On30 Picture Galleries

Here is a further selection of picture galleries of layouts and individual models in On30 scale. There are also a few examples of prototype inspiration. Simply click on the Gallery thumbnail to view and appreciate the work of many excellent modellers!

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	Don Mason's D&RGW diorama. After completing Mynydd Mawr brick works, Don spotted a piece of blank wall in his workshop so decided to fill it with this. The layout is 7ft long by 10 inches wide. The photos were first seen on the Association's Facebook page. Copyright Don Mason
	Bear Bottom & Topliss Railroad This On30 layout was built and exhibited by member Tony Woodward. It has since been dismantled and replaced with On30 modules. It is hoped that another layout, which will incorporate these modules, will be built in due course.
	The Texas Santa Fe & Northern Railroad - Reborn After Dave Angell's premature passing in 2015, his widow, Angela, generously donated Dave's three On30 modules to the On30 Track & Trestle Modular Group (OTT), of the Slim Gauge Circle, of which Dave had been a long-time member. In the meantime, his 17ft by 10ft layout, the Texas, Santa Fe & Northern Railroad, (see separate Gallery album), languished in his garage, untouched for three years. Angela asked the Association to advertise the layout in Narrow News, but after a year of only marginal interest, given it's unusual dimensions, it was clear that the layout would be unlikely to find a new home. Plans were made to eBay it and accept that it would most likely to be broken up for its buildings. Two of Dave's friends and members of the OTT, Jon Evans and Richard Coney, hatched a plan to purchase one half of the layout each. This was relatively easily accomplished as it had been built for occasional exhibition outings and could be disassembled into five boards of varying sizes. To cut a long story short, the family agreed to the proposal, as Dave's handiwork would live on, albeit in two sections. As result, Richard Coney took the two straight boards and Jon the three containing a two level helix, with impressive trestle bridge and mine buildings above. Richard incorporated his boards into his existing modular layout, one end by a slight readjustment of two of Dave's sidings and the other end by joining the layout to Dave's two modules via a short, transition board. A lot of work was undertaken to get the trackwork and the electrics right and in the meantime, Richard used the layout, and the now attached modules as a photographic backdrop to showcase locos and rolling stock on one of Facebook's most popular On30 forums. This was very successful. What follows is a selection of these photos offered for your entertainment and, hopefully, inspiration. Things change, often without prior planning, and just after Covid the garage in which the layout was erected was becoming so congested it was difficult to work on anything. When follow member Ken Dickson mentioned in passing that he wished he had known of the layout when it was first advertised for sale, a new plan was developed. In short, the Texas Santa Fe & Northern Railroad was re-located to Co. Durham with Ken, who also negotiated with Jon Evans to acquire the other half of the layout. It is now awaiting reconstruction, most likely with another transition board, to enable Ken to fit the complete layout into his shed at home. So, the story continues.
	Preserved Goose Following on from Bob Harper's 'Prototype Inspiation from Colorado' gallery, here is a set of detailed images of the preserved Tourist "Goose" No.5 which sits on a short length of track outside the rebuilt depot building at Dolores. He was allowed to clamber around inside, so these pictures may be of use to modellers.
	Prototype Inspiration from Colorado A series of images provided by Bob Harper of narrow gauge prototypes in Colorado, USA. Some have been published in Narrow Lines. Bob Harper writes: "These images are from a rail fanning trip with my brother to the Colorado narrow gauge in August 2017, followed by the 37th National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver. We used the opportunity to head west and cover the route of the Rio Grande Southern, which we had not been to before, and then a couple of days at Chama etc, on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway, before heading back to Denver for the Convention. Arriving in the hotel car park in Denver, the first people we saw were five other British friends!"
	Dave Angell's Texas, Santa Fe & Northern RR Dave Angell was a very talented model railway enthusiast, whose various layouts appeared in the modelling press and the exhibition circuit over many years. His Texas, Santa Fe & Northern On30 layout was built in his garage and whilst substantial in size and weight could, on occasion, be transported to exhibitions, so be enjoyed by us all. A member of the Slim Gauge Circle, Dave's On30 portable modules are the subject of another On30 Gallery. Tragically, Dave passed away after a short illness in 2015.
	Dave Angell's On30 Modules Dave Angell was a very talented model railway enthusiast, whose various layouts appeared in the modelling press and the exhibition circuit over many years. His On30 Texas Santa Fe & Northern Railroad layout in his garage is the subject of another On30 Gallery, but Dave was also one of the founder members of the Slim Gauge Circle's On30 Track & Trestle Modular Group, generally referred to as the OTT. He completed two 4ft by 2ft 6ins interconnected modules, one with a stamp mill and the other with an oil drilling set-up. These were taken to several exhibitions and Running Days, where they were incorporated into the large layout set up for the day with other Slim gauge members. Shortly before he passed away in 2015, Dave had been working on a new section of his garage layout to enable him to connect his two modules, but while he had it working, sadly, this section was never finished. However, his vision, and his undeniable modelling skills, live on through his work. Richard Coney now is the custodian of the modules and a third board Dave was working on, featuring a trestle bridge, which he shows occasionally in Dave's memory, together with examples of his locos and rolling stock.
	Stourwood Central - On3 Colorado Narrow Gauge This modest sized, but beautifully constructed and detailed On3 layout was built by Jim Tanner in the spare bedroom of his South Coast flat. Jim scratch built or modified most elements of his Denver & Rio Grande Colorado-inspired layout. The layout has since been dismantled and the locos and rolling stock dispersed to new homes as a result of a house move.