ASSOCIATION OF MODEL RAILWAY CLUBS WALES & WEST OF ENGLAND LTD.
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ASSOCIATION OF MODEL RAILWAY CLUBS WALES & WEST OF ENGLAND LTD.
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DETAILS OF SOME OF THE LAYOUTS ATTENDING THE 2010 SHOW
Maidwell 4mm scale , OO Gauge
North Gwent Railway Modellers
In 1893 the Midland Railway constructed a short single line branch from their main line at Kettering to Loddington to tap the ironstone prevalent in the area. Had this branch been extended through to Rugby it would have passed near the village of Maidwell and formed a useful cross country route between the Midlands and the East coast.
Our layout depicts how the station at Maidwell may have appeared around 1930 in the L.M.S.period with rolling stock passing through from the pregrouping companies at each end of the line ( M.R. & L.N.W.R.) and later L.M.S. As Maidwell is midway between Rugby and Kettering we assumed the layout would have a passing loop and we incorporated a small goods yard and an ironstone quarry to feed the ironworks that actually existed at Cransley on this line a little nearer Kettering. The branch line serves a number of small villages and ironstone quarries.
The baseboards are 12mm ply tops and downstands, the trackwork SMP scaleway with points operated by wire in tube and ballasted with material from Green Scene. The grass is dyed sawdust, the buildings scratch built and the iron ore is – iron ore gleaned from old workings.
North Gwent Railway Modellers
In 1893 the Midland Railway constructed a short single line branch from their main line at Kettering to Loddington to tap the ironstone prevalent in the area. Had this branch been extended through to Rugby it would have passed near the village of Maidwell and formed a useful cross country route between the Midlands and the East coast.
Our layout depicts how the station at Maidwell may have appeared around 1930 in the L.M.S.period with rolling stock passing through from the pregrouping companies at each end of the line ( M.R. & L.N.W.R.) and later L.M.S. As Maidwell is midway between Rugby and Kettering we assumed the layout would have a passing loop and we incorporated a small goods yard and an ironstone quarry to feed the ironworks that actually existed at Cransley on this line a little nearer Kettering. The branch line serves a number of small villages and ironstone quarries.
The baseboards are 12mm ply tops and downstands, the trackwork SMP scaleway with points operated by wire in tube and ballasted with material from Green Scene. The grass is dyed sawdust, the buildings scratch built and the iron ore is – iron ore gleaned from old workings.
Bear Bottom Lumber Co 7mm ‘On30’ – US logging line
Barry & Penarth MRC – Tony Woodward
Website: www.bpmrc.org.uk
Description
Barry & Penarth MRC – Tony Woodward
Website: www.bpmrc.org.uk
Description
The railroad was originally driven up Black Bear River in the late 1880’s to tap the redwoods that lined the upper reaches of the river. A small log pond was built at Bear Bottom to float the timber down to the estuary. Unfortunately, after a few years of operating at the edge of profitability, disaster struck. A major landslide up-river diverted the river to run down the next valley and the river at Bear Bottom virtually dried up and the log dump became unusable.
But there was a silver lining. The landslide exposed silver and lead seams which looked profitable. This proved to be the case and the new investment enabled a short tunnel to be blasted through to next valley where a new line was built to service the mines. The new river course created a new natural lake, accessible through the tunnel, which became the new log pond.
Bear Bottom was developed to provide an intermediate base for both the timber and mining branches of the railroad. A small sawmill was built in the valley to provide lumber for the both the logging and mining operations but the original log pond is in a sorry state.
But there was a silver lining. The landslide exposed silver and lead seams which looked profitable. This proved to be the case and the new investment enabled a short tunnel to be blasted through to next valley where a new line was built to service the mines. The new river course created a new natural lake, accessible through the tunnel, which became the new log pond.
Bear Bottom was developed to provide an intermediate base for both the timber and mining branches of the railroad. A small sawmill was built in the valley to provide lumber for the both the logging and mining operations but the original log pond is in a sorry state.