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Roger Farnworth
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I model in N Gauge in the UK. I have a loft layout based on the City of Hereford in the UK. Would there be an interest in knowing more about the layout?
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I have been modelling Hereford's railways in N for a number of years. The vicarage loft has provided excellent space to do this. This has resulted in a growing interest in the North West Route through the Welsh Marches. Thus first blog post in this thread relates to some of the websites I have visited while exploring the potential of the area around Hereford for modelling:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2013/12/25/herefordshire-railways

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This is the first in a series of posts about the layout that I have been developing in the Vicarage loft over the past few years. The layout includes Barrscourt Station in Hereford, and the MPD in the Barton area of Hereford.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-1

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This is next post in a series about a layout representing Hereford in the UK:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-2

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The next post in a series of posts about the ongoing construction of the loft layout.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-3

This next post provides a few local photos and a link to an album of relevant photos that I have created on Flickr.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-4

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This post provides a link to pictures taken at locations in Hereford on the railway, or close to it:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/hereford-pictures-taken-before-2015

A further post in the story of the loft layout:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-5

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One of the iconic structures which was part of the station at Hereford was the platform signal box.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-6

Just two pictures on the link below which show the signal box on the layout ....

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-7-2

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The footbridge at Hereford Barrscourt Station has recently been completely rebuilt. Until then the skeleton of the old footbridge remained in place but in a much less photogenic condition than the original. The old footbridge bore some similarities to the one at Gloucester.

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/n-gauge-loft-layout-hereford-7

The card models on the layout were constructed from drawings made on 'Paint'. I have just loaded drawings of the Signal Box at the North of the Station and of the Station footbridge onto my blog. The relevant links are:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/hereford-north-station-signal-box-n-gauge-card-model

and

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/hereford-station-footbridge-model-in-n-gauge

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The main feature of any layout is usually the railway station. I was delighted when my father-in-law, who had his own O-Gauge layout decided to make the station building for me in N-Gauge. ..... This is the first of a series of posts about the construction of the station building:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-1

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The next post in the story of the construction of the N Gauge model of Hereford Barrscourt Station:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-2

The third post about the making of Hereford Station Building:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/hereford-the-constriction-of-barrs-court-station-3

This fourth post about the making of the Station building contains details of the design work on 'Paint'

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-4

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The story of the construction of Hereford station building in N-Gauge continues:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-5

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Update on the construction of the loft layout of Hereford Station and MPD

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/hereford-model-railway-vicarage-loft

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The card models on the layout were constructed from drawings made on 'Paint'. I have just loaded drawings of the Signal Box at the North of the Station and of the Station footbridge onto my blog. The relevant links are:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/hereford-north-station-signal-box-n-gauge-card-model

and

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/hereford-station-footbridge-model-in-n-gauge

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David's last but one post:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/hereford-barrs-court-station

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This is the final post from David about his work on the model of Hereford Station:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/hereford-the-construction-of-barrs-court-station-7

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A link to a wider range of photos about the Hereford layout:

https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/hereford-model-railway-various-early-progress-photographs

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I thought a few pictures might be a good idea after visit to my loft in November 2018.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/11/10/hereford-in-the-loft-november-2018

Sadly progress is very slow as other matters have demanded my time.

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Some time back I was posting about modelling Hereford in N Gauge.

We were living in Ashton-under-Lyne and the modelling took place in the Vicarage loft. I am now retired with my wife still working.

We have now moved to Telford and the powers that be have generously allocated a relatively large bedroom for the layout. Some compromises are inevitable as the space is smaller than the loft in the Vicarage in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Staging has been built and my library is close to being sorted out. I will need one new fiddle yard, the electrics will need connecting board to board for the layout and some damage will need to be rectified.

Completing the staging is a good step forward!


I will post pictures over the next little while. ..

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Pictures of the Layout room in Telford.

https://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/06/09/n-gauge-hereford-2022

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Hereford in N again, the Move. ...

Moving felt like a major exercise. I have a large amount of stock and initially could not imagine how I might be best getting it all from one home to another. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/06/13/n-gauge-hereford-2022-stock-boxes-for-moving/

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