About this site
This site describes the construction of my 4mm scale narrow gauge layout, Isle Ornsay. It is the Southernmost terminus of a proposed line on the Isle of Skye, part of 4 railways proposed under the Hebridean Light Railway Proposal of 1898.
The other aspect of this site is to describe both proposed and constructed narrow gauge railways located in Scotland.
I occasionally describe places I've been, or things that I've enjoyed, but it all has a railway theme.
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A Scottish Double Fairlie!?
It’s summer, so modelling is quiet. I’ve done absolutely nothing since Sparsholt apart from building the Zvezda boat kits, and my test of MicroTrains couplings, and even those aren’t finished. I always have a lull in productivity around this time … Continue reading
Posted in Scottish Narrow Gauge
Tagged 1870, articulated, Caithness, document, Double Fairlie, History, narrow gauge, newspaper, railway
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Stornoway Waterworks Railway
Ask and you shall get… Prompted by a comment that simply said “Hurry up!” I felt that I ought to get round to updating some of the pages on Scottish NG lines. The one in question that was commented on … Continue reading
Posted in Prototype, Scottish Narrow Gauge
Tagged Isle of Lewis, narrow gauge, Outer Hebrides, railway, simplex, Stornoway, Water Works, WD
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Happy Birthday…
… to the blog! This site is one year old today. In the past year I’ve gone from having just been to the National Archives at Kew and uncovered the plans of the Hebridean Light Railway, to having drawn up … Continue reading
Posted in Prototype, Scottish Narrow Gauge
Tagged birthday, ferry, Highland Railway, letters, narrow gauge, proposal, proposed, railway, Skye
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