wakefield and Doncaster.

With it being a Loop station it offers such Light engine movements to turn run around so the appearance of a Pacific of similar Engines may appear from time to time there are DMU services but at least one will be powered with alternative traction for training purposes while in service aswell....

OK enough rambling now will update soon on more progress,
meanwhile till then i will share a picture from the 30th of dec 2013 in doncaster
Matthew

Ooops.... Forgot all about this blog

2013-11-27T11:37:00.001+00:00

Welcome back me after over a year away, thats what being a father does to you, make you forget about things like this blog..

Anyway long story short... since we are now on TS2014 my previous route building has gone 12ft under somewhere else, so having to build a whole new route of so many I've lost count because I loose interest in that one, then move on to another, with that getting so much with errors I decided to do a completely fresh install off the program but now I cannot remember where I put all the 3rd party custom assets I enjoyed using so i'm stuck with woodhead and AP Building pack for the moment, but at least it gives the future routes a more Northern feel :) so I'll just leave the one Image today, in hope the computer doesnt crash again today....

Matthew

Jubilee Weekend

2012-06-04T17:22:00.001+01:00

Not Much celebration here....

Sat at home Watching Die Another Day, the Missus has gone out to her mothers not much happening on Railworks at the moment, having problems concerning the computer mouse, pain in the botty tring to place things in Editor, well I'd best keep this blogg happy and post a few pictures.

until next time....

Sadness, Happiness and not much progress

2012-05-15T23:02:00.000+01:00

Since I've not been updating my blog recently, Me and my Family have had shocking news about a death in the family RIP Grandma Phyllis, The Funeral was Blessed by the Heavens with a beam of light through the rain clouds at the graveyard which is a very rare occurance.

Over the weekend we had a wedding shame my grandma didn't see it on the ground but she kept the rain clouds at bay :) I wish you a long and happy Marriage Auntie Threasa.

Route progress hasn't been much lately been sorting out other things jobwise but may start again on route building soon.

Matthew

A New Beginning, Revamp and Babies

2012-03-24T12:40:00.000+00:00

Congrats to My Partner and Me to our Pregnacy.
Going to Resurrect an Old Project that I started Last year, but go from the other end as to what was planned.

This is Hebden Bridge Early 60's (old screenshot)

Matthew

From the Archive's Part 2

2012-03-15T12:41:00.000+00:00

A Collection of Screenshots that were taken on Railworks over the Past couple of years.

From the Archives

2012-03-04T23:12:00.000+00:00

A selected few from the archives (well in my screenies folder) a couple are from a previous project other are from default route and WCML Add ons
Matthew

2012-03-03T17:28:00.000+00:00

On The Port Road

2012-03-03T17:26:00.001+00:00

A day on my own Today, Been alright so far, though missing vicki so very much

2012-02-15T01:30:00.003+00:00

Think I should Take abit of a break from route building.

Not such a free man now, are you? Layabout teen Jordan Canning jailed for eight weeks after breaching his ASBO and gloating to police - Local - Halifax Courier

2012-02-14T19:23:00.000+00:00

Not such a free man now, are you? Layabout teen Jordan Canning jailed for eight weeks after breaching his ASBO and gloating to police - Local - Halifax Courier

2012-02-12T19:47:00.001+00:00

Strangly enough I am actully looking forward to watching the BAFTA's Tonight!!!