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Railway song of the week
Former railwayman Dave Goulder decided to change career in 1961 and run hostels for mountaineers while touring folk song clubs with his Spanish guitar. About ten years later, he had another change of career and decided to become a builder specialising in dry stone walling. This is at this time that he recorded his first collection of railway songs, "Requiem for Steam". The song "The Man Who Put The Engine In The Chip Shop" comes from the eponymous album released in 1988. Click on the picture to listen to it.
Most layouts need a station so the trains can stop and if you have a station, you need at least one platform. There are several choices when it comes to adding the platforms to your layout.
In OO gauge, there are plastic and card kits from brands such as Peco, Metcalfe and Ratio, which will all add a realistic look to your station or halt with a choice of finish: brick, stone or concrete. All these platforms are designed for use with Setrack, Streamline and other types of track.
Peco have their own platform system where you can pick and choose the finish of your platform edging. They are made of plastic.
Peco also do plastic curved platforms, available in brick and stone finish.
If you prefer working with card, Metcalfe produce some amazing card kits and
their platforms are no exception. They can be built straight, curved,
island or bay and are available in brick or stone finish. You get 4 feet of platform in each pack.
For even more choice the plastic kit from Ratio is very nicely detailed with bricked edging.
It is a very similar story with N gauge, having card and plastic kits available from Metcalfe and Kestrel Designs and resin from Graham Farish.
The N gauge Metcalfe card kits being sized down versions of their OO scale big brothers but loosing nothing in detail or versatility:
Kestrel Designs have a normal and a wide plastic platform to choose from, again with great detailing:
If you want a faster approach, take all that gluing and painting away and try these ready to go resin platforms from Graham Farish.
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