Layouts invited:
VALS ‘HO’
EUXTON ‘OO’
LOCKWOOD STREET ‘N’
This is the latest project from the Hull MRS N-Gauge group. It is an Urban Secondary Terminus Station, inspired by the former Hull and Barnsley Railway’s Terminus at Cannon Street in Hull. The idea came from a wish do something a bit different to any of our previous layouts and the desire for it to be based on a local location.
NAZARETH PORTLAND CEMENT ‘N’
STUDIO TOUR ‘OO’
PORT SOLWAY ‘P4’
We have supposed that the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway took over the route of the Port Carlisle Canal and turned it into a railway, then once absorbed into the NER they built a bigger harbour further south. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway built a branch line to connect with this line, joining just beyond the station, so reversal from the viaduct became a frequent necessity. The period is around 1910 and the beneficial effects for health of taking sea air led to the building of a sanatorium with its own private railway link just across the viaduct from the station.
CALSTOCKS HALTON QUAY ‘0:16.5’
It was because of the lack of port facilities that the mines around Calstock and Kit Hill had found difficulty in expanding. The port at Halton Quay was opened primarily to export more ore export to the smelters in South Wales. Due however to silting, the port was not the success it was hoped and the last ore was exported via the East Cornwall Minerals Railway and Halton Quay in 1908. Halton Quay still exists to this day.
ALSTON ‘2mm’ finescale
Looking for inspiration, a friend suggested a North-Eastern terminus station such as Alston in Cumbria. Realising what a wonderful station building was still there and what an interesting and challenging model it would make, The track plan was simplified, and the position of the coal drops and goods shed was changed. To mis-quote Morecambe and Wise, all the right buildings but not necessarily in the right order!
WORM HILL ‘N’
NICE LAYOUT ‘N’
LONDONDERRY SIDINGS ‘O’
HUNSLET ENGINEERING WORKS ‘O’
Before you is the ongoing development of a 7mm scale model of a section of the Hunslet Engine Company Works in Leeds. The area modelled includes the multigauge test track and a section of the main works where the Boiler shop meets the Erecting shop. It is displayed as a “Work in Progress” due to this being such a major project that will take many years to complete, yet it is significantly different enough to create interest during its development. Sections and parts have been displayed as part of demonstrations for several years as each element has been designed and proven. The most significant to be perfected is the operating overhead cranes. These, along with the structure, have all been designed from scratch using original drawings to produce etches and working mechanisms.
POULTON LE FYLDE ‘OO’
LLWYN GRUG ‘N’
BARTON ROAD ‘N’
Barton Road is a DCC operated, BR Western Region, triangular junction layout located in the run-down suburbs of Bristol. Set in the period of 1968 through to 1971, this formerly significant junction originally provided a link between the GWR Bristol/South Wales mainline and the Midland Railway’s Mangotsfield/Bath Green Park line. However, the closure of the MR route in the 1960s rendered the link redundant, and it was subsequently lifted. What remained was retained to serve the local freight concentration depot, which itself is now obsolete, outmoded and in the process of being rundown. Rationalisation has begun, with the closure of Barton Road Station Up and Down Slow platforms and lifting of the Fast to Slow lines junction along with Barton Road Dock Junction, which allowed trains to run off the GWR mainline directly onto the Dock Branch on the east-facing side of the triangle.
CALLA FOUNTAIN CROSSING ‘N’
Calla Fountain Crossing is a fictitious mountain and valley scene in North America where long trains can meander their way through tunnels and over bridges. In North America, numerous duplicate lines were built by separate Rail companies in competition with each other and the layout displays this.The ground level track, once a single line was upgraded to double track to improve the transportation of passengers and freight during the early 20th Century
HAFEN AUTENBACH ‘HO’
PORTHGAIN ‘OO9’
FARBINE ROAD W.R.D. ‘OO’
