Vintage Thursday ~ Madder Valley

 The nice thing about the hobby of model railways is the ability to be creative,  and do as one likes with ones little world.  You can be into historical research and attempt to be as accurate as possible with the chosen subject.  Or you can make it as you want it, and be completely fictional, whimsical, humorous, original.  Everyone who takes up the hobby does so for different reasons.  I personally enjoy the hobby as an escape.  A break from the world of problems, politics, wars,  and everything else nasty.  That is why I chose to keep my railway totally fictional,  light hearted.

 One of the inspirations for this approach came from John Ahern and his legendary Madder Valley Railway.  Started in 1937, a fictitious railway in an imaginary setting.  He chose to draw widely from Dorset to the Isle of Man, Hampshire to West Wales, and even a slight American influence due to a holiday in Canada.  Picking what he liked,  making it his own to enjoy.

Remember this hobby is for enjoyment,  no matter where your interest lie.