Market Deeping Model Railway Club
Layouts
For information concerning availability for exhibition contact one of the following members:
Colin Brown on: 01778 342055
Please check the Events page for forthcoming commitments for club layouts.
We have the following layouts available for exhibition -
"Canons Cross"
General description:
The layout has been built for BRM to show that a model railway is within the
capabilities of anyone who has carried out DIY and those with skills at the
beginners stage. All items can be bought off the shelf from the local
model shop and builders merchants. Some buildings are made from simple
card kits that are pre-cut and very easily assembled.
Woodwork for the base boards is simple and has no complicated joints. Some builders merchants will part cut some of the plywood. Electrics are simple and sturdy requiring little soldering. Rolling stock is all RTR. A series of atricles regarding it's construction has appeared in the magazine British Railway Modelling (Jan-Apr 2010 issues). The railway will be appearing at the BRM sponsored exhibitions in Doncaster, London and Peterborough in 2010 and 2011. This layout will also appear at other exhibitions and events.
The layout is based on the Southern Region of BR in the 1950/60s and operates with Steam,diseal and EMU's. It is a small terminus to a fiddle yard layout. The layout is approximately 17'x 2' in size plus an operating area and requires 3-4 operators to run and 2 cars to transport. One 5amp power supply via an RCD is required to run the layout.
"Sutterton"
General description:
Sutterton is based on Sutterton & Algarkirk, a through station on the GNR Lincolnshire loop line from
Peterborough to Doncaster via Boston (now closed). The stock run varies from fast excursion trains to local
stopping trains and lengthy goods workings. The layout was featured in British Railway Modelling magazine in
March 2001, and also by Anglia Television in 2002, and has won awards at ExpoEM.
| Gauge | EM (scale 4mm) |
| Type | continuous running |
| Period represented | c.1920 |
| Companies represented | GNR |
| Space required | 10 metres long by 4 metres deep |
| Means of transport | 3 cars |
| No. of operators | 5-6 |
| Insurance Value | £15,000 |
"Willingly"
General description:
The LB&SCR were involved in several plans for a more direct line to Eastbourne and the 'Cuckoo line' despite
its undulating gradients and sharp bends was a possible one of these. It is assumed it was developed and
improved to double track standards. Willingly is a fictitious town along this line, although those who know the
area may recognise a lot of the features of Heathfield in the station buildings, goods yard, and natural gas
supply. The main aim has been to try to catch the atmosphere of the Brighton area in the Sussex Weald in
the period 1905-1914. There are eleven recognisably different trains running on the layout featuring mainly
Mr. Stroudley's "improved engine green" livery for the engines and Mr. Robert Billinton's smart "umber and
white" livery for the coaching stock. It has been exhibited successfully from Great Yarmouth to Brighton.
| Gauge | OO (scale 4mm) |
| Type | continuous running |
| Period represented | 1905-1914 |
| Companies represented | LB&SCR |
| Space required | 6 metres long by 3 metres deep |
| Means of transport | 2 cars |
| No. of operators | 4 |
| Insurance Value | £8,000 |
Owner - David Edsall 12 North Street, Oundle PE8 4AL
E-Mail
davidedsall143@btinternet.com
Phone
01832 274371
Type
– 4mm ‘oo’ gauge – fiddle yard to terminus
Insurance
value £5000
It is based on the Hayling Branch with Langston Halt, a shortened version of the
Langston Bridge, and the Station buildings at the terminus all modelled on
buildings there. But I have removed the weight restriction on the bridge so that
a variety of engines may crss it!.
All the buildings are scratch built from photographs and whilst those at
Langston village come from the area near to the actual station, those making up
Walmington town come from a wide variety of locations in Sussex.
Five different trains appear in the liveries of this period and the engines are
in Mr Stroudley’s renowned improved Engine Green which was used up to the end
of the period modelled. All the
stock that appears (with the exception of one Terrier tank engine) is kit built.
"Woodcroft"
General description:
Woodcroft is a small through station on an imaginary single-track line built to give access to Stamford from
the GN main line. It's main purpose was to allow for through running of coaches from King's Cross via
Peteborough to Stamford. The station has a single platform and a run round loop for goods trains. A small
brickyard in the vicinity (so typical of the area) with sidings gives much useful goods traffic. For this
exhibition, the layout is operated in the GNR or LNER period.
| Gauge | EM (scale 4mm) |
| Type | fiddle yard to fiddle yard |
| Period represented | 1920-1948 |
| Companies represented | GNR/LNER |
| Space required | 7 metres long by 1 metres deep |
| Means of transport | 2 cars |
| No. of operators | 4 |
| Insurance Value | £8,000 |
"Dundle"
Dundle was built as a fully scenic model railway to provide a "drive a train" facility at the market Deeping Club's annual exhibition and also at the Deeping Show. It has both OO and OO9 track work, and so it can be used by modelers of the latter gauge as a running layout in the clubroom.
The track work was designed as providing both a basic "roundy roundy" together with extra loops and sidings which offer a variety of operation - a simple "once round the track" for the younger or totally inexperienced children, together with something more sophisticated for the more experienced or older children - or even some adults! There is no attempt to model a particular period or company - a "Thomas" train runs in conjunction with a set of GWR clerestory coaches, and a Schools class "Stowe" with an SR three coach set. On the OO9 there are two possible narrow gauge trains. All the stock has been donated by members of the club.
The scenic side is there to fulfill an aim that a model railway layout ought to be a three dimensional landscape (with of course important moving parts!). It needs to provide interest and be sufficiently realistic to convince the viewer. In this case nearly all the buildings have been made from easily built cardboard or plastic kits, and it also has a role of indicating to older children - or their Dads or Mums - the kind of thing that can be achieved without high level skills being required if they wish to develop their toy train set into a scenic model railway.
