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We got married on the 8th September 1962. We were on the last Pines express pulled by Evening Star to Bournemouth. Detonators on the line, first class tickets given by the station master who was a personal friend. Plus the press on hand to cover the event. What a very memorable day.

THANK YOU GREAT VIDEO .

So well-done!

Lovely ❤

Hi, Oh a new video, yay! I always love seeing anything new that you put on here, it's such a brilliantly thought out layout. Thanks for the layout diagram at the beginning, it kind of makes sense of all the scenes.................and the little link to allow continuous running, very clever. Thanks for a great video, all the very best Dave.

What a fantastic layout, so many movements, love the shed area. Shame the real S and D has gone, but at least Green Park station has survived .

Brilliant! What’s the sound setup on the 4F - it seemed to have really good bass?

The operating sequence is a masterpiece. To control that many consists and the motive power interchanges between Midland and S&D, just blows my mind! Thanks. ❤

Very enjoyable on a Sunday morning.

Very marvellously awesome indeed!! I not only love the single and double headed steam hauled passenger trains, but the banked freight trains too!

Absolutely marvellous indeed! I especially love all the single and double headed steam hauled passenger trains!

I love this layout. I grew up near Bath and now live near Bournemouth so I know much of the line very well.

What a FABULOUS video! This is my favourite model railway, the standard of the stock is exceptional, the modelling is superb and the running sequence is just perfection! Loved the Pigeon Special, all sorts from Gresley to Siphons -just as it was back in the day. Congratulations and thank you for sharing your amazing creation.

While the real thing has long gone, these superb models show us what it looked like (more or less)

I have now made twenty two comments on your ‘You Tube’ ‘library’, that covers your 7mm scale model. I’ve certainly missed your more regular postings, over the last year. Today, it was great to lose myself again; with your tales, tied together with pristine model motion, evoking emotions & my memories of Bath, the S&DJR and more latterly, from Bournemouth and Christchurch (that even got a mention today, with the ‘Pigeon Special’). Thank you, again

The absolute best S&DJR model and video

A beautiful model railway. I’m lucky enough to be. Gauge 0 Guild member and my favourite perk is access to the amazing and historic videos collection of 0 gauge modelling old and new. This is a particularly fine example of the art👍

My favourite 7mm railway. Absolutely love it, keep 'em coming!

Brilliant! 👍👍

Just Awesome - Wonderful Models and Fantastic Scenery Bringing the Whole S&dJR Story to Life. The On Screen Info made this a Captivating 20 mins 🤩🙌🏻✨

Brings back wonderful memories. How are you getting on with your next project?

Fantastic modelling 👏😊

I was a young lad of 9 when we used to dash home from school and down to green park to see what had brought the southbound Pines down from Manchester These films are a magnificent reminder of my memory of the S&D My Grandfather lived on the lower Bristol road at the bottom of ‘The Bank’ 1/50 Bath junction was Happy times seeing the 9 fs Clattering up and down to and from Bournemouth Thank you so much Alan Clifford

When I worked for the GPO as a Telegram delivery Messenger in 1967-70.. I remember the 3 wheeled Scammels at the end of the road under the guise of “National Carriers”. For overtime at weekends I used to go to Watford Junction Station with other postman and load Mail trains with sacks of mail and parcels, the sacks were tied using the string and leads. Great memories and great days I miss very much…

what a fantastic video you must be very proud of this, it's brilliant my wife's Dad best friend and 2 uncles all worked there Dad was in the stores, she remembers taking her dads sandwiches to him and one of the station porters taking her over the lines as a 5/6 year old girl, when I was in Corsham Camp he told me about what was under the the Camp and about Box Tunnel I was a soldier sent from Germany to the school there for education I do know a bit about the camp because when we had dinner I saw my RAOC Corps Crest had been painted over about 50ty times if you can find a little girl to include on your layout it would be just grate :) what a shame to close a great station. I'm from Durham City LNER man like my Christine railway is in my blood ( hope you did not mind my little story )

Hope all is well love your layout❤

amazing layout 👍

Andrew - I bet someone has mentioned it before but 53802 on a tender first goods train heading towards Bath has an express train headlamp code. 😂😂

Late for work just watching this!

Superb

Sehr schönes Video ich liebe engl. Züge. Habe einige in Spur H0. Und 00. Und alte tinplate Spur 0. Liebe Grüße aus Aachen Dierk

Awesome layout and Locomotives.

A great strength of this video is the way the depth of field is maintained, the lighting is even, and there’s no continual shifting a focus as it often is in model railroad videos. You should perhaps consider a video on your techniques for shooting since these are really a major factor in why these videos are so beautifully presented.

Closing this classic line wasnt BRs finest moment what a usefull diversionary route it would have made was lucky to ride ''The Pines' a few times behind 9Fs and MN

Awesome layout and photos thanks for posting. Its a very accurate recreation of the 1950s I can almost smell some of those engines. The track and weathering is superb.

Awesome presentation and superb trackwork. The engines have just the right amount of weathering.

Red lights lit on the Peak whilst hauling a train? Wasn't that a fireable offence? The only tail lights allowed were on the last vehicle of a train. Other than that, a gorgeous model.

Beautiful layout not much else to say.

Mr Morris the shed master was very kind to me and my friends as teenagers in the early sixties when we wandered down there after school, the City of Bath Technical School in Brougham Hayes.

Very nice images. Sounds and light are subtle. Rich construction. variety of sights. Thank you very much to share your work. Architecture as well as nature representation are enyoyable.

I tell you something the attention to detail is outstanding one of the best layouts ive seen ❤❤

You’ve done a lot on the layout since then Andrew.

Wow...! All I can say is, 'Bravo Sir'! What a layout! The S&D closed 3 years before I was born, so I never got to see it. I have family in the Radstock and Midsomer Norton areas and remember playing on the trackbed in my childhood. I have just started in O Gauge but could only hope to model something as amazing as this! Great work, thanks for sharing.

What a lovely layout, well done...new subby in Australia

I compliment You on having built a very remarkable model railroad. Will you be posting any recent updates? The driver's views are just great. Thank you for your effort.

Yes… O gauge!!!

Good.

Very good.

Excellent!

Good.