Hi graham I'm so so glad you are resurrecting the ash pit you scratch built as I absolutely loved watching you bring that to life. Looking forward to seeing the tmd and steam shed take shape again. Peter from birmingham

Awesome Graham, just awesome. 21:00 Just In Time Delivery - how appropriate! 23:34 "There are no wheels on it" - YET - and lighting to come… You will need some 'gawpers' looking over the highstreet wall at the container yard activity, I know I'd be looking! A whole new adventure at Lakeside. Have a great 2020.

A great start to the new phase for Lakeside Graham, looking forward to the construction and your excellent added details as it develops. Once again thanks for videoing your progress and sharing it with all your subscribers. Cheers Steve

Phew! I have finally caught up, so pleased to see so much of the old Lakeside being re-used on Mark 2. That container crane is bloody impressive and really does look the part. It is going to be another exciting year of construction.

a man with a plan. and when i say that I mean the whole layout. you got the back scenes completed and now building more benchwork and building outward. you are an inspiration to me, for sure. I am at the stage of hurry up and run track. and watching you brings it all back, slow, steady, make sure it works well, then move on. I just want to say thank you Graham, for your guidance

Hi Graham, the first week of 2020 isn't finished yet and you've built another layout onto your existing one. First impressions, looking fantastic. Cheers John.

Graham enjoy your videos look forward to your container yard whatever way you want it everyone has ways of doing it differently I look forward to seeing how it looks id be surprised if you have it loading and unloading the containers once finished happy modelling all the best

Exciting to see the industrial stuff going in... and the village. Even though I'm not a model train hobbyist, your videos are such an inspiration for the hobbies I DO engage in... seeing how much work you get done, and your general demeanor. Exemplary stuff!

Hi Graham I am amazed at the progress you have made on the new lakeside. I have been viewing your channel since late 2018. I remember Christmas that year you were running the big boy on a temporary layout on the carpet and you were talking about building the new lakeside starting in January. I admire people like you. I have a layout but nothing like yours. I look forward to future videos . Happy New year to you and your wife and happy modelling. Basil MC Donnell Ireland.

Excellent video and great progress has been made and I look forward to seeing further updates to your TMD,container terminal and turntable Great work Graham

Nice work, all I've got done over the past few years is make a wooden frame around my garage. An idea I had was to put everything I have under my framework on castors or boards with castors to give easy access when wiring etc.

Looking good Graham! 👍👍

Lol Graham I love your approach to all this pc c@#p “don’t like it turn it off” Looking good mate can’t wait to see the extension take shape Happy New Year fella

Looks good. Overhead crane area I think needs to be concrete and the rails sunk in so trucks can go over them and there is a storage facility on the roadway if required. Crane only has one rail per side. If the crane is electric, don't forget the trailing lead on the bobbin. Happy New Year, Des.

Three days into 2020 and you've already done a shed load of work! Nicely done mate. I shall get my finger out.....soon! Cheers

Great update. Man you have been very busy. Everything looks great. Thanks for sharing. Dave

Enjoy the track planning part (and your coffee). Looking forward to your next segment!

Hi Graham, Happy New Year. Layout coming along nicely you have plenty of room to play with looking forward to your next vid. All the best TONY [GRIFFIN STATION].

Epic Graham. It's going to be one heck of a freight yard.

Yet another successful plan set in motion :) The Manor House does look better now in that position so price for accomodation will have to go up lol. Look forward to more :)

Neat addition. Lots of new room to fill up with a container yard. The manor house has been a favorite structure of mine since the first video I watched that included it. The container crane is really nice. You should definitely put wheels on it and add rails for it to sit on. Maybe one day fix it to move containers with remote control. 👍

Hi Graham, Happy New year first of all. Some great ideas as always and whatever you decide to do, I am sure you will smash it as usual. I like the fact you are keeping some steam interest too and it will look flawless with the freighters in my opinion. Cheers mate, Chris

The lighting on your layout is very good especially like street lighting and houses.👍🏻😀 I like the modern trains you have.

