This video is a year by year history time lapse tour of the building of Davidson Parkway layout from 2006 to the current day (2022), from the construction of the shed, through to the the building of the baseboards and laying of track, to the addition of scenics and new rolling stock.
00:41 - 2006: Construction of the shed
02:54 - 2007: Completing the shed, planning the layout and building the baseboards
04:23 - 2008: Laying track and building the control panel
05:03 - 2009: Addition of a depot and starting the base scenery
05:39 - 2010: More base scenics and addition of a new fiddle yard under the layout
06:12 - 2011: More scenics
06:52 - 2012: The station canopy project
07:17 - 2013: Adding a backscene, kits and buildings
07:54 - 2014: More kits, the substation, trees
08:42 - 2015: More scenics: fences, static grass etc
09:44 - 2016: Overhead Electrification (OLE)
10:24 - 2017: Signals, automation and testing
11:19 - 2018: Signs and more details
12:16 - 2019: Troughing, details, CCTV camera, roadworks cameo etc
13:38 - 2020: Yard 2 loco sidings, Davidson Parkway canopy project and detailing
15:39 - 2021: Yard 2 and 3 project, more detailing and new rolling stock
18:54 - 2022: Yard 2 siding, Yard 4 project, new loco’s and rolling stock
Davidson Parkway has a 10 page feature within the November 2021 issue of BRM. Also previously featured within the September 2019 issue of Model Rail magazine.
Davidson Parkway can also be seen on RMWeb:
www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/137453-...
Many thanks to all the recent viewers and subscribers.
Some answers to Frequently Asked Questions below; hope these help ... feel free to ask any questions;
- The layout is approx 7m by 4.5m (22ft by 14ft)
- The layout is currently DC Analogue, however has future provision to convert to DCC.
- The OLE is only for cosmetic purposes; the pantograph heights on some loco’s have been set just below the wire height; others still to set.
- The layout has been approx 13yrs so far in development; but still plenty to-do.
- The layout is based within the U.K. along the West Coast Main Line somewhere around Stafford - Crewe - Warrington area between mid 1980s to early 2000s.