Showing posts with label hellingly hospital railway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hellingly hospital railway. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Hellingly Hospital Tramcar

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If there was a list of model rail vehicles I never expected to see, the Hellingly Hospital Railway tramcar is very high on the list, but th...
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Saturday, January 24, 2026

Saturday Film Club: The Hospital with its own Private Railway - Hellingly Hospital Railway

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A really nicely put together film about Hellingly. There's even a photo I don't think I've seen before. 
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Friday, December 26, 2025

Hellingly Hospital Loco

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  Merry Christmas to me! My main present is very much a one-off - a Gauge 3 model of the Hellingly Hospital Railway locomotive.   Readers o...
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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Hellingly Hosptial on the NHS website

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  Spotted via Facebook, a rather nice piece on the East Sussex Healthcare website on Hellingly Hospital .
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Tower wagon

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Since Hellingly represents a line under construction, and the important feature is the tramway overhead, I assumed that the contractors woul...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Scratchbuilt van

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This photo contains both one of the first, and (if I remember correctly) one of the last items of rolling stock I built for Hellingly.  Furt...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Fun with wagon names

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While Hellingly is out for some video work, I can't resist taking a few photos on the layout. It's been a busy week anyway, so progr...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Return to Hellingly

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For some video work, I need a working model railway, and so decided to pull The Hellingly Hospital Railway out of storage.  All my layouts ...
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Saturday, February 06, 2021

Saturday Film Club: Exploring Hellingly Station

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  An interesting tour of Hellingly Station, now a private house, junction between the "Cuckoo line" and The Hellingly Hospital Rai...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Social history

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While my model of The Hellingly Hospital Railway might be retired from the exhibition circuit due to my lack of time to be a "prope...
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Saturday, March 04, 2017

Saturday Film Club: Hellingly on film

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Hat tip to Jonathan Clay for this one via Unseen Steam.  A very short clip showing the Hellingly Hospital Railway loco working a ra...
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Sunday, June 05, 2016

What's that on the cover of Model Rail?

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  A picture of my Hellingly Hospital Railway model on the front of a rival magazine's cover?  No-one was more surprised than me...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

View from the Hospital engine shed

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Taking a few photos on The Hellingly Hospital Railway and spotted this view when looking through the engine shed doors. Virtually no rai...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Hellingly in a partwork

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When you buy the first issue of a partwork for the gift strapped to the cover, do you ever look at the magazine contained in the package? ...
Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Book Review: The Hellingly Hospital Railway by Peter A Harding

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If you know my model making output, you'll be surprised to see this book being reviewed on the blog - after all, it's the one that...
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Friday, July 11, 2014

P Class at Hellingly Asylum

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Late in 1962, P Class tank engine 31325 drops off a couple of loaded coal wagons on the weighbridge at Hellingly Asylum. It is the usual ...
Monday, October 14, 2013

A lesson in cable drums

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On the Hellingly Hospital Railway , I've modelled a couple of cable drums. The line is in the process of being electrified so ti seemed ...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Hellingly Hospital Railway in Great British Model Railways

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An unexpected appearance for The Hellingly Hospital Railway in a new publication arriving at a WH Smith near you - Great British Model Ra...
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