One Man's Railway: 0 Gauge in the Garden
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This book is about one ordinary person’s efforts, largely carried out single-handedly and with limited funds, to build a model railway layout in his garden that runs just like the real thing.
It is based on Brymbo in North Wales, where the GWR and LNER were joined by the LMS in the search for mineral wealth. Allen Jackson’s recreation runs between three sheds and features empty and loaded coal trains travelling from colliery to steelworks; pickup goods; branch passenger and excursion traffic; and even its very own CCTV and system to aid signalling.
Packed with wonderful illustrations including photographs and layout diagrams, this book is a wonderful tribute to a lifetime’s hobby and will delight railway modellers both young and old.
Originally hailing from York Allen joined the RAF as an apprentice and served on the engineering side with Cold War aircraft at home and overseas. Still in the RAF he qualified as a teacher at an apprentice training school where he taught Mathematics, Physics and Mechanical Engineering Science. Upon leaving the service he worked for a company who manufacture bespoke computer systems and taught these systems all over the world. Latterly involved with Fire and Rescue Services in the UK and Bahrain from whence he formed his own business in 2004. He has been writing since 2014 with fifteen books with Amberley published so far.