Details

This layout is made up of 22, 6ft by 3ft or 2ft 6ins boards made from 12mm exterior ply on 75mm x 25mm battening with occasional variations as can be seen in the canal area.

It is designed to be free standing, so that the viewing public can view on all four sides, the operators all work in the middle.

This fictitious layout is based in the South Yorkshire/North Midland area between 1957 and 1962, allowing us to run both steam and early diesels from the BR Midlands period with visiting stock from the Eastern and Western regions.

Built to 00 Gauge 4mm scale it is powered by Analog DC and is controlled by nine operators using six control panels and twelve controllers. To operate this at an exhibition we like to travel with a team of fourteen, this gives operators a rest every once in a while. It can be quite stressful operating to the high standard required!

Train movements are to a schedule, for passenger and fast freight. The goods yard and slow freight work independently.

Stock is owned by club members and is a mixture of kit built and RTR. Fitting crew and lamps to the locos and real coal in the tenders is on going. All express passenger trains are close coupled. We are also in the process of weathering the stock.

The operating signals are a mixture of semaphore and two-aspect coloured light. All track work is Peco code 100.

As can be seen there has been a conscious effort to provide a large variety of scenery and a tremendous amount of quality scratch-building. Many club members past and present have put this together over a 9 year period.

Dorehill station has five through platforms – three north and two south – with a single bay northbound and a goods avoiding line running south. All passenger trains stop here. All the station buildings and platform canopies are scratch built. Colour light signals control the station.