Club Layouts   

The club currently has SIX layouts in various stages of construction. Click on the layout names for more information

Grassington OO (Refurbished for the 2010 Grassington Festival in 19/20th June 2010)

History.
When the Midland built the Grassington Branch from Embsay Junction, their intention was to carry on right through to Wensleydale to link the North Eastern's cross country line from Garsdale on the Settle-Carlisle to Northallerton on the East Coast main line. However, the branch never got further than Grassington (that is until Bradford M.R.C. got involved!), so here is the Grassington Branch Extension as it might have been in the late 50's to early 60's.It is interesting that even though it was a terminal station it was constructed as a through station with 2 platforms and  a trailing rather than facing crossover for the loco run-round.

The station opened in 1904. Regular passenger services ceased early in 1932 due to bus although goods and quarry traffic continued until 1969. Only the 3 arch bridge at the south of the layout and the Former Baxters shop at the north end survive.

Layout
The layout was built between two already existing fiddle yards and a 90° curved non-scenic board, which needed only slight modification plus the scenic treatment. The station and goods yard follow the prototype track plan, although a certain degree of condensation in length has been necessary to get a manageable size.
After some years in store the layout has been resurrected for the 2010 Grassington festival and has been reconfigured as an end to end between 2 fiddle yards and given a general refresh.
The track disappearing under the wooden footbridge leads to Skirethornes quarry from where stone was transported for roadway construction.

     
Extension
As for the extension northwards, the line on leaving the station (which was the terminus) crosses the main road between Threshfield and Grassington on the level, and passes by the well-known Baxter's Confectioners shop.
Speculation was that had the line been extended, this shop would possibly have been demolished - however on examining O.S. maps and researching the actual area, we believe that the single line could have passed by the shop without any need for such measures. This shop has therefore been modelled more or less as it was in the chosen period.  With the signal box controlling most of the station pointwork located at the other end of the platforms how the crossing would have be worked is a source of some speculation - what do you think? As the extension is supposed to join the NE Region line in Wensleydale, locos and stock from both North Eastern and Midland regions will be seen working on the line.

Size
Length approx 8.6m (~28feet) view length 4.6m (16feet);
depth 0.9m (3foot) + operator space.

End to end with a fiddle yard at each end.

Hire this layout for your show
Needs provision of a jumbo transit van + fuel for van and 1 car as well as insurance lunch and vast quantities of tea for 4 operators.
Accomodation with breakfast required if over 60miles.
Requires 2 sockets consumption 400W (mainly lighting). Insurance value £5000 exc stock

Victoria Road 00 Victoria Road  featured in the December 2008 issue of Hornby magazine

Bradford Model Railway Club's latest large exhibition layout based on Saltairs stationa nd mill. A cup winner at the 2008 Workington and Stockport shows as well as appearing in our 2005,6 and 2008 shows. Due to appear in our 2010 show.

Victoria Rd. is based on a section of the ex Midland line north from Leeds/Bradford heading towards the famous Settle & Carlisle. Many of the buildings and scenery are modelled on those at Saltaire but because of the constraints of size and space we have renamed it after the road which crosses the line between the station and the mill. Many local people will no doubt recognise the features and hopefully get the atmosphere of the area. Buildings to "spot" include Salts mill (Condensed, Titus's mausoleum on the side of Victoria Church, The Staff Canteen and Shipley Salvation Army.
The period modelled was intended to be in the 1960s and much of the stock will be run for this time.  However it has been know that Victoria Rd. can be caught up in a 50 year time warp where the stock can appear from a much later period.

A time when passenger trains run without locos, freight trains have all lost their brake vans and railway stations have gone in favour of train stations:- sad isn’t it?Designed by Chairman Donald Swires and constructed mainly by himself and Exhibition manager Keith Fell. Latterly Chris Towers has used his talents to enhance the Scenery. The layout  is based on Saltaire station and goods adjacent to Salts mill around 1920-1960. 

Baseboards are 12mm ply on pine frames, scenery mainly Woodland Scenics and trackwork is Peco code 100.  Control is conventional cab control with a up to 5 controllers.
The 12 road fiddling yard is designed so that different front layouts can be used.
Type = Continuous double track with station and small yard, rear multiroad fiddleyard operators in centre. Front view only.
Front 6 4ft by 2ft 6 boards. Fiddle yard 4 boards*4ft by 2ft6" and 1 board 5ft by 2ft 6" with two 18" by 5ft 6" end boards.
Total size  24ft by 8ft front view only. 

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Hire this layout for your show

Needs provision of a jumbo transit van + fuel for van and 1 car as well as lunch and vast quantities of tea for 4 operators.

Accomodation with breakfast required if over 60miles.

Requires 2 sockets consumption 250W (mainly lighting).
 
Insurance value £8000 inc stock

Click here to download Victoria Road info sheet double sided A5 pdf

Oxenhope is the terminus station of the now preserved Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. We have tried to base model loosely as it was between 1945 and 1965 which permits the running of both L.M.S. and B.R. stock.
It consists of a single platform with run-round loop and goods facilities. As a point of interest, when the branch was built the structures and track bed were constructed to double track standards to allow an extension via a long tunnel to Hebden Bridge. Of course,  this was never constructed.

