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Plaxtol Road

Description based on material supplied by the layout owner

Plaxtol Road  
Tim Tincknell EM gauge

Hadlow Light Railway

Plaxtol Road is the terminus of the line from Hadlow, serving the Winfield Flour Mill and the needs of the local community. One of many light railways controlled by Colonel H.F. Stephens and his successor W.H Austen.

The layout represents the railway running in the 1930's, using second-hand or hired in locomotives and stock, with the minimum of staff and maintenance to keep things going. The Hadlow is run in conjunction with the Kent and East Sussex Light Railway, another of the Colonel's lines nearby.

The main traffic is from the mill, some goods and milk with a minimal passenger service for the local population.

 




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