The Darkside of the Model
Being that I have only ever visited Goathland and the surrounding area twice and that both of these occasions were some time before I actually decided to recreate the station as a hobbie, recreating it has been a bit of a task.
I only have my memories, a few personal photographs, the wonderful GoogleMaps and Google Street View and what ever photos I find on Google that kind people post on the internet of their visit; at my disposal. This has proven to be a little difficult to accurately understand the areas of the station that I didn't actually visit when I was there, and of course there isn't going to be a photo of every area that I need.
This has caused me to create some parts through an educated guess. For the most part this has worked well, however occasionally this has proven to create errors that I can't easliy correct, especially the second siding which now hosts the Camping Coaches.
I assumed that the siding would be like any other platform and be sunken a few feet (in scale) to allow for the trackbed, however I have recently discovered a photograph from the 1970s that clearly shows that infact they are on the same level as the main platforms, so in theory "raised".
I had to make a guess on this one as up to now all the photos that I had access to only showed up the the platform dividing wall and not beyond.
After looking in to the possibilities of correcting my error I have at least for the time being decided that it will have to stay as it is, otherwise I will have to take up all the track that I have laid for the siding on both sections of the model in order to establish the correct incline. This would be a massive job to do and may not actually work, I am also a bit concerned that it would cause more damage than good.
However I have had a bit of luck getting some images looking down over the top and to the back of the waiting room gift shop. This has been a part of the model that has laid dormant for nearly two years as I had no idea (Apart from images on Google Street View from the ground) as to what the back hills and footpath looked like. But someone recently uploaded some images of a rambling walk they did along the back of Goathland station, and this has given me a wonderful view of the area I was missing.
I only have my memories, a few personal photographs, the wonderful GoogleMaps and Google Street View and what ever photos I find on Google that kind people post on the internet of their visit; at my disposal. This has proven to be a little difficult to accurately understand the areas of the station that I didn't actually visit when I was there, and of course there isn't going to be a photo of every area that I need.
This has caused me to create some parts through an educated guess. For the most part this has worked well, however occasionally this has proven to create errors that I can't easliy correct, especially the second siding which now hosts the Camping Coaches.
I assumed that the siding would be like any other platform and be sunken a few feet (in scale) to allow for the trackbed, however I have recently discovered a photograph from the 1970s that clearly shows that infact they are on the same level as the main platforms, so in theory "raised".
I had to make a guess on this one as up to now all the photos that I had access to only showed up the the platform dividing wall and not beyond.
After looking in to the possibilities of correcting my error I have at least for the time being decided that it will have to stay as it is, otherwise I will have to take up all the track that I have laid for the siding on both sections of the model in order to establish the correct incline. This would be a massive job to do and may not actually work, I am also a bit concerned that it would cause more damage than good.
However I have had a bit of luck getting some images looking down over the top and to the back of the waiting room gift shop. This has been a part of the model that has laid dormant for nearly two years as I had no idea (Apart from images on Google Street View from the ground) as to what the back hills and footpath looked like. But someone recently uploaded some images of a rambling walk they did along the back of Goathland station, and this has given me a wonderful view of the area I was missing.