My other model railways.....
Tamerton Foliot Light Railway (009)
An end-to-end layout by the village of Tamerton Foliot where I grew up on the outskirts of Plymouth. The LSWR main Plymouth-Waterloo line passed nearby and a station was built 2 miles from the village. In my re-imagining, the distance was too great for the gentry and a light railway was built for their convenience. The railway also carries agricultural produce for London: strawberries and rabbits.
The model has two connected scenes: a village with adjacent harbour (much grander than reality: the village lies at the end of a tidal creek which is mostly mud flats), and a connection to the standard gauge main line.
The layout is 2.3 x 0.4 m across two boards (with potential to insert a third board at a later date). It is portable in one car and requires two operators at exhibition. It will be available for exhibitions from late 2025.
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Astbury Junction (N)
‘Astbury Junction’ is a town-based loft layout set in the early 1950s (BR early crest). I set it in the Peak District north-eastern corner of Cheshire, which allows me to run a mix of ex-LNER and ex-LMS types plus BR standards and an odd ex-GWR visitor. It isn’t based on a specific place, but the buildings bear a passing resemblance to those around Marple Bridge, where the GCR/NS joint line from Macclesfield met the GCR/MR joint line to Hayfield. It was featured in the N Gauge Society Journal issues 6/22 and 1/25.