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Current layouts
These layouts are either under construction or permanently assembled in the clubroom for weekly running.
As a club we try to accommodate every eventuality when it comes to layouts. Each layout has a brief description to help with recognition. Click on the camera to see pictures of each layout.
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Chalford
Layout under construction
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Where can I see it at an exhibition
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Chalford was chosen as the club's N gauge layout by
a member who had experience of the area. Once
started the layout has progressed very slowly as our
British N scale modellers are very few. Construction
has been done by various members of other scales
pitching in to help complete the model.
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Oxford
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new 'OO' gauge layout under construction
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Oxford will be a large, DCC controlled,
finescale 'OO' exhibition layout of the
eponymous city's GWR station, set around 1960 on
a summer Saturday. Featuring steam and early
diesel’s it will be as prototypically accurate
as possible in operation as well as visually
within the confines of the need to provide
intensive and interesting operation for the
entertainment of the public and the robustness
needed by an exhibition layout.
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Exhibition Managers Details for this layout press here
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As a 'OO' gauge layout Hinton Parva doesn't come
much bigger. Devised many years ago by members such
as Dave Potter, Harry Fielding, Graham Muspratt and
many more HP has evolved into what is exhibited
today. It was featured in 'HORNBY' magazine Issue 9
March 2008. A complex amount of electronics and a maze of wiring ensure a compulsive display at any exhibition.
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Little Bourne 'OO' DCC Layout Layout under construction |
Purchased from a current member, this layout was a
frequent visitor to the exhibition circuit under it's then name of Bridport. As it was based on a Southern Railway theme, its new guise will be the Great Western Railway. A complete stripping of buildings and wiring was necessary to make it into a DCC layout.
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Exhibition Managers Details of this layout press here
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This is the Club's British 'O' scale entry into the
exhibition circuit. In 'O' scale terms it can be
considered to be a simple track plan by its
operational potential is extreme. It features a
large Brewery complex that hides one of the fiddle
yards and a re-modelled creamery hiding the other.
The station has a through platform together with a
bay siding for local traffic.
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American
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Exhibition Managers Details of this layout press here
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'Oceanside' is the club's American 'N' scale layout.
It was featured in 'Continental Modeller' magazine
2006. Designed as a people watching trains layout the simple double track plus the winding branch line promotes American railways to its fullest potential.
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American
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Exhibition Managers Details of this layout press here
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Again an American 'N' scale layout. Built primarily
as a gap filler for the clubs exhibition, Wycrail in
2004. Named after one of the club's founder members,
Ray Hamilton, the layout depicts a through station
somewhere in the wilds of Iowa.
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American
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Exhibition Managers Details of this layout press here
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As part of the American members exhibit Prospect
Valley is a small neglected town containing a small
amount of switching (shunting to the un-initiated)
and a transfer point for the ore mine up in the
hills. Strange engines can be seen emerging from the
forest pulling loaded gondolas for the waiting main
line locomotives to disperse to various off scene
locations.
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Caribou River 'HO' scale Layout Modern image Layout under construction |
One of the new breed of layouts is this 'HO' layout.
It primarily designed for modern image diesel hauled
freight trains that are sound equipped DCC
controlled. Not built for the exhibition circuit.
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Prospect Point 'HO' scale Logging Layout |
Now well under construction, this 12' x 12' 'L' shaped layout portrays a logging and mining railroad set in north-western USA in the 40s/50s. The line will have logs arriving to be milled and shipped, or pulped for further processing. Ore from two mines will come through the layout on three different gauges of track. The key feature, a zig-zag up the hillside, will be worked by geared steam locos including Shays, Climaxes and Heislers; all just about coping with the difficult terrain.
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American
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Yet Un-Named 'O' scale Layout Layout under construction Club Test track only |
This layout is only designed as a test track for
American O scale. It is a straight 24ft of track
with a few sidings. Ideal for the modeller who has
DCC sound and wants to see their model run more than
6ft.
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These are various layouts designed and built by the
members. Some are portable some are fixed in roof
spaces or garages.
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