NEXT MEETING - SATURDAY 20th December 2025
MEMBERS LAYOUTS
Many of our members have their own layouts.
Some of these attend exhibitions - whilst others stay at home.
Information about some of these layouts is shown below.
MORTON YARD (SM32) - PETE BLAY
Pete's layout utilises Hornby 0 Gauge Tinplate track to represent a field railway type system.
The board is just 4ft x 3ft but Pete has packed it with an engine shed, goods yard and many scenic items.
Some of the items are scratchbuilt, some re-worked from toys and some 3D printed.
Most locos are radio controlled and many children young and old have enjoyed having a go when the layout attends exhibitions.
SEVERN MILL (NG7) - JOHN BROOKES
John has several layouts, Severn Mill depicts a factory with its own internal narrow gauge railway system. All the buildings, scenery and most of the 'non-locomotive' rolling stock are scratch built and weathered to suggest a grubby industrial scene.
The layout is built to a scale of 7mm/ft (0-16.5 now becoming known as NG7). It is 2.5 metres long.
The layout is totally self contained and provides for some challenging shunting, but it is also compatible with the modular systems of the Heart of England and West Midlands groups and, when combined with other modules, provides a useful source of traffic.
LINTON STATION (NG7) - GARRY MOORE
Garry's “interprertation” of Lynton & Lynmouth station, has been under construction for many years. The layout measures 8 feet by 2 feet, constructed as open frame using 2” x 1” timber.
Although intended as a “permanent” layout, it has been designed to be easily dismantled into easy to handle sections if necessary.
The layout is wired for conventional analogue control, and includes a control panel. .
Trackwork is standard PECO 0-16.5 (NG7) track, with pointwork electrically switched by standard PECO solenoid motors using an “electric pencil”.
Kadee couplings are used for “hands free” operation, with the position of uncoupling magnets set from the start of construction.
