Club layouts

Norton Vale

00 Gauge

Designed By Doug Richards Created by Club members, updated over the last 10 years

4mm scale
Conceived as a regular club evening project for 4mm modellers to learn and
practice their skills, with the intention of producing a working layout.
Sadly, one of our members Alan Webber died in 2012, in his memory the layout
was completed for exhibition at local shows.
Layout Description:
Situated somewhere in Oxfordshire near to Banbury on a truncated cross
country route in the early sixties. This allows both steam and early diesel
operation from all regions giving considerable scope for varied rolling stock
operations, this suits our members allowing them to draw from their own
collections. The main station ‘Norton Vale’ is situated on the truncated route
with a small branch to ‘Lower Norton’ including a small dairy.
Based upon an idea from Cyril Freezer’s PECO publication ’60 plans for Small
Layouts’ from which Plan 47 was chosen with a few changes to suit our needs.
All structures use a mixture of modified standard kits and scratch building.
The track is PECO code 75, points operated by SEEP solenoids with working
DAPOL signals.
Control is DCC using either Digitrax, Gaugemaster or NCE Powercab.
ALOWER NORTON
Electrical supply:
Principal dimensions: 20’ x 2’ self supporting
plus operating space behind layout.
1 off 13 amp socket.
Power consumption Approx. 150 Watts.
No lighting
4 operators. 1 off 6’ table please plus a few chairs.
Insurance value: £5000

Great Swilling

EM Gauge

Designed and created by The late David Burnett (ex chairman)

Bristol and Gloucester
A natural progression from the Bristol to Coalpit Heath tramway was to reach
Gloucester. Engineered by Brunel to Broad Gauge, The Bristol and Gloucester
Railway opened in 1844. Soon to join forces with the Birmingham to Gloucester to
form the Bristol to Birmingham. Absorbed by the Midland Railway In 1846,
supported by the LNWR whose directors were horrified at the thought of Broad
Gauge reaching their territory if taken over by the Great Western! Hence Midland
working into Bournemouth.
Situated a few miles west of Michael wood services on the M5 Great Swilling was
one of two junc ons, together with Berkeley Road, for traffic to Severn docks. To
avoid conges on an avoiding loop was laid to the east in 1939. The sta on was then
only used for local and docks traffic. A tramway links the rear lines to Suppings Hole
sidings and Sharpness docks.
Built to
EM Gauge standards most of the layout is scratch built.
Rolling stock from kits and modified RTR with some scratch building.
Swillings Brewery is s ll independent, ‘The Be er Pint’.

New Mexico

Designed and Created by Peter Everitt

Narrow Gauge (HOn3)
Standard Gauge (HO)
Dual Gauge (HO & HOn3)

Layout size 6ft X 16in with a 3ft space required at the right hand side for the Cassettes.
We bring suitable tables making the total footprint (inc operator space) 9ft 6in X 5ft
Power is Digitrax DCC and all locos are equipped with sound.
Normally has three operators so we can keep both standard and narrow gauge operating and
requires one car for transport.