Binegar Somerset and Dorset OO
Inhouse clubroom
Castle Corfe Southern OO
Dimensions : 15 feet x 2feet
Self supporting :- Small table for stock appreciated.
Details for Exhibition Guide.
Castle Corfe is a Southern Region layout set in the 1950s. The track plan is similar to Swanage in mirror image. The locality is more than hinted at by its fictitious (just) name. The layout was recently upgraded by the S&DMRS and converted to DCC. As such it is the Club’s first venture into DCC and has provided a useful learning experience. In an earlier incarnation the layout had certain Somerset cider farm connections but it is now back on the Isle of Purbeck! Tourism remains a key industry with plenty of holiday traffic. But fishing, farming and quarrying are also important and justify some appropriate goods stock.
The rolling stock is largely RTR and takes full advantage of the recent improvement in the range of Southern locos and rolling stock available from Hornby in particular. So Drummond T9s and M7s are often in evidence.
Yeocombe SR/LMS/GWR OO
Dimensions :- 10 feet X 3 feet.
Self supporting :- Small table for stock appreciated.
Details for Exhibition Guide.
Yeocombe is an imaginary terminus station, with a single main platform and run round loop, together with a bay platform and the usual siding associated with a small terminus station.
The period modelled, can be varied to suit the rolling stock in operation at any time during the period of the exhibition, this depending on the whim of the operator at the time.
Hemlock GWR OO
Dimensions :- 2 feet x 15 feet.
Not self supporting :- Tables required.
Details for Exhibition Guide.
Hemlock is based on the station at Hemyock, at the terminus of the Culm Valley Railway in Devon. The track plan is based around that of the 1930’s, when milk was the main traffic.
Milk tankers were despatched from Hemyock to Tiverton Junction, where they were attached to various passenger and parcels trains for onwards movement.
For exhibition purposes, we have used some modellers licence, and are running a little more modern rolling stock, motive power being mainly GWR 45XX and GWR 14XX engines.
The layout has no timetable at the moment, as Hemyock had very few train movements during per day, so operators have to be just a little innovative.
Edington Somerset and Dorset OO
Dimensions :- 20 feet X 3 feet.
Self supporting :- Small table for stock appreciated.
Details for Exhibition Guide.
Edington Junction was on the Somerset & Dorset branch line, which ran from Evercreech Junction to Bridgwater and Burnham-on-Sea.
As its name implies, it was the junction station where the line from Evercreech diverged to Bridgwater and to Burnham-on-Sea via Highbridge.
The line from Bridgwater ran into the bay platform, whilst the Burnham-on-Sea trains used the passing loops in the main platform. As was usual at country stations, there was a small goods yard dealing with coal and cattle.
The period modelled is that of the late 1950s early 1960s.
West Pennard Somerset and Dorset OO
Dimensions :- 20 feet X 3 feet.
Self supporting :- Small table for stock appreciated.
Details for Exhibition Guide.
West Pennard was an intermediate station on the Somerset & Dorset Railway branch line which ran from Evercreech Junction to Bridgwater and Burnham-on-Sea.. The model is a faithful copy of the original.
As with most branch lines the station featured a crossing loop together with the usual array of sidings associated with a country station. The station itself, was some two miles from the village of West Pennard.
The main feature of this part of the actual line was that it was dead straight, from leaving West Pennard for about three miles until the line entered Glastonbury
Carol Ann Georgia USA HO
Carolann, Georgia American HO Scale
The “Mixed train daily” was an American railway tradition, which endured until the 1960’s, chiefly in the southern states. An ageing combine of passenger/baggage coach and a few freight cars and a third hand diesel loco would creep along weed strewn tracks, linking communities and providing much needed transport for the regions people and industries.
Carolann is a fictitious, end of line terminus for one such railroad, the Georgian Western.
A local lumber mill is served “off scene” whist a feed mill and a general public siding sees occasional freight activity.
The layout measures 5Ft by1Ft overall, proof that everyone has room for a model railway.
There is also the chance to listen out for railroad sounds coming out from under the layout.
Dimensions :- 5 feet X 2 feet
Bakersbridge 7mm narrow gauge
Is a small market town set in the valley between Blackdown Hills and Polden Hills where the River Mayfory flows to the west of the town
Rail and road links the outside world to the town, the period modelling is 1930 – 1950 a very nice period of dressing and transport (very laid back, no hurrying)
It is market day where gentry and farmers bring their stock to market, while the lady folk do the weekly shopping.
Around the layout are many T.V theme characters, see how many you can spot.
The only fencing on the layout is around the station, as the land around the valley belongs to the people, all the animals roan free.
There are few vehicles around the layout, as rail is the main source of transport.
At the edge of the town the road splits right to Churchinwood, and left to the market and up though the valley.
As many modellers know a layout is never finished (hopefully one day).
We hope you enjoyed the layout
Dimensions :- 20 feet X 6feet