This is Pulborough Episode 1

The first of a short series of videos of the iconic layout 'Pulborough' (LBSCR c1910), filmed at the layout's final appearance at the Pulborough Heritage Weekend in September 2023. It has now been finally retired after 40 years on the exhibition circuit, and winner of many 'Best Layout' awards.

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  • @michaelricks1618
    @michaelricks16185 ай бұрын

    Wonderful old-time layout; full of atmosphere and amazingly skilled model-making. Thanks so much for sharing!

  • @stevenperry7493
    @stevenperry74935 ай бұрын

    That Barry was a pleasure to watch .Love the attention to detail & the terrier was very interesting .Thank you for that .😊

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Hello Steven I'm glad you enjoyed it. As I'm sure you know, the two terriers converted to 2-4-0's didn't stay like that very long. They were somewhat inelegant in that guise!

  • @davidcarter3109
    @davidcarter31095 ай бұрын

    A superb video. Superb layout. Brilliant loved it. Well done.

  • @ModelRailwaysUnlimited
    @ModelRailwaysUnlimited5 ай бұрын

    Oh my goodness that was absolutely amazing 👏 I worked through Pulborough nearly every day of my career and often wondered how it might have looked, now I know. 🎉

  • @monsvillerailways5736
    @monsvillerailways57365 ай бұрын

    Nice layout and filming. Everything looks very natural. Great work. Happy Modelling

  • @Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge
    @Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge5 ай бұрын

    What a treat….a pleasure to watch 👍

  • @keepingitsouthern789
    @keepingitsouthern7895 ай бұрын

    I’ve not personally seen this wonderful layout, but one day hoping too. It a shame that is only going to remain static. Thank you for taking the time to film, edit and narrate the video.

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    If folks enjoy watching, it's worth the effort. We were very reluctant to retire the layout, but it was getting old and needed a lot of maintenance to keep it going (a bit like the ageing team of operators!). Hopefully, the Pulborough Society will be able to display it, but only as a static exhibit.

  • @michaelricks1618
    @michaelricks16185 ай бұрын

    p.s. Great filming, too. Nice clear, sharp pictures with super steady camerawork.

  • @ianmaccormac
    @ianmaccormac5 ай бұрын

    Cheers Barry, wonderful to see that again! Glad it isn't going in the skip! Cheers, Ian in Blackpool

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Hello Ian Glad you enjoyed the video. I'm working on a couple more. The videos are more or less complete, but adding the sound is very time-consuming.

  • @Swindondruid2
    @Swindondruid25 ай бұрын

    What a fantastic layout. Thank you for sharing it.

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @sailingschooners8668
    @sailingschooners86685 ай бұрын

    Wonderful as I drove thru this area many times....great idea to use old photos...

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    A happy coincidence with the group looking for ideas for a new layout, and the publication of 'Branchlines to Midhurst' to provide the inspiration.

  • @pauldyer3312
    @pauldyer33125 ай бұрын

    What a fantastic layout. I'm glad to see that all you signals work.

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    For the first couple of years on the exhibition circuit, the signals were non-working. Making them functional (including all the ground signals) made a huge difference to the pleasure of operating the layout, and also dramatically reduced 'operator error'. We had a plan to interlock the lever frame (as on Plumpton Green), but I only got as far as drawing up the locking table. For the last few years we used the block bells from Plumpton, which improved operation.

  • @pauldyer3312

    @pauldyer3312

    5 ай бұрын

    I should have said I'm a retired signalman myself from the North London line.

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    @@pauldyer3312 Not quite the same thing, but I am signalman on the Bluebell Railway (as is another of the operating team) hence my interest in signals and block bells. Have you seen 'This is Plumpton Green - setting the scene'?

  • @pauldyer3312

    @pauldyer3312

    5 ай бұрын

    @barryluck1625 No, I'm afraid I haven't. Is the Blue Bell railway working under block bells? If so, you are a signalman.

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@pauldyer3312yes, block bells and single line tokens

  • @stephend6559
    @stephend65595 ай бұрын

    Superb!

  • @neilstephen6761
    @neilstephen67615 ай бұрын

    An amazing layout thank you.

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @ChobertonJunction
    @ChobertonJunction5 ай бұрын

    Hey Barry, I know Pulborough station quite well, not as much of it left these days of course. Up until retirement recently I went through it twice a day on the way to and from London. Looks absolutely amazing the layout really has captured the feel of the place as it would have been back then. Shame it has now been retired but things move on.

