In real life Leeds Sovereign Street was a tram depot… The area was dark and dismal in daytime. The street lights were last cleaned before WW2. It was almost depressing. Nighttime was almost a no-go area, but I (age 8, 9, 10) and others walked the area to travel elsewhere. I loved the area.
Today Sovereign Street is the area to be seen. Cafes, restaurants. boutique shops.
I just go back in time when before WW1 trains ran from Dewsbury to Leeds Sovereign Street. Then on to Wetherby. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway wanted their own route to York, but the Great War intervened. The route then became a ‘backwater’; a secondary route, but lives on in my railway dream.
A silly few minutes.
A double headed train. The front loco is a clockwork one. The one behind is ‘Zephyrus’, formally ‘Percy’ from the Thomas the Tank range.
Another part of my layout is called Crown Point Goods Yard. The real goods yard was called Hunslet/Midland Goods Yard. To model anywhere near like it would take too much room. On closure it became Crown Point Retail Park.
Hence Crown Point Goods Yard on my layout. Part of it shown here.
Mark. I thank you for your kind words.
One thing. If your layout does look like mine prepare yourself for so many errors.
Three times in my life I have been told I did not have long to live. (One day they will be right lol) Anyway, because of what doctors have said I have tended to rush getting jobs done. Model railroading is one.
Now I am trying to correct the errors (and there are many). As they say ‘A Model railroad is never finished’.
In Trouble. Mary Smith is in trouble for being late back. Mary had gone to play with the kids in the back streets and forgot the time. Her mother (Jenny) is ‘having words with her.’