Grand Imperial Railway

Building the "Grand Imperial Railway"

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PlateDescription — Plates 1-36Plate Added
IntroductionAbout the scale; photography notesSEP 2003
Plate 1View looking westSEP 2003
Plate 2Northeast corner of layoutSEP 2003
Plate 3Southwest corner of layoutSEP 2003
Plate 4The Hornby "Flying Scotsman" train setSEP 2003
Plate 5The Hornby "Flying Scotsman" displayed with boxSEP 2003
Plate 6The Hornby "Flying Scotsman" displayed with boxSEP 2003
Plate 7The Hornby "Flying Scotsman" in its foam packagingSEP 2003
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Plate 13The box containing the Hornby "Flying Scotsman" train set, back coverSEP 2003
Plate 14View looking West: a Hornby "TrakMat"SEP 2003
Plate 15The first 1/12 scale “concept model”, north faceSEP 2003
Plate 16The first 1/12 scale “concept model”, south faceSEP 2003
Plate 17The second 1/12 scale “concept model”, first version, north faceSEP 2003
Plate 18The second 1/12 scale “concept model”, first version, east faceSEP 2003
Plate 19The second 1/12 scale “concept model”, first version, south faceSEP 2003
Plate 20View looking west, underside of the baseboard showing construction detailsSEP 2003
Plate 21View looking west, east face of the "box cover" that fits over the supporting tableSEP 2003
Plate 22View looking west, underside of the baseboard and "box cover", showing construction detailsSEP 2003
Plate 23View looking west, underside of the baseboard and "box cover", showing construction detailsSEP 2003
Plate 24View looking west, underside of the baseboard and "box cover", showing construction detailsSEP 2003
Plate 25Illumination over the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 26Illumination over the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 27Illumination over the layoutSEP 2003
Plate 28View looking west, trial fit of Hornby trackSEP 2003
Plate 29View looking west, trial fit of Hornby trackSEP 2003
Plate 30East face, trial fit of Hornby trackSEP 2003
Plate 31North face, trial fit of Hornby trackSEP 2003
Plate 32North face, trial fit of Hornby trackSEP 2003
Plate 33The real thing! Looking east from a pedestrian overpass at Trestle Lane in Cobleskill, New York, USA, along the Canadian Pacific Railway tracksSEP 2003
Plate 34The real thing! Looking east from a pedestrian overpass at Trestle Lane in Cobleskill, New York, USA, along the Canadian Pacific Railway tracksSEP 2003
Plate 35The real thing! Looking east from a pedestrian overpass at Trestle Lane in Cobleskill, New York, USA, along the Canadian Pacific Railway tracksSEP 2003
Plate 36The real thing! Looking east from a pedestrian overpass at Trestle Lane in Cobleskill, NY, along the Canadian Pacific Railway tracksSEP 2003