Stunning. I'm not a railway modeller myself but I get the attraction to it. It's so sophisticated these days. I only had a transformer with a big red dial to go forward and backwards on my childhood Triang layout.
Best I could manage was a Lone Star push-along, which I still have sixty years later! I often think that I'd like to take up serious railway modelling but at this level of sophistication I wouldn't know where to start. Join a club, perhaps?
@@stuarthall6631 as my son described in the video, we started with a single loco and a one-metre piece of track for DCC and went from there, We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout if you like to see more :-)
Full marks for originality. This is an unusual choice of subject avoiding the twee scenes depicting the England which was traded for Beeching and the petrol engine! I remember having to travel to University on a filthy train in those BR days. I am not sure I like to be reminded! Thanks for uploading.
Wonderful attention to detail.... brilliant layout decisions. I hope you got plenty of awards for your efforts. Really need to put up layout plans with these
Absolutely love the way you have presented the music synchronised with the lights diming. So atmospheric, which encapsulates the whole ambience of your layout.
I like how, and especially seen in photographs, you have attained a “Pastel” type shade to everything. There’s a particular charm about it because nothing shouts out as being brash and outstanding on its own. The whole layout has a very uniform pastel shade and this makes it quite unique. Fabulous. All the best.
I know im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb lost my password. I would love any tricks you can offer me.
Really, really wonderful. From the time when I was a trainspotting kid. Well done for all the immaculate detail and the care and time you have spent. An absolute joy to see! Thank you.
I feel for the sad individual who felt they had to dislike this video. Jealous? Or a Troll? Anyway... Guys, you’ve done a supreme job, what an excellent layout. Be proud.
Yes. I agree. I notice that Geoff Marshall gets "dislikes" for his excellent railway/tube documentaries. What is wrong with people?! If one is not interested in this kind of video - don't watch it!
There is good and bad in whatever people do, but the wonderful thing about model railways is on the whole we all love the hobby regardless of era or skill level, this is why we built Oakley Green, to travel and meet people, but best of all to see the smiling faces :-)
As someone who never had room for a layout when I was was young, and who never will now I'm old, I live it vicariously through YT ! All familiar to me, this, as an ex-Pompey lad. This is a stunning layout - everything lit that should be lit, sensible speeds and of course (and I'm getting a worrying obsession with this) great weathering, grime and crap !
Visited a show during 2018 which this layout was part of during the early afternoon as things were winding down, the owners were kind enough to allow me to operate one or two locomotives movements from shed to fiddle yard and back again with a different loco it was so much fun especially with the sound being so realistic, well to my ears at least.
Lucky was the spotter who copped a class 40 when I were a lad in Berkshire in the 70's. I liked the fact that the Southern region where I lived had some quite unusual locos such as the Slim Jims, 73's and 74's. I used to go to school on a Tadpole!
Hopefully, in happier times to come I only hope to see this layout for myself. Without the shallow depth of focusing field imposed by the camera this must look absolutely incredible. I also commend you upon the unusual, industrial subject choice.
Ah, that's a wonderful layout. You two are great guys; I'm 49 years old and my first born, my baby boy, is 6 months old and my heart aches that he and I can do together whet you two both enjoy. It will complete my life. Thank you both for this inspiration; evidence that father and son can work so well together in adulthood. I'll be in my 70s, and he'll be fighting-off women, drink, university, careers, cars, and all the trappings of life of a young man in his 20s, in 20 years time. Hope he has time for me to do these things with him that you both enjoy.
I hope you can enjoy time with your son as well, we both this very busy lives but still find time to get together, We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout if you wish to see more.
Superb detail, lighting and photography. The weathering of the rolling stock especially. The period BR yellow vehicles appear too pristine, unlike the real ones that I remember, usually dull, weather faded looking. Otherwise, a fine video. Bravo!
Excellent layout and Detail lads one thing and dont get me wrong lack of lineside track cabling got to be there, look out any train window and you see it whether at points junctions or lights (signals) you always see the cabling..great vid ;)
Thanks for all the kind comments, We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout if you would like to see more :-) Jamie & Luc Mathlin Oakley Green
This is really great job here guys, could you confirm for me which train control system you are using as I am looking for something which will run multiple trains on a larger layout, I have only used the Dynamis controller so far but I think it will struggle when I start to run more than 10 or more trains at the same time . Regards Julian
we use NCE Power Cab, however, this is connected via USB to a Raspberry Pi computer which runs JMRI software where we have the loco roster and our route settings, this in turn is connected to a 5Ghz wifi router which connects to our phones where we use Engine driver App to run the locos. We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout There are many videos on how to use the software and app which are both free.
we use NCE Power Cab, however, this is just connected via USB to a Raspberry Pi computer which runs JMRI software where we have the loco roster and our route settings, this in turn is connected to a 5Ghz wifi router which connects to our phones where we use Engine driver App to run the locos. We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout
there are many great model shop online, I could not name them all, but start with Layouts4u, Ten Commandments, Severn models, Great Eastern Models, just to name a few :-) We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout if you wish to know more.
