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2009 Birmingham Show
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It
is planned to have a selection of layouts in the popular scales between N
and O Scale
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Layouts Booked will
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| Broom Junction
- presented by Warley
MRC - 7mm scale
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 The
layout is based on the prototype Broom Junction at the western end of the
Stratford and Midland Junction Railway where it met the Midland line from
Ashchurch to Barnt Green (the Lickey by-pass!). The model was originally
conceived as a 4mm project, but when the 0 Gauge Group realised its
potential it was decided to build in the 7mm scale. The trackwork formation
is that which was extant just before, and at the start of World War 2, but
it has been slightly foreshortened in order to contain the layout within a
manageable size. The layout was under construction for three years and
following lessons learned from early outings, has been modified to improve
viewing and operation. All structures are scratchbuilt, and have been
researched as far as possible from those remaining on the site, or from
photographs and other contemporary information. The model is built to
finescale standards, as is the members stock running on it. The running
sequence consists of passenger trains to and from Birmingham to Ashchurch,
and Broom via Stratford to other destinations as far away as London,
movements being based on working timetables of the late 1930's. The line was
also used extensively for freight traffic, and was famous for the banana
express freights from the South Wales Docks to the London area. After a
period of time in storage, the layout has been extensively refurbished.
During this show the layout will be running stock appropriate to the
mid-30's.
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Layout size : 61ft x 6ft
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| Clutton
- presented by Tim Venton - 4mm scale
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 I was inspired by Barry Norman's
"Petherick" and Pendon. To me the train is a part of the
landscape, the station must have its village and the railway must be
operated correctly. The trains are controlled by DCC and drivers are
expected to obey the signals while the fiddle yard boasts route setting
point control, complete flexibility over train placement and an increased
capacity. Most locomotives are sprung, run on split frame pickup and are
powered by can motors with flywheels. The railway buildings are mostly
scratchbuilt in plasticard, but the non-railway buildings are produced on
the computer, where I have been able to experiment with perspective. Grass
is the usual dyed lint or felt insulation, glued over card formers. Lighting
is by quartz halogen and fluorescence. Representative trains pass through
the station to a sequence. If you see a lot of tank engines and B sets, well
that is exactly what you would have seen in the 1950's. Freight was also
important, with coal from the Somerset collieries that were connected to the
line passing through. The principal Up freight was the 5.00pm ex Radstock
which had to lie over at Glutton, while several passenger trains passed it.
You may also see the 5.55 Up Channel Islands Boat Express, usually a pannier
tank and B set! This only stopped at Radstock and Pensford, passing Glutton
at reduced speed to pick up the token.
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Layout size : 24ft x 7ft
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| Dagnell End
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presented by
Redditch MRC - 4mm scale
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 Dagnell End has been in the planning and construction for many
years. The layout was conceived as a fictitious London based station on the
Hounslow loop on the former London and South Western Railway line out of the
London Waterloo terminus. The station is somewhere around where the real station
of Brentford is situated. Much modelers license has been employed with a
working below ground tube line and station at the front of the layout. The
layout was planned as a challenge in building an urban landscape where the club
was used to building layouts with green fields. All buildings are scratch built
with many based on London prototypes, which have been photographed on a number
of field visits by club members. The Underground trains are modified EFE models,
which work on an automatic cycle. Main line trains represent the variety of
trains that could be seen on the South West section of the Southern Region in
the 1960’s. Control of the trains will use a DCC system. This will be the
first public showing of this layout.
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Layout size : 18ft x
10½ft
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Kingswear
- presented by MAP
Model Railway Group - 2mm scale
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 Kingswear
is a model of a real place; Kingswear is located in South Devon, England,
opposite Dartmouth at the estuary of the river Dart. The model depicts the
station and around a mile of track and sidings (slightly compressed) to
Britannia Halt as it would have looked in the 1930s and 1940s. The station
was opened in 1869 as part of the South Devon Railway, built to Brunel's 7ft
Broad Gauge. The line was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1876
and the track was re-gauged to standard gauge in 1892. After closure in
1972, the line was rescued by preservation and is now part of the Paignton
and Dartmouth Steam Railway. Although the line to Kingswear was single-track
it was far from a branch line. Large locomotives, such as King and Castle
calsses, regularly worked long trains to and from Kingswear at peak times.
The layout was originally built to N Gauge, however there were difficulties
in fitting in the prototypical track and running arrangements. This resulted
in the decision to convert the layout to 2mm finescale. The layout was also
extended further up the river to measure just over 36 feet in length.
Scenery and baseboards were retained while the N Gauge track was replaced
with hand-built 2mm finescale track with over 12,000 soldered joints.
Kingswear is operated from a control panel with a miniature replica lever
frame. Trains run to a sequence based on the 1938 timetable. Locomotives and
rolling stock are mixture of scratch-built, kit-built, and modified
proprietary items. All of the buildings and other structures are
scratch-built from plastic and wood.
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| Magazine feature :
Railway Modeller April 2008 |
Layout size : 37ft x 11ft
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Redwood
Lumber Company
- presented by
Roger Nichols - 7mm scale
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 Situated in North West California during the early 1950's, Redwood Lumber Co. portrays a small narrow gauge logging and lumber line, of which there were several during this time. The railroad also serves the town of Redwood and interchanges cars with another narrow gauge railroad namely The South Pacific Coast.
The locomotives and rolling stock were purchased from other companies, hence the variety of road names. The
locomotives and rolling stock are all Bachmann, track and points by Peco. The engine house, sawmill and water tower are scratchbuilt from balsa strip.
Scenic materials are by Woodland Scenics, ballast is sand, trees are shaped balsa trunks stained and foliage is conifer green. The backscene is hand painted using emulsion for the sky, Humbrol matt enamels for the distant trees and mountains, and pastel chalk for cloud effect.
This is a DCC free zone, conventional wiring being spoken here albeit very slowly as we are from West Yorkshire!
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Sutton Folly
- presented by Peter Cullen - 4mm
scale
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 This
layout has been constructed to allow scale length trains to run at
scale speeds and to encourage audience participation from people of
all ages. It represents a stretch of mainline somewhere in the
Midlands with long holding loops on the up and down slow lines. Due to
the nature of the layout universal standards are used throughout with
strength and simplicity of operation being important considerations. Most buildings are kit built and everything on the
layout could be built by a determined newcomer to the hobby. Sutton
Folly has been on the exhibition circuit since 1997 and many children
and adults have enjoyed operating the layout. YOU OUR VISITORS are
invited to drive the trains, change the points and signals and indulge
in some gentle shunting. This gives the operators plenty of time
to discuss railways in general and modelling in particular, so come
and have a go at driving your favourite locomotive on a scale length
train and feel free to ask any questions about the layout or the hobby
in general.
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- Layout is operated using DCC control
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