Back in the late 1970s while I was conducting research into the “Woodhead route” for a themed N Gauge layout, my father and I ended up at “Sheffield Victoria” station after a field trip to take photographs.  I took some 80 extra slides that day of the station, just before it was consigned to history as the demolition contractors had already moved in. The first project resulted in the Parkwood Springs / Brookside layout built between 1978-80.  For the following years I often returned to the photos of “Sheffield Victoria” to try to work out a practical small layout design; 3 years ago I finally got on with it and made a start on its construction. What you now see is the progress so far.  It’s certainly not finished by any means but it is getting there.  Further information came from books and other photographs, some from friends and others found on the internet. Most of the stock was built for use on the old “Brookside” layout which has now been sold on, but the catch phrase remains the same;
NO Item is running straight from the box