Hello Graham, now, that was a very productive 4 hours. Nice work. Knowing you, that beautiful crane won’t stay static forever. It’s absolutely huge. Love it. This new scene will be wonderful to watch come together. Okay....enjoy yourself. See ya next time.

looking good Graham , nice to see plain boards ...pointing to what's to come !!!

Hi Graham- Wow those changes are going to add another level to the layout I for one will be watching to see how it progresses and no doubt the detail will be excellent. Have a Happy and healthy 2020 . Cheers Kev

Wow, that's some big changes! The more space you can "steal" (as we say here), the better. It's going to be epic when finished.

The Container Yard extension is coming along nicely Graham. Looking forward to future video on the yard build.

Yes, great looking crane! Yes, I bet eventually it will be a fully operational crane! I'm so far behind in watching your videos. Layout looks great!

Good job Gresham.... impressive

Hi Graham, Nice crane. You don't need wheels to put it on a track, you only need to make a cut of 1 mm in the feet of the crane.As you will never drive it up and down the track, you can just slide it to another position.

All good stuff Graham. The extension looks great. Well done. All the best.

Great update Cant wait to see your progress

Hello Graham, Well you are doing what you said you were trying to avoid, that is making it cramped and complicated. I would suggest the permanent drop down option and move the drawers to the other side of the room just left of the lake. Always interesting to see what's happening at Lakeside. Cheers mate, David.

Great extension, looking forward to seeing it progress.

can't wait to see the village finished ….. love your layout

Hi and happy new year. Just a suggestion, would it be better to swop the road to the back edge near the walk way and keep the tracks nearer the existing line into the areas. The road down from the high street would need only 1 slope with access to the terminal moved to the small infill piece next to the manor house. Just a thought to save a bit of extra room. All the best Ian

I would be amazed if, in a year’s time, the crane is not fully automated and loading/unloading containers as if by magic!

Really looking forward to following this build ... love the crane 🏗

Excellent video as always! The crane looks the business

Hi Graham, thought I had been busy but you have achieved so much, looking forward to seeing your heritage line. Glynn

Absolutely brilliant Graham 👍 three days in to 2020 and you have surprised me Graham what you are building it looks like it will be a interested build for this year makes me want to get started on my back in the loft but a long way to go for me yet hopefully 2020 will be the start of leicestertmd/station to be reborn back where it started. Take care for now Graham and keep up the great work 👍👍 many thanks Gary leicestertmd

Fantastic Graham so impressed.

The Container crane is fantastic & would look even better on oo9 track using 4 modified 009 coach bogie's ( Peter's Spares ) picking up the containers via clever use of magnets, up & down movement using your station platform lift concept. A Project for the future i think?....... Andy

Graham, Lovely job. And in eight hours, remarkable. Now you can sit back with a cup of tea and Glenalba. Toast ta' ya'. Jim

Happy New Year Graham. your layout is looking fantastic. Can I ask, what make are the terrace houses in the village?

hi graham happy new year what a start to 20/20 some great projects, looking really good really looking forward to seeing the finished yards all the beast al 👍😁👍👍

HI Graham What a great start to 2020 you have great idear's and i always enjoy your video it is done so well. All the best Dave.

Great start to 2020 Grham, but as other people say you'll get that crane working! Quick qquestion. Does one of your previous videos show the building of the manor house? I have looked but I'm probably just to stupid to find it.

Happy new Year Graham, i can wait to see what else you get up to this year all the best Tony

Good work Graham, looking forward to seeing the end result.

Evening Graham That's going to look great, I'm surprised you didn't go for the Heljan Container Crain like on "Warren Lane" but as someone has mentioned about this one being automated by the end of the year, that would just top it off a treat mate 👍

Looking forward to this next phase of the layout Graham looks very interesting so await the next update .......

Looking great Graham. It’s as I had in my head for the sheds for the steamers, but the container facility and the TMD is a brilliant idea. You can imagine that it was once maybe an old marshalling yard and goods area in steam days that has been developed over the years to handle modern freight. Looking forwards as always to seeing it develop. The crane is a lovely central focal point. Thanks for sharing. Oh and by the way, Happy New Year or Boas Festas Feliz Novo Ana from Portugal. Clive.

