Hornsey Broadway Model Railway - Driver's Eye View (January 2022)
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- A selection of clips filmed from an inspection saloon propelled by a Class 15 locomotive, traversing the main lines (on and off scene), as well as the branch line and route to the motive power depot.
Thank you for taking me on a ride on your fabulous railway. You have obviously invested a tremendous amount of time on this splendid layout, and it’s so good of you to share these high quality videos, which display the railway as such an exciting first person experience. Well done for all the love and hard work that you put into this masterpiece of model railways. 👍🏼
Thank you for the latest footage of your excellent system, Keir. Reminds me of what was about when I first got properly interested in railways in the early 70s. And so superbly modelled. Thanks again, Steve
Great to see this at track level.
Awesome Railroad Layout.
Oh joy. O fabjrous journey. What a wondrous model! ……. the North London suburbs of the latter part of the last century ? Well done Keir
Another fantastic video! It was a fascinating insight into what is going on in the hidden areas. Well done Kier and thank you for sharing.
So cool to get to see "Back Stage" Keir~
The highlight for me was "Crossing over to the up slow". Epic!
Many thanks for sharing this Keir. As a young boy in early 1950s, my dad used to take me to look at the trains and shunting operations in Ferme Park Sidings. This was easy walking distance, even for a 4-year-old, from our home in nearby Crouch End. I think you have captured the atmosphere of the place, as it might now be, very well.
I do like the double headed Class 73 "ED's" on the heavy "merry go round" hopper train. Because when I was a BR driver I had to rescue one of these trains and its Class 56 diesel loco, that had conked out at Feltham. When I arrived with two ED's the Midland driver laughed, & said "Those little Southern locos will never pull this train! "
So having coupled up, I had to start on diesel power (2 x 600hp) because the loop we were in, was not electrified. At SLOW speed (up to 20mph) on diesel power 2 x ED's will move up to 2000 tons. So having reached the (750v DC) "juice" on the mainline, I put the shoes down as we coasted, and then wacked the power handle wide open. (On electric power were were now 2 x 1600hp = 3,200hp). The Midland driver standing behind me in the cab nearly fell over, and he just gawped, as the "ED's" rapidly accelerated the 1400 ton train, including the dead Class 56 to 50mph. (Electrics can accelerate more rapidly than diesels). We had a clear line all the way through Ascot to Reading. Where the train left the 3rd rail, and had to climb the gradient up to the Western Region mainline. This might have proved a problem, as there was a 35mph curve, but momentum did much of the work, and got us into the through road in the station. Where they had another Class 56 to take the train onto Didcot !
Happy Modelling 😝
That was very interesting, thank you. I've seen a couple of images showing a pair of 73s on a MGR train, maybe one was your trip. Cheers.
Marvellous flying junction! What a treat!
I just love the subterranean shots! Amazing amount of work needed to build the boards before you even started on the scenic masterpiece! Brilliant.
I enjoyed every minute of that, i love the tunnels and the behind the scenes structure of your layout.
Stunning. Wish we could see the "making of" but many years of hard work must have gone into it.
I love this layout - for me it's the best one.
Awesome. I just can’t imagine the time and effort that has gone into constructing this layout. Incredibly lifelike. And also the same to produce great videos too. Thank you for sharing.
A layout I really wanted a track plan for, as always you go that extra step Kier this is the vid I’ve been waiting for. Thank you
Amazing trackage layout. Curves are very good.
Wow Kier - that was brilliant, absolutely fantastic! It still amazes me that this layout can dismantled and exhibited. I’d be worried that the layout would get damaged moving it!
Absolutely brilliant top job Kier 😁 😀 been waiting a long time to see behind the scenes ATB Al
Absolutely wonderful, totally different perspective of this amazing layout. It looks huge - how on earth did you get this up to Glasgow in 2019! Thank you once again Keir for sharing this with us. All the best, Colin
I saw it in Glasgow too - I can only assume it travels in a slightly simpler form.
Wow. What a treat! Thank you so much. It has got to be the best model railway I have ever seen. I love it. The idea of making my own track scares me to death.... and you've made all that!!.... and everything else that makes up this beautiful piece. Hats off. It's tremendous. As an ex Train Driver on the Northern Line, I felt particularly at home and thrilled by the under the boards bits lol!
