Description based on material supplied by the layout owner
Barwick Green 7mm scale light railway. The layout started life as part of Thornbury MRC layout Severn Mill. Since being purchased it has undergone complete rewiring for DCC. The layout is operated using its own Wi-Fi network and old mobile phones are getting a new lease of life as controllers. The scene is still set near the Severn but it has moved further north and now has the Malvern Hills in the distance. This move has taken it to the fictional County of Borsetshire and for those in the know the name Barwick Green is synonymous with a certain Radio 4 continuing drama. The fortunes of the light railway are on the wane and the Director of the Company is fighting a losing battle with decreasing traffic. However, the wife of the Director insists that the locomotives must be kept in good external condition. The three Manning Wardle class K locos that take the lion's share of the traffic are occasionally supplemented by Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 and Kerr Stewart "Victory" tanks, the later on hire from the Earl of Dudley's Pensnett Railway. Also on trial, borrowed from the Weston Clevedon and Portishead Railway, is Terrier "Portishead". It is currently being tried out on passenger services; the crews prefer the Manning Wardles for shunting. |