2mm finescale,  9.42mm gauge

Jerry Clifford

Highbury Colliery is an attempt to portray a typical North Somerset Colliery as it might have looked in the 1920's. The line represents a proposed, but never built, light railway connecting Mells Road on the Bristol and North Somerset (GWR) and Chilcompton on the SDJR, via the Nettlebridge Valley.

The main inspiration comes from Camerton Colliery on the Camerton, Limpley Stoke branch of the GWR (best known as the location of the 'Titfield Thunderbolt'). The distinctive screens, headgear and workshop buildings all come from Camerton although elements from a number of other collieries in the area have also been used.

Trains, unsurprisingly, consist mainly of coal out with empties and other colliery supplies in. Traffic to and from the nearby limestone quarries can also be seen traversing the branch along with local freight and a pretty thin passenger service.

The layout is built to the fine scale standards of the 2mm Scale Association with almost everything being scratch or kit built. If you have any questions about the layout or 2mm modelling in general then please don't hesitate to ask.