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Buckshee - Introduction

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 off the Callender and Oban Railway 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. Buckshee 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 the making for a number of years and is the work of a small group of Redditch Model Railway Club Members. The layout has very much been a product of cramming as much in to 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

Exhibition Details Layout Owner  : Buchanan McInroy - in-conjunction with The Redditch Model Railway Club

Number of operators required : two to three 

Layout size : 15ft x 1½ft – The layout being a terminus to fiddle yard arrangement means space is needed at the rear to operate it.

Expenses : We would expect reimbursement for out of pocket expenses for members and or the Club following the exhibition of this layout.

Magazine Features :  Issue 58 April 2012 edition of Hornby Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

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