It’s a station I have often wanted to model. Passed through there on a 159 in 2010, it was a sad scene with so much vegetation that had grown up over the years. Now residing in South Island of New Zealand, but still modelling “Southern”!
Interesting presentation. A look at reality, then the model, and each scene seperated by a description. Different but pleasant. Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍
In the final year before closure in 1965, I visited the station several times. It could be busy in the Summer weekends with people changing for the Seaton Branch to get to and from the holiday camps there. The cafe on the platform triangle was well used. Seaton Junction still had enough trains to make it an interesting place for the young train spotter, with a mix of stoppers, non-stop expresses and shunting at the milk depot as well as the two-car DMU's on branch line duties, which would return to the depot at Exeter after the last train. I remember sadly watching the very last train depart from Seaton to Seaton Junction, a rare six coach train, I seem to recall - on 7 March 1966 from a vantage point on Seaton Down Hill. After which, Seaton Junction was closed as well, and became a sad reflection of it's former self, the main line eventually being singled. The Seaton Branch line track was ripped up very quickly, but the Seaton Tramway was being laid on the southern end of the line within a few years - now very successful as a tourist attraction.
Having returned to the hobby after 40+ years away I am trawling around to find channels and came across yours. Great low angle shots especially the 73110. Really nice layout and scenery.
Hi, that's a really great layout you have there. I especially liked the photo of the real thing, and then the same angle view of your layout, it's a great likeness, and I think you sure have captured the atmosphere of the real place brilliantly. I'm going to watch some more now. All the best Dave.
Fantastic feel, just like I was sat on the embankment trainspotting in 1960. Would like to have seen more than one train per sequence, like thru passing a semi.
Nice layout, and yes expresses did "hurtle" through Seaton Junction in the "Up" direction, as of course this station was half way down Honiton bank. SR COACH DETAILS & REFERENCE MATERIAL One tip. The problem of Southern carriage formations due to the rigid SR "Set Formation" policy (until officially ended in 1965), means that virtually all coaches were in "Fixed formation Sets", often without change for Decades. ALL these "SETS" had large set numbers on the outer end vehicles, either side of the corridor connections. (These numbers were the same numbers as used on loco cabsides), and are produced on large transfer sheets with HUNDREDS of "pressfix" type transfers, from the Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS), available from Gaugemaster Models in Ford, Sussex. So an express on the West of England line through Seaton Junction would often be formed of as many as three, four or even five SETS, of various types. Getting details for which coach types were in each set, can be obtained through the "Southern E-mail group", an online club specially for researchers, historians, modeller's, and Southern train fans. The most critically relevant documents for someone like yourself who has the space for real life formations, will be documents known as "Carriage Working Notice Appendices" (CWNA). These were internal Southern Region monthly A5 size pamphlets dished out to railway staff, NOT the public. I got a number through the Southern E-mail group, scanned & emailed to me from other members to help with researching coaching stock & train formations for my large Basingstoke layout !!! One other tip for Southern coach informations is the extremely good reference book with Technical drawing plans (most in "OO" scale), official SR photos of each vehicle type, & much more is. "An Illustrated History of Southern Coaches" by Mike King. It's published by OPC and is large A4 size with 250 pages. As far as I know last published in 2006, but again you may find a secondhand copy via the Southern E-mail Group.. Good luck with the layout.
Are you the same person who had a blog on RMweb Basingstoke in 00 scale? I read through some of your blog. Envious of the size of your layout something like 80 feet in length if I’m right ?
@@mwrify Yes, until RMWeb (part of a large publishing company based in Peterborough), hijacked & stole that Blog Site, about 5-6 years ago. So I was blocked from getting on my own Blog site. So I no longer publish any further material about any of my exhibition layouts on the Internet, due to the increasing corruption !!! That layout was completed around two years ago, appeared at two German shows, and was sold to a wealthy German. I'm now currently building a Japanese N gauge layout for another customer.
Sorry to hear that, I am not a member of RMweb, I was viewing your blog as a guest, and it disappeared all of a sudden. Made for some very interesting reading. I have added more, (as you mentioned in your blog) Weight to my Hornby S15 and Lord Nelson locomotives, as they were far to light on their feet to pull realistic length trains.
Brilliant…..superb layout….very envious. My spotting days were at Honiton, just down the line. I could criticise train formations for instance, but I won’t…I never observed the real thing 24/7, so who knows?….come to that, who cares? Magnificent.
Appreciate the kind words. I am looking to replace some of the older Triang Hornby mk1 coaching stock as and when I have the money to do this is anyones guess, given the current prices of model coaches! 😊
The width and camera angle make this look so impressive.....fabulous
Nice layout, we at Southampton Model Railway Society are also building a model of Seaton Junction in 00 gauge
Looks amazing and I hope to watch more of your layout in the future
It’s a station I have often wanted to model. Passed through there on a 159 in 2010, it was a sad scene with so much vegetation that had grown up over the years.
Now residing in South Island of New Zealand, but still modelling “Southern”!
Boa noite...inscrita no Canal!!
Saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷
Interesting presentation. A look at reality, then the model, and each scene seperated by a description. Different but pleasant. Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍
In the final year before closure in 1965, I visited the station several times. It could be busy in the Summer weekends with people changing for the Seaton Branch to get to and from the holiday camps there. The cafe on the platform triangle was well used. Seaton Junction still had enough trains to make it an interesting place for the young train spotter, with a mix of stoppers, non-stop expresses and shunting at the milk depot as well as the two-car DMU's on branch line duties, which would return to the depot at Exeter after the last train. I remember sadly watching the very last train depart from Seaton to Seaton Junction, a rare six coach train, I seem to recall - on 7 March 1966 from a vantage point on Seaton Down Hill.
After which, Seaton Junction was closed as well, and became a sad reflection of it's former self, the main line eventually being singled. The Seaton Branch line track was ripped up very quickly, but the Seaton Tramway was being laid on the southern end of the line within a few years - now very successful as a tourist attraction.
Thanks for sharing. Some great running shots there 👍
Lovely Southern railway. Atmosphere well captured.
Great layout, scale length trains & lots of stock & locos super
thanks I enjoyed that..brought back memories of Bulleid Pacifics racing through and my journeys behind them
Having returned to the hobby after 40+ years away I am trawling around to find channels and came across yours. Great low angle shots especially the 73110. Really nice layout and scenery.
Hi, that's a really great layout you have there. I especially liked the photo of the real thing, and then the same angle view of your layout, it's a great likeness, and I think you sure have captured the atmosphere of the real place brilliantly. I'm going to watch some more now. All the best Dave.
Fantastic feel, just like I was sat on the embankment trainspotting in 1960. Would like to have seen more than one train per sequence, like thru passing a semi.
beautiful trains! i love the weathering and operation :)
Like the fast through lines in the middle
Really appreciate the kind comments and support guys 😊
Brilliant….it captures the magic.
Very nice video. Great modelling and like my exhibition layout, built as many good layouts are, true to the prototype.
Subscribed. Cheers, Bob
Nice layout, and yes expresses did "hurtle" through Seaton Junction in the "Up" direction, as of course this station was half way down Honiton bank.
SR COACH DETAILS & REFERENCE MATERIAL
One tip. The problem of Southern carriage formations due to the rigid SR "Set Formation" policy (until officially ended in 1965), means that virtually all coaches were in "Fixed formation Sets", often without change for Decades. ALL these "SETS" had large set numbers on the outer end vehicles, either side of the corridor connections. (These numbers were the same numbers as used on loco cabsides), and are produced on large transfer sheets with HUNDREDS of "pressfix" type transfers, from the Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS), available from Gaugemaster Models in Ford, Sussex.
So an express on the West of England line through Seaton Junction would often be formed of as many as three, four or even five SETS, of various types. Getting details for which coach types were in each set, can be obtained through the "Southern E-mail group", an online club specially for researchers, historians, modeller's, and Southern train fans.
The most critically relevant documents for someone like yourself who has the space for real life formations, will be documents known as "Carriage Working Notice Appendices" (CWNA). These were internal Southern Region monthly A5 size pamphlets dished out to railway staff, NOT the public. I got a number through the Southern E-mail group, scanned & emailed to me from other members to help with researching coaching stock & train formations for my large Basingstoke layout !!!
One other tip for Southern coach informations is the extremely good reference book with Technical drawing plans (most in "OO" scale), official SR photos of each vehicle type, & much more is. "An Illustrated History of Southern Coaches" by Mike King. It's published by OPC and is large A4 size with 250 pages. As far as I know last published in 2006, but again you may find a secondhand copy via the Southern E-mail Group..
Good luck with the layout.
Are you the same person who had a blog on RMweb Basingstoke in 00 scale? I read through some of your blog. Envious of the size of your layout something like 80 feet in length if I’m right ?
@@mwrify Yes, until RMWeb (part of a large publishing company based in Peterborough), hijacked & stole that Blog Site, about 5-6 years ago. So I was blocked from getting on my own Blog site. So I no longer publish any further material about any of my exhibition layouts on the Internet, due to the increasing corruption !!! That layout was completed around two years ago, appeared at two German shows, and was sold to a wealthy German. I'm now currently building a Japanese N gauge layout for another customer.
Sorry to hear that, I am not a member of RMweb, I was viewing your blog as a guest, and it disappeared all of a sudden. Made for some very interesting reading. I have added more, (as you mentioned in your blog) Weight to my Hornby S15 and Lord Nelson locomotives, as they were far to light on their feet to pull realistic length trains.
What a great layout. Joy to watch 👌
Thanks for the lovely comments guys.
Today it is single track, no station, and that freight @6:15 is all in containers on the motorway.
Brilliant…..superb layout….very envious.
My spotting days were at Honiton, just down the line.
I could criticise train formations for instance, but I won’t…I never observed the real thing 24/7, so who knows?….come to that, who cares?
Magnificent.
Appreciate the kind words. I am looking to replace some of the older Triang Hornby mk1 coaching stock as and when I have the money to do this is anyones guess, given the current prices of model coaches! 😊
Nice wheel-slip sound effects at 7:25.
Star Trek 5 intro music!
That's not a bad representation of Both The Junction and the Incline matey.
Thanks, appreciate the kind comments