CREATING FENCES

In the US you are likely, if you live near a railway crossing, to be woken up at night by a train sounding its horn. The reason for this is that the railway is, in the main, unfenced and so the train must sound a warning. Contrast this with the UK, where lines are fenced in. This even extends to gardens. In the US, many suburban areas are open plan with just grass between houses, but in Britain, we usually clearly mark the boundaries in some way. It means we have an awful lot of fencing in the country.

When modelling fences there are many factors to consider. First is the era you are modelling. New fencing types have appeared over the years and modern materials employed. Rural fencing is often different from urban fencing, and since we are primarily interested in modelling the railway scene, we must consider if the fence is a railway fence.

Returning to the earlier eras, the