A little late, but here is our monthly collection of photos from rangers around East Anglia. We spent a day in Peterborough at the end of the month for a little variety and have various images from our time there. Also included are various photos from around Ely and Ipswich, including a 'record shot' of former 101, IRIS II stabled in Ipswich.

Middlewood is a small 'oo' gauge model railway layout. It's size is just 6 by 2 foot. Set in current times as a
Freightliner depot it can also be set in other eras. It was completed in 2005 and has since been to various exhibitions including Cambridge and Stowmarket.

This collection contains various pictures from days out in April. Highlights include West Coast Railway Companies 57601 at Ely on a Charter to Ely and various differently liveried 60's in Ely.

A training layout built by Kelvin Barnes for the then Anglia Railways to assist training drivers in all aspects of signalling to be encountered within the region. This layout was sponsored by Hornby Hobbies LTD

Silver Hill was made by Kelvin Barnes for professional Modeller Jeremy Prentice during 2001 - Jeremy has since sold the layout in preperation for a new project

Kirkbridge was made by Kelvin Barnes for Les Williams of Bedford during 2003. The layout is still on the exhibition circuit.

This collection features photographs from the various day rangers we have been on during March. While we normally go to Ipswich and then to Ely, on the 22/03/05 we went through to Cambridge to see the EWS office train. The photo can be see down the page. Other days featured in the collection are 15/03/05, 22/03/05, 29/03/05 and 01/04/05.

Going over past pictures it became clear we have an abundance of class 37 photographs. So here we've put some into a collection showing various forms of the class over the last 20 years.

A Collection of photographs from March during the early eighties.

Another set of photos from the past, this time from around Norwich in the early eighties. These were taken from various locations including the footpath by Crown Point Depot and the road above the station.

While looking through some old folders we discovered a wealth of photos from the past. Here we have a selection of shunters from around East Anglia during the 1980's up to the present day. Hopefully we will be adding more collections featuring photos from the 1980's and 1990's soon.

Parkside East was the first layout built by Kelvin Barnes in the Mid Nineties. It was a 'OO' guage layout which could be used to run the wide range of stock owned. It was 12 foot by 2 foot and formed from 2 baseboards. In 1998 it was broken up and some parts used to create both Dunston Green and Melford.

Autumn Lane was built in 2000 by Kelvin Barnes. It is a 'OO' finescale layout with part over head electrics. As with Melford it can run many periods and areas.
Autumn was exhibited at many places over it\'s life including at Stowmarket, Colchester and Chelmsford. It has recently been retired and sold.

After visiting St Neots exhibition we stopped off in Ely to find this Stoneblower was sitting in the sidings at on Sunday 13th March.

Melford was built by Kelvin Barnes in 1999 as a successor to Dunston Green. It is a 'OO' finescale layout which could feature many regions and times, although all were diesel era. The layout was featured as a 'layout that never leaves home' in Model Rail, however it did eventually leave home and was exhibited all over East Anglia including at Stowmarket, Chelmsford and Norwich. Melford was retired and sold in 2003.

Kenninghall was built by Kelvin Barnes and John Ellingford in 2002. It is a 'O' gauge layout based on eastern region 1958-62. It is a 'what if' layout showing what may have been if a branch line through Kenninghall had actually been built. It has been exhibited numerous times including Norwich, Stowmarket and Ipswich, but has now been withdrawn from the circuit.

Ayling was made by Kelvin Barnes in 2003 as a test for sprat and winkle couplings. Ayling is a 'OO' finescale layout based in the southern region during 1958-60. It was recently featured in Model Rail (April 2005) where more details can be found. Photos by John Ellingford.

Broadgate is a 'OO' model railway layout. It was built in 2000 by Kelvin Barnes as a demonstration of what you could fit into a small space. It was just 5 feet by 18 inches and could hold 10 locos on display and 2 in the fiddle yard. Mostly it ran the western region but other areas could be portrayed.
It was exhibited at many exhibitions including Stowmarket, Ipswich and Colchester, before being sold on.

This Network Rail liveried pair of rail grinders were stabled at Ely on the 8th March.