Like many modern layouts, nice scenery, but no comprehension of real life operational methods or the real railway rules covering operation & shunting. Ground level 2 aspect signals of the type seen are incorrect. You either need an electrically operated Southern disc with illuminating lamp, or a more modern 3 position shunt with red/white (stop) or two whites at 45 degrees (proceed with caution). Indeed if there are no passenger "Running Lines", then running signals are themselves unnecessary. Only ground level shunt signals at the exit from the Yard area, towards the "Running lines" are needed - see below. Running Line = Lines with any type of train including loaded passenger trains, branch or mainline. Which must have full signalling if loaded passenger trains are to travel along it. All facing points must have Facing Point Locks. Other lines = Include sidings; Yards; Depots and anything not classed as a running line. Only shunt signals normally required at the exit from such lines onto "Running lines". Loaded passenger trains - CANNOT accept shunt signals as permission to move ! Loaded passenger trains - if forced to make unusual moves, such as reversing over a crossover not fitted with a Facing Point Lock, then those points have to be manually "Clipped & Padlocked" and a Signalman has to hand flag the train over the points. Shunt signals should exhibit only red & whites or if a headshunt is involved yellow & white, or the mechanical equivalent. They DO NOT indicate that the line ahead is clear, which is why passenger trains are forbidden to accept them. Normal Running signals use red, yellows & Greens. Which indicate the state of the line ahead and give permission of at least one section as clear (to the next signal plus overlap.) Under TRACK CIRCUIT BLOCK RULES. Semaphore signals are different. They are normally working under ABSOLUTE BLOCK rules on multi-track passenger lines. The Distant is the most important signal. If clear it is indicating that ALL stop signals ahead throughout that signalbox area are also ALL showing clear. If the Distant is at caution it means that ONE or more of the stop signals ahead controlled by that signalbox is at DANGER. So the Distant must be positioned far enough in advance of the first stop signal to allow enough braking distance from the maximum line speed allowed. A 90mph line requires 1 mile between Distant and Home signal, and the distant would have to be electrically operated, as expansion and contraction in a mechanical wire of 1 mile length could allow incorrect movement of the semaphore arm. The above is just a little of the operational rules BR train drivers had to be fully conversant with !!!
he weathering is phenomenal. Terrifically done.
Agree weathering or making the trains look aged is what makes it more authentic looking
Stunning. I'm not a railway modeller myself but I get the attraction to it. It's so sophisticated these days. I only had a transformer with a big red dial to go forward and backwards on my childhood Triang layout.
Best I could manage was a Lone Star push-along, which I still have sixty years later! I often think that I'd like to take up serious railway modelling but at this level of sophistication I wouldn't know where to start. Join a club, perhaps?
@@stuarthall6631 as my son described in the video, we started with a single loco and a one-metre piece of track for DCC and went from there, We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout if you like to see more :-)
@@jamiermathlin I am not on Facebook but do appreciate your replying. Thank you.
Full marks for originality. This is an unusual choice of subject avoiding the twee scenes depicting the England which was traded for Beeching and the petrol engine! I remember having to travel to University on a filthy train in those BR days. I am not sure I like to be reminded! Thanks for uploading.
Wonderful attention to detail.... brilliant layout decisions. I hope you got plenty of awards for your efforts. Really need to put up layout plans with these
The weathering is phenomenal. Terrifically done.
Absolutely love the way you have presented the music synchronised with the lights diming. So atmospheric, which encapsulates the whole ambience of your layout.
Absolutely fabulous! The most realistic layout I’ve seen, definitely my favourite and congratulations. Wish it was mine
Love the detail of the wiper marks on the loco windows. Looks very realistic, especially for the grimy UK 70's.
Superb layout and really amazing realism...brilliant
Great video of a fantastic layout ,great piece of work 👍
What a lovely layout, so realistic and the weathering looks amazing. Thanks for sharing
Great Story and Location - Excellent Modelling and Weathering - Great Job & Top Skills in abundance 🥇
Looks just like the 70's, quite uncanny, clever, talented + lots of work made this.
Fab! What fantastic detail. I salute you.
I like how, and especially seen in photographs, you have attained a “Pastel” type shade to everything. There’s a particular charm about it because nothing shouts out as being brash and outstanding on its own. The whole layout has a very uniform pastel shade and this makes it quite unique. Fabulous. All the best.
I know im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an instagram account?
I was dumb lost my password. I would love any tricks you can offer me.
