My Engine Shed

[MoelygestLR]

Yes but shhhhh! i cant think of anything else to fill up the empty space. so they are going in. They may get relocated to the machine shop if there is ever an extension to the shed built. I was vaguely basing the shed on the corris one and if you look they have all the machines in the engine shed so there is a method behind my madness!

[SillyBilly]

In reality Paul you could run plastic flaps around the edge, (as per the welding bays at Boston Lodge, but I understand that it'd make your shed a tad cramped.

[MoelygestLR]

Yup, which is why im going ahead with it anyway. Im still not sure that if i buy all the items i want they will fit in so i may have to end up building an extension soon anyway!

could always make a carriage worshop

[taliesin001]

Looking good. I love the wood and concrete floor. It really makes a building like this. The clutter also sounds good, will make it look like a working engine shed.

[Narrow Minded]

The shed looks excellent, I missed that one when I was looking at "back issues" on the forum!

Also, I have found a place in america that makes scale cast machines,

Any details ??

[MoelygestLR]

Certianly, They aren't cheap mind, infact quite the opposite and are 1:20 scale not quite 16mm scale (which is 1:19 for those that dont know)

Anyway heres the link:

http://www.westernscalemodels.com/Machi ... hinery.htm

think I'm ready to place an order now, just need to decide on one item.

[laalratty]

To be fair I was jesting a bit about machine tools in a loco shed being all wrong, there is one line that didn't have its buildings thought about at the time, the Bure Valley Railway in Norfolk
http://www.bvr-engineering.fotopic.net/
Their loco shed doubles as their main workshop, and if they want to drop a pair of wheels off something then they have to move it to a makeshift "pit" outside

[taliesin001]

This is also wha sprang to my kind. As my grandparents live quite near I visit the line nearly every time I go over there. I have often thought about how awkward that must be, especially as they have to move alot of the locos outside for the day.

[Dr. Bond of the DVLR]

Yup
thats what I had inmind too.
Funny though, they are allways cramped for space usually with 3 locos in the shed and work going on around and on them!
its got alot of charactor though!

[MoelygestLR]

And character is what I am after. Also my line only has 2 steam engines, so would it really have a shed and then a machine shop?
Probably not!

Shunting the engines out each day is what would probably happen anyway! If they are not both in use then one would probably be worked on.

[SillyBilly]

there is one line that didn't have its buildings thought about at the time, the Bure Valley Railway in Norfolk
http://www.bvr-engineering.fotopic.net/

Two of them atleast, Dinas on the Welsh Highland is a total mess

[MoelygestLR]

ahhhh thats just cos ur a dark side hater! Dinas is still finding its feat. Wait until we have a massive carriage/ engine shed where the phase 4 rail stack was!

[Narrow Minded]

Thanks for the link, it looks a great site!

I reckon you're doing the right thing, it's how my "minds eye" sees a narrow gauge shed anyway - it just has the right atmosphere!

I've got some photo's of the interior of Tanfield shed somewhere, I'll try and find 'em. The machine shop is an annexe running along one side of the shed, but there's certainly a good collection of benches & tools in there.

Don't forget to put up a notice board and a "works" board (usually a blackboard where jobs were chalked up!

[MoelygestLR]

I think the notice board and works board are a good idea. I may have a go at making not to go boards with a balck board bit underneath with various reasons just to add that little bit of realism.

[TonyW]

Dinas on the Welsh Highland is a total mess

It has only been in use for 12 years - give them a chance! ;-)

Dinas Shed: The place where nothing works.

[MoelygestLR]

Dinas Shed: The place where nothing works.

Quite harsh, but unfortunatly often true!

[SillyBilly]

Dinas Shed: The place where nothing works.

I think your being a bit generous there Tony, the whole site is a mess, they had a blank canvas they developed the world's worst railway depot.

[plewsy2105]

if you thing dinas shed is bad u should see my grandads shed we have no idea what half the suff is all we know is that its railway related..... oh and there the steam engine and 2 small diesels all 3ft gauge oh what fun

plewsy2105

[MoelygestLR]

they had a blank canvas they developed the world's worst railway depot.

well you say blank but alot of things such as the engine shed was pre decided as it was a building already there - meaning less cost to build another!

[SillyBilly]

But your Grandad's shed doesn't run a 20mile long railway with engines that do 40-80miles a day that *should* recieve maintenance to suit.

well you say blank but alot of things such as the engine shed was pre decided as it was a building already there - meaning less cost to build another!

They might aswell have just built a new shed, it'd have saved them money in the long run.