HOW TO... BUILD A VIADUCT
Ask any rail enthusiast to name the features that characterise the Settle and Carlisle (S&C) and you’ll likely find stunning natural scenery and man-made structures such as viaducts and stone walling high on the list. Being a Cumbrian, keen fell walker, and with my background in physics, I find all of these very appealing. Given the chance, I set out to model key elements of the line.
My previous two ‘Kirkby Luneside’ layouts were my initial attempt to capture the glory of the S&C in model form. Both these layouts comprised a station and a scenic section, the emphasis of the latter being a large fell area, giving plenty of opportunities to incorporate dry-stone walling, a viaduct and the obligatory sheep!
The ongoing, current layout - Gill Head - is my latest S&C project, this time, with the central feature being, not a fell, but a viaduct. I can only hope that the end result will do justice to a line that fires the imagination of all who’ve seen it.
One is spoilt for choice with S&C prototype viaducts to model,