@Victor Drake instablaster =)
Absolutely outstanding colors, lighting, and weathering. Top shelf👍
An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. ♡ T.E.N.
At last someone who's not scared to weather there trains excellent detailed work
Absolutely, and together with the music it gives a very atmospheric impression.
Really, really wonderful. From the time when I was a trainspotting kid. Well done for all the immaculate detail and the care and time you have spent. An absolute joy to see! Thank you.
What a gem. Brilliant work lads.
Awesome, You have really nailed it with the details and authenticity. 🚂
One of the most detailed layouts I have ever seen.
Brilliant layout guys 👍
I like the weathering on the locos and rolling stock. Really good backdrop. Great model; well done guys
Stunning. The level of weathering is superb. Lovely details. This is a gem.
Great to see such accuracy even down to the vehicles fitting the time period, so often you see a 1970 layout with a van from the ‘80s but not here.
This is just superb, well done, what a great layout and theme and era...
Fantastic layout!
I grew up in Basingstoke so find the choice of rolling stock all too familiar :D Thank you for sharing!
Stunning level of detail. Well done lads!
I feel for the sad individual who felt they had to dislike this video. Jealous? Or a Troll? Anyway...
Guys, you’ve done a supreme job, what an excellent layout. Be proud.
Yes. I agree. I notice that Geoff Marshall gets "dislikes" for his excellent railway/tube documentaries. What is wrong with people?! If one is not interested in this kind of video - don't watch it!
There is good and bad in whatever people do, but the wonderful thing about model railways is on the whole we all love the hobby regardless of era or skill level, this is why we built Oakley Green, to travel and meet people, but best of all to see the smiling faces :-)
I think this is my favorite video you have made. Excellent work on the editing really enjoyable thank you.
As someone who never had room for a layout when I was was young, and who never will now I'm old, I live it vicariously through YT !
All familiar to me, this, as an ex-Pompey lad.
This is a stunning layout - everything lit that should be lit, sensible speeds and of course (and I'm getting a worrying obsession with this) great weathering, grime and crap !
Why not have a simple oval train set?
@@generalgrievous5615 'Twould be like being so inspired by the organ at Westminster Abbey that you take up the comb and paper......
What a great layout and fantastic scenery!
Beautifully detailed and weathered. A stunning job lads. I could only wish to create something as good.
Fantastic work gentlemen.
Unbelievable skill - normally you can spot the odd wonky lamppost or blotchy paint job but this is just flawless.
You layout is visually detailed and looks like it would be good fun to shunt in.
Visited a show during 2018 which this layout was part of during the early afternoon as things were winding down, the owners were kind enough to allow me to operate one or two locomotives movements from shed to fiddle yard and back again with a different loco it was so much fun especially with the sound being so realistic, well to my ears at least.
Perfect little masterpiece ! As real as it can get !
Beautiful. Looks superb.
It's wonderful to see all those earth tones of weathering tie everything together.
Excellent Layout and Great Video Have Subscribed 👍
I think your opening statement applies to most of us modelling in our adult hood! 😉
Nothing short of stunning.
Stunning, well done guys.
This is stunning!!
Lucky was the spotter who copped a class 40 when I were a lad in Berkshire in the 70's. I liked the fact that the Southern region where I lived had some quite unusual locos such as the Slim Jims, 73's and 74's. I used to go to school on a Tadpole!
Great layout set in my era and based on locations not far from me. Nice to see
Wow. I was born in Portsmouth and my late father worked the Permanent Way around many of the areas you mentioned. Very impressed guys well done.
Hopefully, in happier times to come I only hope to see this layout for myself. Without the shallow depth of focusing field imposed by the camera this must look absolutely incredible. I also commend you upon the unusual, industrial subject choice.
Really really good.
Love it, well done.
Great inspiration for my (rather more humble) effort.
That is a beautiful layout very inspiring indeed.
Absolutely amazing really enjoyed this, best regards
Looks great lads 🚂🚃🚃🚃
Excellent job, congrats!
Ah, that's a wonderful layout. You two are great guys; I'm 49 years old and my first born, my baby boy, is 6 months old and my heart aches that he and I can do together whet you two both enjoy. It will complete my life. Thank you both for this inspiration; evidence that father and son can work so well together in adulthood. I'll be in my 70s, and he'll be fighting-off women, drink, university, careers, cars, and all the trappings of life of a young man in his 20s, in 20 years time. Hope he has time for me to do these things with him that you both enjoy.
I hope you can enjoy time with your son as well, we both this very busy lives but still find time to get together, We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout if you wish to see more.
Lovely layout
The weathering and design makes it realistic.
lovely layout and locos
I love your videos its always interesting and informative
One of my favorites, they have really caught the feel
Stunning
As an occasional observer ot such, this is the most realistic I've seen
WOW!!! Superb layout.
