The Great Glen...

[Zogbert Splod]

I've just heard of a plan to produce a TV show about railway modelling. The show would cover the building of a line along the length of Scotland's Great Glen, around 75 miles. The model would be in 'O' gauge.
I don't know if I would actually class this as 'modelling' as we know it on the forum here. Interesting though.
For now, that's all I know.....

[Zogbert Splod]

Just found this: http://www.classicogauge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1656

[daffy]

Could make for Nessie-sary viewing as it will be a monster of a model line.

[Zogbert Splod]

Doesn't matter what thread you look on in this forum lately, it's become pun central! I don't know who has trained you all but there were no sleepers in the class that day. 

[daffy]

Puns aside - I'm ignoring the temptation to pick up on your 'sleepers' @Zogbert Splod - let's hope the finished program, and the rail line, are more successful than James May's Flying Scotsman model outing, fun that it was.

Doesn't seem to be any time-frame mentioned.

[Newportnobby]

 
I thought this was a thread about a certain Mr Campbell but can see I was wrong so I'll leave quietly now.

[mr magnolia]

Doesn't seem to be any time-frame mentioned.

It'll be a part of the plan to keep us up here quiet and unthinking over the next little while. Just in case we get any ideas above our station... *flag*

Donald

[surfaceman]

Doesn't matter what thread you look on in this forum lately, it's become pun central! I don't know who has trained you all but there were no sleepers in the class that day. 

No need to rail against it!

[Zogbert Splod]

There's a bit more info on that forum now:-
http://www.classicogauge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1656

[daffy]

Many thanks for the update.

It will be an interesting venture.

[DELETED]

Living in Culloden I think I'll have to keep an eye out for this one.  I'm not sure how they'll manage to do that -I suspect there will be allot of TV smoke and mirrors employed artistic licence used but I was declared a pessimist from birth and prepared to be proven wrong.

Rich

[Zogbert Splod]

Living in Culloden I think I'll have to keep an eye out for this one.  I'm not sure how they'll manage to do that -I suspect there will be allot of TV smoke and mirrors employed artistic licence used but I was declared a pessimist from birth and prepared to be proven wrong.

Rich

I'm with you, I can't see them laying 75 real miles of 'O' gauge track. At the best it'll be lay some, run a bit, lift some from behind, move it ahead, repeat...  I'm still gonna watch it to see what they do though.....

[DELETED]

LoL

If we assume 40% trade discount off Hattons 12yd pack @ £73 I reckon we'd be talking £400k of track but the logistics would render it N/A anyway (I kniow what all the roads are like -and they're pretty AWFUL).  They'd be cheaper renting a sports pitch and setting up the scale run of track at £10k.  OR I suspect they'll pick a few scenic points on the way, lay a 100yds, film it, move on.  It'll be a bit like great canal journeys do.

.....not like we're talking Eastenders viewer figures so I'd be a little realistic what they're proposing.

Interesting project though!!

Rich

[austinbob]

In addition, if they're talking about laying all the track in the two week period, that's five miles of track a day.

[Graham Walters]

Latest news is that it's some collaboration between C4 and the BBC in Scotland, they are now putting out an appeal for volunteers to help out in the building of it.