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Leeds Sovereign Street & Clarence Dock - a UK based layout

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, June 21, 2024 2:58 PM

Pictures from the archive

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Canal Corner with 'Clarice' the canal boat.

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 10:06 AM

Thank you John an TF

By the 1970s  the route through Leeds Sovereign Street is a secondary one.  On occasions a diverted train from the main line passes through. 

A diverted Leeds Central to Edinburgh 'North Briton'  Pullman service.

 

 

 

Class 50s  were based in Plymouth Laira Depot.   Some operated the Plymouth to Leeds Central service.  At Birmingham New Street locomotives were exchanged;  a Class 47 taking the train to Leeds.   On rare occasions Class 50s  made the full journey.  Class 50  50036  'Victorious'  is seen on shed at Crown Point.

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 9:12 AM

They look great David.  Some fine modeling as usual hereYes

 

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Posted by York1 on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 4:23 PM

Nice work, David!

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 9:31 AM

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Hi David,

The resin buildings look great. You obviously have a very steady hand. I couldn't paint those window frames without making a huge mess.

Cheers!!

Dave

 

Thank you, Dave.   Much as I would like to say I did do a good job on the window frames   I must admit they were pre-done.   Having had a stroke a good few years back  (77 years ago)  has left me with an unsteady right hand.

The Main Street is nearly finished.   Some buildings I did build.  J. Ladle & Son is one.

 

The Public House is awaitinng a new name.  The paving outside still needs attention.

 

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Posted by hon30critter on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 8:37 AM

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I have been replacing some old Metcalfe card buildings with resin ones.

Hi David,

The resin buildings look great. You obviously have a very steady hand. I couldn't paint those window frames without making a huge mess.

Cheers!!

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 6:17 AM

I have been replacing some old Metcalfe card buildings with resin ones.

The Metcalfe ones have served m

e well  for 15 years,  but are looking 'tired and worse for wear'.  Click on pictures for proper ones.

 

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 5:30 AM

Granddaughter put up some lights.

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Push-Pull carriage in Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway livery

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, June 9, 2024 7:32 AM

A silly five minutes.

A clockwork locomotive and electric driven one double heading.

(The clockwork one runs on the small garden layout.)

 

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Train originating from Ayrshire travelling south.

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A long way from 'home'.  I just love the livery.

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, June 7, 2024 5:30 PM

Early morning after the rain at Clarence Dock & Goods Yard

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Misty Morning

 

 

 

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, June 7, 2024 8:21 AM

Layout still in operation though a few alterations

Looking towards Crown Point Yard  Click on pictures for correct one

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Younger granddaughter is in charge of Leeds Sovereign Street

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Posted by NorthBrit on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 10:28 AM

I purchased three Bachmann Thomas the Tank four wheeled carriages that (with a little change) fit  in with the layout when running steam locomotives.

 

The three carriages.

 

 IMG_2488 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

One repainted into Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway colours.  It still needs another coat of paint and weathered.

 

 IMG_2494 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

The other two are just lightly weathered.  The roofs need  the shine removed.

 

 IMG_2495 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, October 28, 2022 5:29 AM

Hi Mark.

I have rewired  the layout so three operators can run trains at once.   A little scenery has been altered etc., but mainly we have been having fun running trains.

 

The lights in the farmhouse are bright.  It was atrial to see what they look like.  With some dimming of the light all should be okay.  The lights flicker  to give the impression (hopefully) of coal fires burning.   An added bonus they are timed to come on at 3.30pm   and switch off at 9.30 pm.

 

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Posted by Pruitt on Thursday, October 27, 2022 10:04 PM

Hey David!

We haven't seen too much of you lately. Good to see you're still around and kicking!

Must be old folk living in that farmhouse to have the lights up so bright.

I really like the brick street at the station. Reminds me of a few streets in Philadelphia years ago.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, October 27, 2022 7:26 AM

Dawn has bought a box of 'flickering'  battery tealights for Christmas.   I 'borrowed' two.

 

'Wyndham Farm'    A little too bright, so a little work to do

 

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Leeds Sovereign Street Station Building.

 

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I like them,  so Dawn is buying me a box.   Big Smile

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, September 5, 2022 5:08 AM

In the early 1900s to 1950s  the  real Crown Point Yard was a small Marshalling Yard for freight wagons

 

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The yard then closed, to reopen again as a small diesel locomotive depot.

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, June 5, 2022 11:30 AM

Thank you for your kind comment, Mark.

There are cats and dogs (plus other wildlife)  all around the layout.  Smile

 

There is a 'resident' cat  taking 'five minutes out resting on the step outside Hudson Ward.   (Front right building).

 

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Just to add that little something else  that is often seen but not modelled.