Remember to leave a bit of room for yourself Graham!! :-) It looks great. Happy new year!!

Great video graham and nice start on the container yard

Looks great Graham, remember less is more sometimes, 4 tracks deep will be ample but upto you at the end of the day. Happy New Year

Great expansion Graham!!! I am curious about the following videos. Cheers Onno.

Happy New Year and thanks for a great year of Lakeside. I like the addition. Not sure if it's your final placement, but I wonder if the container lift could move to the left a bit so your elevator and station entrance are in full view.

Great work mate well done!

Looks like it's going to be a great addition. Only thing I would say is that the turntable may be better positioned inside one section rather than over a join. Would minimise the amount of work required to reinforce the cut outs (unless you intend to mount it on the surface with a short rise leading up to it). Looking forward to another year of inspiring work :)

Hello Graham from erie, PA! Love tour layout!!

Look like you got a lot plan for this year can't wait

Wow! that's going to be a lot of work. I just love your Manor House diorama. Is there a video of you making it. I have just finished putting one together and made a cock up with one roof section and when I removed it, it took some of the roof paper with it. I photocopied another piece of roof twice and made two repair sections. There is a slight difference in the shade. It is on the back roof so I am hoping that it will not be seen. We seem to have lost three KZfaqrs, Barrie Davis, Charlie Bishop. and John's Train Set Is it because of Coppa? Can you still post videos if you put the disclaimer at the start? Concern. Martin (Dhaka, Bangladesh.)

You have solved a problem for me thank you

Hi Graham, Happy New Year to you. I think the TMD/Container Depot will look really good in the format that you have it in now, one thing you may have to consider, is a concrete hard standing over part of the track, wide enough for the Trucks to turn around on so they can drive back out. ...Cheers. Les.

Great work - you really are spoiling us :)

What progress and its only the 3rd day of Christmas and my post man gave to me....oophs I mean the New Year! Looks fantastic and what potential, having a blank canvas again has really fired you up. The access to the rear has worked out so well, great sound logical reasoning as usual. Like very much the Metcalfe engine shed modification (I have just joined two goods yards in tandem), how do you weather them, it is extremely realistic - is it by airbrush? Is it possible for you to give some insight when doing say the container lift please?

hi garham brian hear you should never mind what people think about you smoking you can its a hobby and you are doing a great job on the layout keep up the excellent work and enjoy it love to see the layout videos all the time

Looks great keep up the great work 👍

Wow your almost as fast as Jenny Kirk. Great progress on the new area, are you going to get all that into the space? I mean TMD, steam shed and Container Terminal...........Your going to have to plan that really well, and I can't wait to see how you get on. As regards the Container Terminal, I quite often take containers into Daventry International Railfreight Terminal for work. There is a siding or two outside the compound, then the trains get brought inside for loading/unloading only. That means they store containers for later trains on the ground inside the compound. They don't have a big crane like yours but use a Kelmar container handler, like a big forklift, without forks which picks up the containers using the top twist locks and loads them onto the waiting lorries or the train. The whole compound is concrete with sunken rail, which allows the Kelmar and lorries access to load/unload and turn round. One other thing, very important, make sure the doors on the containers are at the back of the lorries, else they can't be unloaded when they get to their destination, very important and many red faced drivers over the years have got that one wrong. Hope these comments help you Graham, looking forward to the next instalment, regards Dave.

Hi Graham, smoking, no one else’s business as you say if they don't like the can bog off! Steve

It's looking great - Happy New Year.

Looks great 👍

Graham don't compromise on the extension hinge idea like you have stated it will make access a doddle to reach the back scene, also have you thought about modifying your top storage drawer front to hinge down using cupboard ball latches to secure when lifted back up you would not need the flap to be the complete width of the drawer 4 to 6 inch in from each end would give you good access to your stored stock. I am thinking that it would be easier than moving the whole drawers forward like you have planned but i respect you may differ. Happy new year Graham & Kind regards, ....Andy

Greetings from the United States! I am thinking of placing a cargo terminal on a separate portion of my Oregon-based layout. It would be near Portland, which is a decent bit away from my area in South-Central Oregon; however, with clever usage of scenic transitions, distance is left to the imagination upon viewing each scene of the layout.

