The Purple Line

The Purple Line is something of a labour of love and a tribute act! If you've read the About Me page then you will know that I am a bit of a fan of the British Rock band Deep Purple (a bit?!). I've been hooked on them for the past 50+ years! So this is my attempt to combine my love of them and their music with my love of model railways.

Every band member (and their have been many) gets a mention somewhere, including a few jokes if you know the band. There are also a few names of albums and songs in there.

Up until I attempted to make this set of boxes things have gone generally well.... this one was a different story! It started life as six boxes long with a two box farm in the middle, and tracks that split to the top and bottom of the boxes at either end. Having made it all, I discovered the boxes I'd used are not the usual type, quite flimsy, and trying to join two tracks across them was a non-starter (especially at speed if I was to show them at exhibitions) so it got changed to a single length of track. Then the farm section, which had a passing loop, and the power inputs failed completely! That's now been removed, buildings removed and put in the bin!

The eventual Purple Line has become seven boxes. The farm buildings have been reused in a new farm single box and two other boxes added. In addition to this, the farm box takes the track to the back of the scene so a new end box was required. This means there are actually eight boxes and with a bit of juggling it is possible to display the set in a number of configuations ranging from four boxes to the seven. When displayed as for boxes, a unique bridge module is added to link two boxes together.

Click the links below to view each box.