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Buckshee
Exhibition Manager Details
It is
imagined that Buckshee was intended to be the first
station on a projected line from Oban to Campbeltown
promoted by the Caledonian Railway after the opening of
the Callender and Oban Railway in 1880 (a line was at
one time proposed from Campbeltown to Dalmally). The
line to Buckshee comes of the C & O from a Junction at
Connel Ferry. Unfortunately it was soon realised that
the line would be too costly to build with little if any
profit and was thus terminated at Buckshee. Buchshee is
situated just slightly north of Kilinver on the shore of
Loch Feochan (a sea loch) with a short branch of about 2
miles heading north east to serve a distillery in the
village of Feochan. The village of Buckshee has a small
harbour with the fish being taken out by train. Also
there is a small distillery which again has its product
taken out by rail. Other goods traffic is generated by
the distillery at Feochan. Also of course there is coal
and other general goods. The layout has been in making
for a number of years and is work of a small group of
Redditch Model Railway Club Members. The layout has very
much been a product of cramming as much in a small area
to both give operational interest and allow the finished
product to be easily transported to exhibitions in a
small hatchback car. The layout was first shown at the
Redditch Model Railway Club Exhibition in 2004 in a very
much unfinished state. Much time has been spent since to
bring the layout up to a far more complete state.
Exhibition Details
Layout Owner : Buchanan McInroy - in-conjunction with The Redditch Model Railway Club
Number of operators required: 3
Layout size : 15ft x 1½ft – The layout being a terminus to fiddle yard arrangement means space is needed at the rear to operate it.
Layout Expenses: We would expect reimbursement for out of pocket expenses for members and or the Club following the exhibition of this layout. The transport for this layout would not involve the hire of a van.
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