Hi Graham, Happy New Year to you, hope you had a good Christmas, do like watching your videos. given me some great ideas :) for when i start building my N Gauge layout. I work for Freightliner based at Tilbury, and before they closed the Container part down we (their still there but used for other traffic) had 2 crane roads separated down the middle with a roadway for lorries to enter and on and off load. with a (what we called ) Banjo at the end for lorries to turn, Both roads are laid on normal ballast, using concrete sleepers under the cranes. hope this helps :) going off subject, how did you progress with the lift doors?

Love the layout it looks so chuffing good love the details of it keep it up see you in the next video

Pretty cool

superb my friend..well done.

Graham, happy new year! Interesting to see how you go with the container yard, especially if the yard ends up being mostly static. Or will you have Faller for the container lorries? You may wish to look at the plans for an American style marshalling yard (with in- and out-roads) and then have the container crane as the “industry” that the marshalling yard supports. In the real world (yes, not needed for your railway) does the train move under the crane, or does the crane tracks and road extend for the whole length of a train? Your running session of a couple of days ago had a good length container train, and it would be a shame if your terminal could not deal with that. Just a consideration, which I’m sure you’ve already got a plan for! Regards, Tom

Wow, I am enthralled by your layout. I was thinking that your Steam area would make a great location for a Transport Museum. Looking forward to see how you progress this.

Great work, Graham 👍like👍 greetings from germany, martin

I'm looking forward to seeing this new area being built up and I am sure it will look amazing. As for the container crane movement, as a suggestion (maybe not prototypical, but functional) you could lay down N gauge or smaller track buried below a concrete surface. Then maybe build four N gauge bogies from wagons with a short wheel base. With yellow painted plastic card skirting to hide the wheels, but with a lip around the top edges to rest the four legs of the crane on to enable the unit to glide up and down the length of the yard.

its amazing what vision, skill and enthusiasm cab achieve :) this is looking superb.

Excellent expansion project - as always. How you'll organise the track plan is too much to take in without a single malt or two for inspiration.

Looking good so far Graham, havent been following much recently but the layout is looking great so far. I went to trains4u today and brought a few bits for my n gauge layout going to try and get quite a bit done lol.

cool love the crane....

Am I right in saying you've only got one line coming off the main line into the container and engine shed ? If so the steam engines once turned go back onto the same exit line doesn't that mean they will be running the wrong way once they are back on the main line if so what is the point of a turntable ? Or am I missing something

Graham, that is looking awesome. Looking forward to the next video in this build series. How far from the front edge to the back near the police car scene? Will you have access to that area if you need to? Congrats on the progress so far. Thanks for sharing. Ken

I bet the occupant of the manor house never expected to have a loco depot next door. The depot manager will probably have numerous complaints about noise and fumes!

Hi Graham, Nice plans in hot head, and seeing the start of those plans coming together, I wonder what extra bonus you will add on to it that will make your layout unique, a Monorail maybe, or it more than lightly as case of wait and see future boy. lol Look forward to seeing you progress. 👍 Thumbs Up 👍

Smoke on brother

Great video Graham ,My only concern is how you are going to get access to under the road to the storage yard once the extension is fixed permanently in place ,Regards David

Everything is turning out beautifully Graham, I love the manor house, what a beauty! Now you have given the layout a whole new feel, more room Very well done, looking forward to part 2.

David Broadbent 3 days ago (edited) love your videos were was your signal box from or was it scratch built just starting out in the hobby and you have give me many ideas keep up the good work Graham

sorry graham where did you get th yard lights

What a great space to fit this yard into , so looking forward to this next chapter .......Peter

You have certainly been busy again Graham since the start of the new year and all in just a couple of days. I like the way you have planned everything out to fit exactly where you want things to be and to have the steam engine sheds and turntable where have placed them is the best place to have them. The new crane is a beauty and although its not a fully motorised version, no doubt knowing you, by this time next year, you will have worked something out to actually have a full working model. Love everything you have done with the extensions so far and it will look brilliant once it is finished. Cheers for now buddy.............................Geoff