DUNFERMLINE UPPER 62C & CHARLESTOWN KILN
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Layout name: Dunfermline Upper 62C and Charlestown Kiln
Scale/Gauge:4mm:1ft/16.5mm gauge/00
Size: 1.8m x 0.8m (Dunfermline) and 1.6m x 0.8m (Charlestown)
Era/Region: Nationalisation 1960s
Layout type: End-to-end
Everything in my life appears to revolve around the railways. I’m an employee of the railways, I volunteer on heritage lines in organising events and undertake a lot of photography focused mainly on steam. It has meant that I rather neglected the modelling side of the hobby, especially due to the lack of ready-to-run representation of the Scottish Region. I have a handful of locomotives collected for display in a cabinet, but I’m frequently watching developments on modelling forums and looking in awe at most of the skills being shared by the community.
In particular, I’ve always been inspired by the layouts ‘Kylesku’ and ‘Far North Line’ and locomotive creations of Richard ‘Ben Alder’ on RMweb alongside Gary Patterson’s own conversions from RTR stock into Scottish Region designs. I always thought, “One day, when I finally explore modelling, I would like to achieve what these