Looks Great
Incredible
Superb detail, lighting and photography. The weathering of the rolling stock especially. The period BR yellow vehicles appear too pristine, unlike the real ones that I remember, usually dull, weather faded looking. Otherwise, a fine video. Bravo!
Excellent layout and Detail lads one thing and dont get me wrong lack of lineside track cabling got to be there, look out any train window and you see it whether at points junctions or lights (signals) you always see the cabling..great vid ;)
Very nice indeed - just wish the video had been a bit longer so we could see more!
As an achievement in art and engineering even da Vinci would be impressed, jealous even.
Not a big fan of the diesel era, but amazing detail, and excellent weathering.
Amazing...i agree.
Excellent.
Realism created so accurately here...
Impeccable!
Brilliant!
Thanks for all the kind comments, We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout if you would like to see more :-) Jamie & Luc Mathlin Oakley Green
Realy amazing!
This is really great job here guys, could you confirm for me which train control system you are using as I am looking for something which will run multiple trains on a larger layout, I have only used the Dynamis controller so far but I think it will struggle when I start to run more than 10 or more trains at the same time .
Regards Julian
we use NCE Power Cab, however, this is connected via USB to a Raspberry Pi computer which runs JMRI software where we have the loco roster and our route settings, this in turn is connected to a 5Ghz wifi router which connects to our phones where we use Engine driver App to run the locos. We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout There are many videos on how to use the software and app which are both free.
Very realistic details
Constable John working at fever pitch 0:18
Hi, great layout, what DCC system do you use?
we use NCE Power Cab, however, this is just connected via USB to a Raspberry Pi computer which runs JMRI software where we have the loco roster and our route settings, this in turn is connected to a 5Ghz wifi router which connects to our phones where we use Engine driver App to run the locos. We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout
Where do you get all these accessories?
there are many great model shop online, I could not name them all, but start with Layouts4u, Ten Commandments, Severn models, Great Eastern Models, just to name a few :-) We are on Facebook where we have many photos and videos facebook.com/oakleygreenlayout if you wish to know more.
This might not be the ‘Miss World’ of layouts, but it’s certainly an interesting one.
Yes
I keep thinking mine is an N scale but it’s an OO scale.
Someone has broken into my house and taken pictures of my layout.
hi great layout hope you like mine diesel dave
lol my second name is oakley 👍👍
ROLLING STOCK NEEDS A CLEAN ITS FILTHY
Like many modern layouts, nice scenery, but no comprehension of real life operational methods or the real railway rules covering operation & shunting. Ground level 2 aspect signals of the type seen are incorrect. You either need an electrically operated Southern disc with illuminating lamp, or a more modern 3 position shunt with red/white (stop) or two whites at 45 degrees (proceed with caution). Indeed if there are no passenger "Running Lines", then running signals are themselves unnecessary. Only ground level shunt signals at the exit from the Yard area, towards the "Running lines" are needed - see below.
Running Line = Lines with any type of train including loaded passenger trains, branch or mainline. Which must have full signalling if loaded passenger trains are to travel along it. All facing points must have Facing Point Locks.
Other lines = Include sidings; Yards; Depots and anything not classed as a running line. Only shunt signals normally required at the exit from such lines onto "Running lines".
Loaded passenger trains - CANNOT accept shunt signals as permission to move !
Loaded passenger trains - if forced to make unusual moves, such as reversing over a crossover not fitted with a Facing Point Lock, then those points have to be manually "Clipped & Padlocked" and a Signalman has to hand flag the train over the points.
Shunt signals should exhibit only red & whites or if a headshunt is involved yellow & white, or the mechanical equivalent. They DO NOT indicate that the line ahead is clear, which is why passenger trains are forbidden to accept them.
Normal Running signals use red, yellows & Greens. Which indicate the state of the line ahead and give permission of at least one section as clear (to the next signal plus overlap.) Under TRACK CIRCUIT BLOCK RULES.
Semaphore signals are different. They are normally working under ABSOLUTE BLOCK rules on multi-track passenger lines. The Distant is the most important signal. If clear it is indicating that ALL stop signals ahead throughout that signalbox area are also ALL showing clear.
If the Distant is at caution it means that ONE or more of the stop signals ahead controlled by that signalbox is at DANGER. So the Distant must be positioned far enough in advance of the first stop signal to allow enough braking distance from the maximum line speed allowed. A 90mph line requires 1 mile between Distant and Home signal, and the distant would have to be electrically operated, as expansion and contraction in a mechanical wire of 1 mile length could allow incorrect movement of the semaphore arm.
The above is just a little of the operational rules BR train drivers had to be fully conversant with !!!
too many close ups...dont want to look at middle aged blokes talking