Botanic Gardens is the main focus of the East Yorkshire Area Group of the Scalefour Society. The layout is based on a former North Eastern Railway (NER) suburban station in west Hull that disappeared when the lines to Hornsea and Withernsea, and the low level line to Hull's Eastern Docks were closed in the 1960s. The track layout is relatively simple but the project combines plenty of buildings, varied traffic and a tramway. The layout is owned by Hull MRS and those working on the layout are members of both the Scalefour Society and the Hull MRS.
More Hoppers
The prototype baseboard cover is just about complete, requiring only painting/varnishing and seems to be a very good result! The cover is a snug fit on the board and is quite easy to handle. We just need to make the rest for the remaining scenic boards!
Away from the layout itself more progress has been made with rolling stock. Two of Chris' hoppers are pictured below -
Sadly my camera's batteries gave up after just the one photo. The wagons are very nice indeed and are part of the growing fleet which we have.
Interestingly, and perhaps surprisingly, much of the coal traffic through Botanic Gardens won't be in North Eastern hoppers, but in private owner coal wagons. The North Eastern were known for using their own wagons for coal, but in our case where coal goes direct from colliery to the port it would be carried in the collieries’ own wagons. You will be able to see these as they develop on here.
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