[MOC] LNUR Darrington LEGO Railway Display at Shildon Brick Show 2019

[BricksMcgee]

Hi all,

Realised I have quite a backlog of displays and photos to share, so here's another one for you - Darrington LEGO Railway layout. This is currently our club's main display layout, and measures around 15ft x 12ft, or 4.5m x 3.4m in a doughnut configuration to allow space for operators in the centre. The photos here are from its last outing (thanks to COVID!) at Shildon Brick Show, held at Locomotion, a railway museum in the North East of England and part of the National Railway Museum here in the UK.

The display has 4 operational lines ("Up" fast and slow, "Down" fast and slow), and centres around Darrington Station (below), which is accessed from a road bridge. This station is loosely based on Loughborough Central station on the Great Central Railway heritage line here in the UK.

Darrington Station (labelled as Paxley, which we've since changed!), featuring the ticket office at road bridge level, and the waiting room on the platform.

Darrington Station from the road bridge.

Following the railway in this direction, we pass an abandoned wagon body, and approach Darrington Sheds.

 

Darrington Sheds provides some basic facilities for steam locomotives, with a water tower and coal bunker for crews to use. Opposite the sheds sit some allotments - which British model railway would be complete without some?!

Following the track around again in a clockwise fashion, we reach the final completed module, Felpersham TMD, a depot for more contemporary locomotives:

LNUR is a cooperative of LEGO train fans - I built the majority of the landscape you can see here, and members contributed their locos and rolling stock for the weekend.

 

Edited July 3, 2020 by BricksMcgee
Correct measurements of layout

[Pdaitabird]

Very nice detailing, and it all looks properly British! 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Superb!

[BricksMcgee]

1 hour ago, Pdaitabird said:

Very nice detailing, and it all looks properly British! 

Thanks - that’s our aim. We run mostly British locos and stock from many eras, and wanted a nice backdrop to run them on. 

1 hour ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Superb!

Thanks! Still lots to do, but it’s a good start. Stockpiling parts for our next modules at the moment. 

[Vilhelm22]

As a Brit with a house close to the West Somerset Railway, this is very recognisable!  Looking forward to seeing more in the future!

[doug72]

I went to Shildon Lego show last year and made a short video of this Lego Train Set up. Very impressive and the best at the show.

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2020 by Doug72

[BricksMcgee]

On 7/4/2020 at 1:15 AM, Vilhelm22 said:

As a Brit with a house close to the West Somerset Railway, this is very recognisable!  Looking forward to seeing more in the future!

Thanks, still plenty to do - a few rows of terraced houses are on the list, but not sure when we can access the model to continue at the moment, as it's stored in a friend's warehouse when not at shows. Hopefully later this year...

On 7/4/2020 at 9:53 AM, Doug72 said:

I went to Shildon Lego show last year and made a short video of this Lego Train Set up. Very impressive and the best at the show.

 

 

 

Thanks - good shot of the Pendolino there!