  • @FredWilbury
    @FredWilbury5 ай бұрын

    Great detail great layout thanks for sharing 😊 Fred ps love the sound track

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Adding the sound track takes longer than assembling the video clips but definitely adds to the atmosphere.

  • @aussiefrenchman-hobbytable9960
    @aussiefrenchman-hobbytable99605 ай бұрын

    Very nice station, awesome detailing 😎😎👍👍

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @Jack_Warner
    @Jack_Warner5 ай бұрын

    Very atmospheric layout. The Railway Hotel seems to have gone now.

  • @Thunderer0872
    @Thunderer08725 ай бұрын

    Very impressive layout I like these early look at a station pre grouping with this pre third rail and units. There's a 1913 era Semley layout on the Southwestern which is a non exhibition layout of similar time that's really good too, I love the ground signal moving with that freight run round. I look forward to more of this stunning layout.

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm working on the next video, but it will be a few weeks yet!

  • @railway187
    @railway1875 ай бұрын

    Wow 🤩

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @smallrails6831
    @smallrails68315 ай бұрын

    Beautiful layout. Hi from NZ. Regards Bernie

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ericsainte290
    @ericsainte2905 ай бұрын

    This is an amazing layout. I am more into 1940's GWR than pre-grouping but this gives me ideas for my future OO layout about atmosphere and detailing level.❤❤❤

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm glad you found some inspiration from the video. Have you seen the series 'This is Plumpton Green'?

  • @ericsainte290

    @ericsainte290

    5 ай бұрын

    @@barryluck1625 yes, also inspiring me. I may even switch from a branch terminus to a branch line junction or through station if I have enough space for it in OO.

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    @@ericsainte290 Pulborough was built true to scale, so the scenic part was about 30ft long, with 8 ft fiddle yards each end - big!

  • @ericsainte290

    @ericsainte290

    5 ай бұрын

    @@barryluck1625 I am studying a shortened version of it as a junction with the branch converted into a heritage railway, a bit like the West Somerset or a GWR version of the Watercress line (Mid Hants). Went to the latter one once and loved the scenery, as it reminded me a bit of my favorite GWR area, the Vale of White Horse (like the Pendon layout and the Pendon Parva station, that I too visited once). It was hard choosing between the late 1900 and the 1940's but as I am also a military modeller and amateur historian (grandson of a member of the Belgian resistance) my choice was logical...

  • @rogerking7258
    @rogerking72583 ай бұрын

    Honestly, I've never heard of Pulborough, but now I'm just extremely annoyed that I'll never get the chance to see it!

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    3 ай бұрын

    Sorry.......! There'll be a third video coming along soon. Barry

  • @martyn6792
    @martyn67925 ай бұрын

    Beautiful layout, a shame it will be static but understand reasons behind that

  • @andyhunt628
    @andyhunt6285 ай бұрын

    What a lovely model. How big is it ?

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    The scenic section was about 30ft with 8ft fiddle yards either end.

  • @johnlewsey4458
    @johnlewsey44585 ай бұрын

    What project are they going to do next

  • @barryluck1625

    @barryluck1625

    5 ай бұрын

    Pulborough was built by the Mid-Sussex 1883 group, a Scalefour area group. In 1997 we embarked on a new layout called 'Brighton Road'. Various members of the group moved away and we disbanded sometime around 2005. Brighton Road had a brief period on the exhibition circuit but was dismantled in 2014. In 2012 my son and I started a new layout 'Plumpton Green' which has been exhibited many times over the past ten years. (We own all the stock which ran on Pulborough). We are now building a smaller layout 'Ouse Wharf' which will be exhibited at the Bluebell in July, and Uckfield in October. Details of all these layouts are on my website here: www.lbscrmodels.co.uk/index.html Search for 'This is Plumpton Green' om KZread

  • @michaelkinsey4649
    @michaelkinsey4649Ай бұрын

    Great use of sound, well done. (Dislike the usual noise and talk around exhibition filming!)

  • @atmakali9599
    @atmakali959927 күн бұрын

    I’m not sure what I’m looking at. Is this a real place or a model ?

  • @barryluck1895

    @barryluck1895

    23 күн бұрын

    Hello Atmakali This is definitely a model! Pulborough is a real place, and the model is an accurate representation of the real place.

  • @andrewemery4272
    @andrewemery42725 ай бұрын

    It's a pity they did not choose a more interesting subject. The LBSCR is so bland.

  • @_RandomPea

    @_RandomPea

    5 ай бұрын

    What a comment... It started in 1983 and people have put many many hours into it with incredible modelling skill and you say that. What a pity.