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3mm

Hoath Hill Halt

This layout depicts the railhead and exchange sidings of an industrial concern on one of the non-electrified lines of British Rail (Southern Region ) ‘somewhere in East Sussex’, with the adjacent halt serving the nearby community of Hoath Hill. Much of the activity within the works takes place in a variety of sheds and most of the finished product is conveyed in closed vans or sheeted wagons, so precisely what is produced is open to conjecture!

For more details visit: http://www.3mmsociety.org.uk/MemberLayouts/HoathHillHalt/HoathHillHalt.htm

7mm / O gauge

Seahouses

North Sunderland Railway & North Eastern Railway, featured in British Railway Modelling, July 2000

The Location: In 1898 a small company, the North Sunderland Railway, opened a line from Chathill, on the main North Eastern line, to Seahouses, a small fishing community on the North East coast. This line was to be used primarily for the transportation of fish, coal, livestock and other commodities and so increase the prosperity of Seahouses and the surrounding villages. It was originally proposed that the railway ran right up to the harbour, but in reality, the line terminated in Seahouses village itself, and was never extended. The last train ran in October 1951 and the company was wound up in 1952.

The Layout: This layout is designed to show how the line might have looked if completed to the harbour and depicts a scene on Race Day in the 1920s. All the buildings are copied from the small number of pictures available and are as authentic as possible, the signal box being the one exception. All rolling stock used is prototypical of this line and period. The whole layout including buildings, rolling stock, boats and scenery has been built by Kevin, who hesitates to say it is now complete! We hope you will enjoy observing "Seahouses" in operation and welcome your questions and comments.

4mm

Kew Bridge

Exhibited by The Tramway & Light Railway Society.

Kew London 1901 – 1935. On the 4th April 1901 electric trams first ran on the streets of London. This layout was built to mark the centenary.

American 0n30

Indian River & Beaver Creek

4mm / OO gauge

Lydgate

BR (ex-L&Y Early-Mid 1960s)

Lydgate is a fictional branch line terminus that leaves the current Calder Valley Main Line near Rochdale. The original Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway plan was to link Lydgate with Rishworth in West Yorkshire to provide a shorter route, avoiding Summit Tunnel and Todmorden, from Yorkshire to the Lancashire Coast.

Based on a variation of the track plan at Holcombe Brook, the layou has been built to capture the essence of an ex-L&Y branch in the 1950's period of late BR steam / early Diesel. All the buildings are based on real locations in the L&Y area with the station and goods shed being Horwich, signal box Smithy Bridge, footbridge Rishworth, house Waterfoot and coal staithes from Sowerby Bridge.

The layout now boasts a new lighting unit designed to show how a model can be greatly improved by the use of colours to enhance the real 'fee' of the location. Previously owned an built by Tony Bucknell of the Rochdale Club and having been featured in the Railway Modeller, the layout has been seen on the northern exhibition circuit. After a visit by club members to the York exhibition, it has now travelled south and found a new home with members of the Mid Essex MRC.

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