Here is a selection of pictures of Lofthouse. All the pictures were taken at
exhibitions between 2001 and 2005, using a Sony Cybershot DCS-S50 2.1 megapixel
digital camera. The only illumination came from the layout's own lighting and
shots requiring good depth of field were taken using the camera's smallest
aperture (f11), which usually resulted in an exposure of about 1 second. The
camera was either rested on the layout, or carried on a tripod.
All photographs by Trevor Shaw
This is Holdsworth, an ex-Metropolitan Beyer Peacock 4-4-0T, standing in
Lofthouse
station, having just arrived with a passenger train from Pateley
Bridge. The NVLR
purchased both loco and coaches second-hand from the Met.
Pateley Bridge Exhibition, June 2002
Having run round its train, Holdsworth collects two fitted cattle wagons
and a
horsebox from the yard.
Pateley Bridge Exhibition, June 2002
Holdsworth departs with its train for Pateley Bridge.
Pateley Bridge Exhibition, June 2002
Three years later, Holdsworth and the Met coaches have been decorated
with
authentic custom transfers.
Derby Exhibition, April 2005
Having descended the bank from the reservoirs with an empty coal train, Manning
Wardle Class F 0-4-0ST, Edna and Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T, Milner
pause in Lofthouse
station platform. Edna will shortly be detached from
the train and will wait in the
loco spur to bank the next train to the reservoirs. Milner
will draw the train
forwards then reverse into the yard to pick up a brake van before departing for
Pateley
Bridge.
Watford Finescale Exhibition, November
2001
Manning Wardle Class K 0-6-0ST simmers quietly in the loco spur at Lofthouse,
waiting to bank the next train up to the reservoirs. The line to Pateley Bridge
can be seen falling away at 1 in 56 towards the left.
Watford Finescale Exhibition, November 2001
Blythe, an Avonside 0-6-0ST crosses the culvert at the Pateley Bridge end of
the
layout with a coal train bound for the reservoirs.
Hull MRS Exhibition, November 2001
Hill crosses the culvert below Lofthouse station . . .
Derby Exhibition, April 2005
. . . and arrives in the platform shortly afterwards.
Derby Exhibition, April 2005
I couldn't resist including this last one even though it could never have
happened.
The picture shows a North Eastern BPT and trailer descending the 1 in
28 from the
reservoirs to Lofthouse. As far as is known, no North Eastern trains
ever ran on
the Nidd Valley, but it's a good photo of a very nice loco and gives
an impression
of the scenery on this part of the layout. The train is the
property of a Keighley
MRS member.
Pateley Bridge Exhibition, June 2002
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