#Project-tilt

New layout build by Michael Gray and his son

We are now the proud owners of a 14 car Hornby version of the Prototype Advanced Passenger Train (APT-P) and have decided to build an eight metre long section of West Coast Main Line (Beck Foot in the Lune Valley) to show it off…

The layout will cover a 1.2 km of track, which is just one signal block in the real world, between Signals CN67 and CN68 on the Down line.

Follow their progress on Instagram –

instagram.com/realworldtrains

Unboxing

Train Operating Child 'TOC' unboxing the new Hornby APT-P.

Research

Aerial views from Google Earth.

Researching the route in Dovetail Games Train Simulator with WCML add-on.

Avanti West Coast Pendolino at Beck Foot.

Two Pendolinos passing at Beck Foot.

Aerial views of Pendolinos on the WCML.
Note: the UAV was operated by a professional licensed pilot, at no time was it over the railway.

#Project-tilt visit to Crewe Heritage Centre.

Plans

Construction

The three bridges.

First Run

First trial run by Hornby Playtrains 'FLASH' followed by the APT.

Trial running with the Hornby APT-P.

Follow their progress on Instagram –

instagram.com/realworldtrains

All photographs and video by Michael Gray © 2022.

Last Revised: 26.06.2022 8:26 by R G Latham © 1998