I belong to a couple of model railway forums and recently in the course of various discussions my interest in n gauge came under discussion. I did talk about the 'rediscovery' of my UK outline n gauge layout back in December and you can find that post here. Further discussion led to memories of a large 2mm fine scale (which is like n gauge but the track is built to a much finer tolerance and scale) called Chee Tor which appeared I think in the mid 1990s. It was different in as much as it was mostly rugged Derbyshire landscape with a railway running through it. It was one of the early railway in a landscape layouts which at the time was very revolutionary. It was also mounted high up so you were almost at eye level with the layout. I can remember being awe inspired when I saw it the first time and determined to build my own version. Yes, that was another unfulfilled dream on the Woody list! Anyway back to the model railway forum and talk then went onto the Blue Pullmans which British rail ran back in the 1960s and actually went through Derbyshire. There is a video of Chee Tor on You Tube where if you go to about 2.40 into the video the Blue Pullman runs through.
Although a the time the layout was built and exhibited no commercial model in n gauge existed, so it was a scratch built model, fast forward to about 2010 and following the release of the 00 gauge Blue Pullman by Bachmann, Graham Farish released the model in n gauge. I have that somewhere but inconveniently I cannot find it! However I also have the later Western Pullman which is a re-liveried Blue Pullman.
Given all the talk of n gauge, layouts and Pullmans I felt a need to run one so out it came. A fantastic model and it runs so well with both power cars actually motorised and lighting at each end.
All this talk of n gauge is reawakening my love of the gauge! Oh dear!