Glad you felt at home. Once you've built one point, the rest falls into place at a fraction of the cost of ready to lay.
Amazing railway. Thank you.
Superb as ever Kier. You'll be needing a de-cobwebbing train soon!
Regular running sessions keep the cobwebs down a bit, and you only notice them on the front of locos when taking close up pics!
Thanks Kier, what a fantastic treat, and great to see 'behind the scenes', or even 'under the scenes'. I haven't been able to see this layout exhibited yet (on my bucket list!) - when you do, are the roads to the fiddle yard reversed so it's behind the scenic area? Also, my only tiny disappointment was that the last shot finished without going right into the depot building. It would be great to understand more about how that was constructed, in particular the raised platforms etc.
I've just added a supplementary video entering the depot building. The raised platforms are 3mm plastic supported on Plastruct stanchions (the nuts can be seen from underneath, on the main lines). th-cam.com/video/LwodZcZXmZ4/w-d-xo.html
The layout is designed so that the scenic section faces inwards at home, and outwards when being exhibited.
@@kierhardy2789 Thanks so much - that's fabulous - could be a summer Saturday in Finsbury Park :) It's been a busy week - sorry it took me much longer to say thanks than it did for you to prepare and post another video!
Great stuff. And no cobwebs! Wish my layout was that spider-free! 😁😁😁
it's not that spider free all the time, most cobwebs end up on the front of the trains!
Excellent Kier, what camera are you using. I've posed some videos of my layout but my camera isn't as smooth as yours . It's controlled by WiFi from my phone
I'm using a Hawk Eye Q7 drone cam on standard settings - nice, compact and reasonably priced
Thank you for another great video Kier. Fascinating to see subterranean Hornsby Broadway. It amazes me, the planning that must have gone into the construction with all the different levels of trackbed. How do you clean the track in the inaccessible areas? I too am interested to know what camera etc you used to film it. Keep up the great work, always look forward to watching your new content.
Cheers,
Bill.
Regular weekly running sessions help keep the track clean. With the layout dismantled into sections, a cleaning pad on a stick is used, accessed from each end of the baseboards. Additionally a Dapol track cleaning wagon is employed from time to time. The video was shot using a Hawk Eye drone cam which fits nicely on a wagon within gauge.
Using a mini SD card, downloading via USB.
Hello Kier, just wanted to reiterate how much I enjoy the videos you post of your splendid layout. I have fond and surprisingly vivid memories of the railway out of the Cross, especially around Finsbury Park, Hornsey and Ally Pally (my dad had a flat in Sydney Road which came out at Ducket’s Common and Turnpike Lane at one end, railway embankment at the other 😉) so this always puts a smile on my face! 😎 What I love about this video in particular is that it properly enables you to (roughly!) work out the logistics of the layout and it answers the inevitable question one wishes to ask “How does what get where via which?” far better than any text could describe 🤣😂😅
Brilliant fun and so good to see a new video! By the way, any major plans for the layout this new year? And do you have plans to exhibit this year yet? 🤔
Cheers and thanks again. Have a great weekend 🍻👍🍀
Thank you for the compliments. There are no exhibition plans, mainly due to the logistics of moving such a big layout.... but never say never! There are still 2 or 3 points to build in the south sidings, plenty of architectural modelling, and new rolling stock projects in the pipeline.
@@kierhardy2789 : cheers mate, I look forward to the new developments, plus plenty of great video footage of course! 😎👍
I did warn everyone when I first uploaded my video of the layout's first outing at Shipley 5 years ago (in it's 'unfinished' state) just what was in store for people when Kier finally completed it, and I think I have been proved right. Kier, you deserve all of the plaudits that people are giving you - it is, quite frankly, a masterpiece. Are there any plans for future exhibitions with it so I (and your growing fan club!) can see it in it's finished form in the flesh?
No exhibition plans at the moment, but never say never.
love the layout but its confusing me as its down to London and up the north so the down line to the cross and up to the north
Nice to know you love the layout, thank you. Me and the team of professional railwaymen responsible for Hornsey Broadway will just have to agree to disagree with you.
That's some railway however many locomotives do you have?
Last count was between 50 and 60 - some still providing great service after 40 years.