 

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Posted by Pruitt on Friday, June 3, 2022 4:12 PM

The cats are a nice touch, Dave!

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, June 3, 2022 2:00 PM

Some scenes when I run trains in a 1968/1974  timeframe.

Class 25  25237  on a Leeds Central to York local service just leaving Roseville Station.

Adding a little individuality.  Two cats are on the shed roof  catching the last of the days sunshine.

 IMG_2228 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

 

The afternoon Dewsbury Market Place to Leeds Central  is running early, so is held at the signal to The Calls Junction,  allowing a Class 121 on a Seacroft to Leeds Central  right of way.  The tall post in front of the footbridge is a tall signal, so trains can see it as they come around the curve.  

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Class 47  37299  'Ariadne'  waits at the signal to leave Crown Point Yard.

J.H. Thompson Timber Merchants is behind.

 

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Thanks for looking

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, May 26, 2022 2:48 PM

Some time back I was reading about railguns in the Great War.   I  built a small one,  a representation of  the KF1.  (The original was built by the Kirkstall Forge Company in Leeds.)

 

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Others were built by other companies.

I have started on a new one.

 

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Still a lot to do, but I will get there.

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, May 16, 2022 12:30 PM

George Wilkinson, Telehone Engineer  is at his motorbike sidecar to fetch some equipment  to fix the telephone cables.

 

The scene was temporary to see how it looked  and now to be a 'permanent fixture'  with some bedding in to do.

 

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Some new items have arrived at Leeds Sovereign Street Station and have been 'personalised'.

 

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Thanks for looking

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 1:30 PM

Recent running of trains.

 

Inverness based Class 47   47515  'Andrew Carnegie'  is a long way from home.   Here it is on a two carriage Castleford to Leeds Central local passing behind Charlie Marston's Salvage Yard.

 

 IMG_2146 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Here it is again  once again on a two carriage local,  this time Leeds Central to York  arriving at Roseville Station.

 

 IMG_2148 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

And now at the Junction.

 

 IMG_2150 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

parliamentary train is a passenger service operated in the United Kingdom to comply with the Railway Regulation Act 1844 that required train companies to provide inexpensive and basic rail transport for less affluent passengers. The act required that at least one such service per day be run on every railway route in the UK. 

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In the 1960s/70s   the Post Office  paid British Railways   to run postal/parcel vans.  One way British Railways  could still run Parliamentary Trains cheaply  was to pay the Post Office to attach a passenger carriage   to a parcel van train.

Here is Class 47  47423  'Sceptre'  on a  York to Leeds Central parcel van train with a carriage attached.

 

  IMG_2151 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs)  are staple traffic on the layout.

Here is a Leeds Central to Dewsbury Market Place  bound DMU  approaching Leeds Sovereign Street Station.

 

 IMG_2153 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Thanks for looking

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Thursday, March 24, 2022 8:47 AM

Thank you, Mike  for your kind comments.  They are much appreciated.

A layout that gives us great enjoyment.  

 

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Posted by Water Level Route on Thursday, March 24, 2022 5:28 AM

David, another thread got me to thinking.  I needed to comment on yours as well.

Great layout!  I really enjoy the photos and the stories that often accompany them.  Yes

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:17 PM

Pruitt

When I first saw the last post, I read "The same train with Charlie Marston's Yard behind"  ===============

 

 Sometimes  I have to read things a few times as well.  

 

David

 

Edit.     The times I tried to post before it did.   Now it posts the lot!!!

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:17 PM

Pruitt

When I first saw the last post, I read "The same train with Charlie Marston's Yard behind"  ===============

 

 Sometimes  I have to read things a few times as well.  Laugh

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:17 PM

Pruitt

When I first saw the last post, I read "The same train with Charlie Marston's Yard behind"  ===============

 

Smile  Sometimes  I have to read things a few times as well.  Laugh

 

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Posted by Pruitt on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:06 PM

When I first saw the last post, I read "The same train with Charlie Marston's Yard behind"

as "The same train with Charlie Manson's Yard behind"! Really popped my eyes open this morning! Whistling (then I re-read it and saw my error).

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, March 21, 2022 1:32 PM

The light through the train room window   plays magical tricks.

What looks like a misty morning Class 27  27037  passes Wyndham Farm/Canal Corner with a York to Leeds Central  local train.

 

 IMG_2125 by David Harrison, on Flickr


The same train with Charlie Marston's Yard behind

 

 IMG_2126 by David Harrison, on Flickr


Class 26  26009   with a Leeds Central to Castleford local train passing Crown Point Yard.

 

 IMG_2128 by David Harrison, on Flickr


And now passing the Junction.

 

 IMG_2129 by David Harrison, on Flickr

 

Thanks for looking.

 

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