Backscene
Chris Leigh offers meanderings we couldn’t fit into the issue elsewhere, but which seemed terribly important at the time…
Above: Working over the trestle on my ‘HO’ layout, GP40-2 HC No. 3012 is an Atlas model while SD40-2
OVR No. 3410 is a repainted Broadway Limited model.
Both came with DCC sound installed.
Familiar livery far away
Some years ago Model Rail featured overseas modelling topics in the various manifestations of Model Rail International in order to broaden the hobby and the range of subjects which we could cover. There was always resistance from traditionalist readers whose only interest was in the railways of Britain, and eventually we had to admit defeat.
However, that did not mean that staff gave up their personal overseas interests and in recent years I have done at least as much work on my Canadian ‘HO’ layout as on my three British-outline layouts in ‘N’, ‘OO’, and ‘O’ gauges.