Quote from: Newportnobby on January 22, 2026, 12:48:20 PMEpic intro to this track but I very much suspect Rush are an acquired taste

Hmmmm. I don't know much about Rush but was quite enjoying that until the vocals kicked in.

As for intros, I've always rather liked this from The Stone Roses :

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Quote from: port perran on January 22, 2026, 11:21:57 AMMy thoughts are that it isn't really relevant to an LMS themed layout and to me the double access steps on either side look a little strange.

Double access is fairly common at very large and busy stations but not at smaller ones.

Thanks for your feedback! So if it's not LMS, what other region/railway would it be? My hunch is that it's a bit generic.

I think that those concrete footbridges were used by the Southern quite extensively rather than other regions but someone might well prove me wrong.
Having said that, there was one at Trowbridge where I grew up (GWR/WR territory) but that was a footpath crossing rather than at the station.
I imagine it's still there.

Epic intro to this track but I very much suspect Rush are an acquired taste

Quote from: port perran on January 22, 2026, 11:21:57 AMMy thoughts are that it isn't really relevant to an LMS themed layout and to me the double access steps on either side look a little strange.

Double access is fairly common at very large and busy stations but not at smaller ones.

Thanks for your feedback! So if it's not LMS, what other region/railway would it be? My hunch is that it's a bit generic.

Quote from: port perran on January 22, 2026, 11:21:57 AMMy thoughts are that it isn't really relevant to an LMS themed layout and to me the double access steps on either side look a little strange.

Double access is fairly common at very large and busy stations but not at smaller ones.

Thanks! Yes, it was the double-access and its height (being slightly too tall) that were my main concerns.

My thoughts are that it isn't really relevant to an LMS themed layout and to me the double access steps on either side look a little strange.

Double access is fairly common at very large and busy stations but not at smaller ones.

I kit bashed this Ratio SR concrete footbridge to give alternative directions of ascent on each platform because the platforms are staggered. You would not provide an access route just to a platform end, as you have at the back of your model.

The Ratio kit also has open supports as mentioned above, and is an SR modular design. Helps my layout look southern.

Bob G

Kind of reminds me of the old Lone Star footbridge

The footbridge would also look better with intermediate landings on the four main staircases, with an equal number of risers to each side. The headroom (i.e. top of track to u/s of the main span) should be no less than 35mm to represent approximate standard headroom clearances. Say 40mm just in case!

Tim 

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 22, 2026, 03:36:03 AMThe 'Greenland' tariffs have been dropped (source BBC News midnight 21.1.26)

I hope they didn't shatter when they landed on the ground.

OR

"Should have gone to Iceland"

I'll get my coat.