I operated in something of a timewarp because the locos and rolling stock dated right through
from the 1950s to the 1990s. I know that some will frown on that, but it was my railway so
that's tough! Below I offer just a few photos of the layout which which was never anywhere
near being completed - are they ever finished?

Terraced houses at Greetby Minster with the Minster intself visible between them. Look carefully and you
will see other interesting details - and not a train in sight!
 

Showmen's vehicles passing the Railway Inn. A member of the clergy is emerging after a tipple.
 

 This is Greetby Minster station with the over-all roof behind. An ancient Bartons single deck bus heading
for Nottingham arrives. My old Morris Minor 1000 KJL680 stands by the station entrance, but where is the
driver? The four station tracks and platforms run under the station building and the forecourt, and then they
go under another bridge which carries a main road into Greetby Minster. The hoarding at the end of the bridge
is advertising Mrs Tweedy's famous chicken pies - a good example of the way in which I like to personalise my
model railways with some humour. This hobby has far too many followers who take railway modelling and
themselves far too seriously. That's a great shame because any hobby should be fun.
 

                 This is a closer view of the station building. It looks like the bus driver has abandoned his vehicle
to make use of the station facilities!
 

Prototype Deltic and a class 25 stand at the ends of platforms 1 and 3 at Greetby Minster
 

Station shunter passing the signal box.
 

The old Midland line into Greetby Minster burrowed through tunnels under the town to its own
station. Nowadays it is used as an avoiding line as can be seen here. Also visible (between the
houses) is the Minster church which gives the town the second part of its name. Do you know
where it is yet?
 

The Midland line (seen here in the foreground) runs parallel to the Great Northern line for some
distance from Greetby Minster. They diverge as the Midland reaches Halam Lane crossing.
Here we see a flyash train from one of the Trent valley power stations approaching on the
Midland as the rear of a departing InterCity 125 disappears along the GN.
 

Further along the Great Northern the InterCity 125 takes the curve to the south as it heads away on
its journey to Kings Cross. In the hazy far distance you can just see Lincoln Cathedral as you can
from this area in the real world .
 

Back at Halam Lane Crossing on the Midland line two Deltics meet on a Sunday morning - they have
been diverted away from the GN line because of engineering work. The signalbox, made redundant
by modern signalling and automatic half barriers, now has its windows boarded up. The quadruple-
track Great Northern main line passes behind the signal box.
 

At the same location on a dull day an empty flyash train on its return journey from Fletton to one
of the Trent valley power stations heads down the Midland line over Halam Lane crossing as a
train of loaded HAAs passes behind. Note the typically 1970s yellow Ford Capri approaching
the crossing - that dates the picture!
 

As the Midland line heads towards Oxton Hill tunnel it runs alongside the canal.
 

Time warp - out in the country a blue liveried Deltic emerges from Oxton Hill tunnel on the
Midland line as Brush type 4 D1100 passes overhead on the GN line with a Pullman train.
 

That's better - a Deltic at speed on the GN where it ought to be! If you have visited the excellent Black
Country Museum at Dudley, you might recognise the outline of the Bottle and Glass Inn in the distance.
Very few people know that this pub stood at Greetby Minster before being moved to the museum.