Chipbury is a fictitious town located just west of the Tamar in Cornwall, The line opened in 1884 firstly as a small branch line from
Oakhampton where you would change for Crediton and Exeter, But as time went on the town and traffic grew leading to the line being doubled in 1902 and additional platform added. The traffic was mixed with passenger and freight, stone from local quarries being the main goods out of the area, Although a fair amount of livestock was also carried. In the intervening years the line was quiet busy, however after the 1950’s as with most of the railway network a lot of the freight traffic started to disappear. Fortunately quarrying was still active right through into the late eights and stone trains were still regular to the nearby quarry. The sidings were also used for reforming of freights to onward destinations, and speed link trains are regular visitors, along with stabling of the postal sevice.
The period being modelled is between the late 70’s trough to the mid to late eight’s. Most passenger services are diesel hauled although the occasional HST and Multiple unit will be seen. The Diesel Classes in use are mainly class 37’s, 47’s & 50’s however the odd Class 40 can be seen & an 08 works the yard. The main liveries of the period are Blue & Grey although the occasional swallow intercity colour's can be seen

Stand 5 - Barnhill MRC - Hilton MOD - 00 - 16ft x 21 inches - Period: Modern image. (Junior Section)

                Hillton MOD has recently been re-opened after being mothballed in 2001. Due to the demand for equipment by the Army in areas of conflict Hillton MOD now supplies front line troops with essential supplies via the rail network.Stores in covered vans and light armoured vehicles are dispatched on flat wagons.EWS locomotives handle this traffic and the internal traffic handled by an MOD shunting locomotive. Rail companies also needed a facility to service their DMU fleet.
A connection was made at Hillton,from the recently re opened branch to allow servicing and re-fuelling of DMU s.