Built over a period of 5 months, although the collecting and planning started eight years ago, this layout is three rail in the style of the old Hornby Dublo, but is a fully scenic layout. It measures 16 x 5 feet including the fiddle yard that lies behind the scenic front. It is a continuous run layout with two lower level and one higher level circuits and in addition there is a shuttle at the front. The scenic features, as you will see from the pictures, include a station, goods sidings, and an engine shed complete with turntable.
The layout was exhibited at the Weymouth Model Railway Exhibition in November 2014 and has been exhibited several times since.
A general view of “I ‘ad that”
Trains waiting in the station on I ‘ad that
Class A4 pacific “Sir Nigel Gresley”
A selection of Hornby Dublo engines on shed
The turntable
Electric trains await their turn on the shuttle
The fiddle yard
The main control panel expertlly created in the style of Hornby Dublo
All photographs on this page © 2014 David M Riches