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Bilston Road Engine Shed Bilston Road was built by Peter Cullen and appeared last in April 2007 at Cheltenham. Recently we requested Peter re-exhibit it with us. The news came back he was looking to sell the layout, at which point we agreed a price and purchased it without hesitation. The layout represents a typical sub-shed in the industrial Midlands on the Western Region of British Railways. Locomotives return for overnight servicing and simple running repairs. Stock is mainly ready to run with some having added detail. It is hoped to exhibit the layout at a later date when engines from the 1930's will be featured. |   | |
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Castlederg The town of Castlederg is the settlement at the terminus of the Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway. The railway was built in 1884 as a three foot roadside tramway to connect the town with the Great Northern station seven miles away at Victoria Bridge. It closed in 1933 following a railway strike. All locomotives with one exception are scratch built, the rolling stock which you see has been built in its entirety from Worsley Works kits. The layout is 12 feet long and two feet wide and is self supporting, a crate of Guinness has been known to assist with the Irish ambiance on the model railway. Any questions or observations on Irish railways and modelling is gratefully received. |   | |
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Dent station is on the Settle to Carlisle line of the Midland Railway and serves the villages of Cowgill and Dent. Completed in 1877 the line is renowned for the rugged Moorland, its tunnels, viaducts, amazing scenery and snow, the stone station building itself is famous for being the highest on the English railway network at 1,150 feet. The layout is 00 gauge built to traditional methods using Peco ?ne scale track. It was inspired by the work of David Jenkinson and built to provide a circular layout that I could sit back and watch trains run round. The scenery attempts to capture the bleakness of Blea Moor, the landscape with extensive stone built walls and snow fences. The track gang you can see working muffled up in overcoats against the cold and the lack of passengers reflect the distance of the station from any local housing. Cowgill village is half a mile away while Dent itself is nearly 5 miles further to the west. The layout runs with LMS motive power on one day and British Railways steam the other, rolling stock re?ects this. | |
Hookwood When the Railway reached the small village of Westerham in July 1881 it was assumed by the local populace that it was only a matter of time before the line was continued on to Oxted, a mere 4 miles away. As it turned out this never happened due to the enormous cost of the extensive engineering works. However, for the purposes of this layout, I have assumed that the extension to Oxted was built by the South Eastern Railway to provide them with a secondary route to the South East ports. The Model depicts the small country station of Hookwood, about 1 mile north east of Oxted, as it might have looked in the BR Southern region era of the early to mid 1960's. The Station building and goods shed models are based on the originals at Westerham station. The locomotives are mostly modified RTR, using Ultrascale EM wheels and Al detailing kits. The 2 Bil EMU is an Ian Kirk kit with Branch Lines motor/gearbox and extra detailing. Wagons are mostly kit built with appropriate detailing and re-wheeling using EM Society wheels; Spratt & Winkle couplings are used with strategically placed electromagnets on the layout. The layout features working signals and many scenic details, can you spot the lazy workman snoozing in the sunshine? |   | |
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Paynestown Paynestown is a fictional small Western Region terminus set somewhere in the South Wales mining area. Construction is fairly standard Peco code 100 track and points. Buildings are scratch built and control is through Digitrax DCC. |   | |
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Queens Street Yard This layout began life as a 7mm scale test track for newly built locomotives and rolling stock that I like to construct. Somebody suggested I develop it into a fully scenic cameo layout which is how it became Queens Street Yard. This required the construction of a purpose built fiddle yard, backscenes, lighting and a fully functioning power box instead of the temporary wiring used in my workshop. My favoured timescale is the pre grouping period as there was such a wide variety of locomotives and rolling stock in many different liveries. The layout is modelled as a typical Victorian small back street goods yard not aligned to any particular railway company thus allowing me to run a variety of stock. Most of this is London and North Western Railway with the occasional Great Eastern interloper. All stock is now fitted with automatic couplings instead of traditional three links for ease of operation at shows. All the scenery is constructed from card, foamboard or plasticard faced with embossed plastic sheet to give the brick or stone textures. Some of the details are from cast kits as are the vehicles and figures. The locomotives and rolling stock are all built from brass or plastic kits modified where necessary to improve the detail. All are spray painted and then weathered to suit. The two turnouts are hand built and operate manually by slider switches connected to the tracks with brass rodding. Most of the plain track is Peco but some is hand built. As a test track everything was made of items already in my spares box so it is a real hotch potch! Including the wiring, this was laid across the surface of the board so is consequently now buried under scenery! Not ideal. If I started the layout again far more planning would go into the initial design especially the wiring but as a converted test board it has given me a lot of pleasure, I hope you enjoy it also. |   | |
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We would like to thank Trevor Hallam for looking after the Thomas Layout for many years at our exhibitions and also for refurbishing it at his expense. Unfortunately because of ill health Trevor is no longer able to continue so it was decided to offer Thomas free of charge to Hucclecote Railway Modellers on condition they bring it to all of our future exhibitions. This is the model railway where Children can become Engine Drivers on the Island of Sodor and has of course been inspired by the Reverend Audrey books. Our Thomas and Friends layout has been built for ten years now and in that time we hope it has encouraged many new railway enthusiasts to build a train set of their own. Originally it was intended as a space filler at shows so needed to be small, easy to transport and have a simple track plan, easy for small children to operate. After its first appearance it was clear this model railway would have to be included at all our exhibitions. It incorporates a tunnel, station, level crossing together with locomotive and goods facilities. Train drivers should look out for many of the popular characters; Henry, Percy, Toby, Cranky, the Troublesome Trucks, not forgetting the Sir Topham Hatt better known as the Fat Controller. The famous anthropomorphised rolling stock is mostly from the Thomas range and we are sure most of the adults and all the kids will love it. Happy Driving, but please observe the track speed limits. | |
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| Displays | ||
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway WEBSITE | Bob's 3D Models | |
Desert Victory 2023 WEBSITE | The Scrapyard | |
The coal mine | ||
| Modelling Demonstrations | ||
| Mark Begley | Richard Self | |
| Steve Harrod | Tom Kennison | |
| Trevor Hale | ||
| Trade | ||
| Collett's Models of Exmouth WEBSITE | Penduke Models WEBSITE | |
| RCSW (Pre-owned) Models, Clive Reid | Rly books, timetables, photos, Stewart Blencowe WEBSITE | |