Construction - The scenery is Woodlands Scenic flock on polystyrene sheets laid on 7mm ply baseboards.
Buildings are scratch built complete with furnished interiors the station and goods shed having working smoke units. For added interest we have tried to incorporate some period vehicles as well as some local wildlife.
The single fiddle yard can hold up to six full length trains.

Stock belongs to club members and includes Bachman, Tower; Oakville-Anchorage; Connoisseur, DJH, Slater's, and some scratch built.
Electrics - Conventional "cab" control is used with Peco track and points with slow-motion Tortoise point motors. The single fiddle yard can hold up to six full length trains.
Construction - Buildings are scratch built complete with furnished interiors. The station and goods shed having working smoke units

Size -  Total Length=38ft (11.6m) or 34ft ( 10.m) with short fiddle yard: Fiddle yard 12Feet (3.6m) although can be reduced to 8ft (2.4m)  Depth=3ft (0.9m)+operator space (3ft).
Type = End to End, Station to Right-hand  fiddle yard.  Front view only

 Hire this layout for your show         Needs provision of a jumbo transit van + fuel for van and 1 car as well as insurance lunch and vast quantities of tea for 4 operators.
Accomodation with breakfast required if over 60miles.
Requires 2 sockets consumption 400W (mainly lighting). Insurance value £5000 exc stock

Tomas OO  Currently available

Hire this layout with or without stock /operators for your event. Will squeeze into an esate type car an requires 1 socket consumption 100W (mainly lighting). Insurance value £500

ASHTOM is a little known intermediate station on the coastal branch line on the Isle of Sodor. So little known that hardly anyone has heard of it, even Tomas gets mixed up when he is sent there.  You’re not likely to see the Fat Controller at ASHTOM so anything goes and quite a lot STOPS.
The only visible industry is the Sodor Kipper Company, which was built after the first catch of smoked kippers, was landed on the quay on the 1st April 1900 and something or other. So much for the serious stuff.  So - the layout was built with our younger visitors in mind and they are invited to take the controls and have a go...---  Anyone get the anagram?

Size Total Length = 6ft (1.8m) ; Viewing Length=6ft, ;  Depth=4t (1.2m)+operator space (2t).    
Type = Continuous single track with sidings and station, rear fiddleyard. Front operated.

Dewsbury Midland N (Currently being refurbished available in 2011 )

N gauge layout derived from Arthur Whitehead's original idea of the same name. 

Dewsbury Midland was inspired by an Arthur Whitehead article of the same name from the December 1973 edition of Railway Modeller. It supposed that the Midland's proposed line from Royston through to the North HAD been built with Dewsbury the junction which would have formed, had further proposals materialised.

The layout takes the form of an oval, but whereas Arthur Whiteheads was designed on an area of 11' x 9' in 4mm/ft, ours has been stretched to 14' x 13' in 2mm/ft, giving a much more spacious look to the station and running lines.
A 4mm version also based on the Arthur Whitehead article has been constructed by Manchetser Model railway club.
 A Loco  shed has been added for loco and roster changes.

The track is Peco throughout with points operating via a Capacitor Discharge unit and probe onto studs let into a mimic diagram on the control panel. The separate up and down fiddle yard roads are selected through a diode matrix system. There are separate controls for up and down main lines as well as those for the loco shed area and goods facilities.

Buildings within the confines of the railway are mostly scratch built to the Midland architectural style whilst others are kit built items. The back scene was all hand painted by one of our ex-members Norman Carter and was developed from photographs taken in the actual area - a masterpiece in 2mm - many thanks to Norman for this, some other railway buildings and the garden centre which occupies the land where the cricket ground used to be.

The time period has been brought forward in to the B.R. steam / diesel era but locos and stock from earlier days may be seen as well as inter-regional exchanges.

Currently being re-built with a new fiddling yard available early 2010

Size Total Length=14ft(4.4m);  Viewing Length=14ft, ;  Depth=3ft (0.9m)+operator space (3ft).    
Type = Continuous double track with junction and  yard, rear fiddleyard operators at rear. Front view only.

Daleside Road OO (Currently being rebuilt available in 2010-11 )

Developed from the branch terminus of the clubs previous large OO layout "Idlethorpe" (Now Sold)

Withdrawn for rebuild. 

Size -  Total Length=17feet; Viewing length=17ft,  Depth=2ft+operator space (3ft).Type = End to End,

Two stations to hidden fiddle yard, Front view only

Farsley School Street  (Currently unavailable )

Hire this layout for your show- needs expenses for fuel and and 3 operators minimum.
Size Length=8ft (2.4m);   Depth=3ft (0.9m) + operator space (3ft).
Type = End to End, Station to Right-hand  fiddle yard.  Front view only

Warren Castle  (Currently under construction )

A new 009 "rabbit warren" layout with low and high level stations ready 2010.
Hire layout for your show- needs expenses for fuel and and 2 operators minimum.
Size - Total length= 45"(1.1m); Viewing length= 45" (1.1m) ,  Depth=20"(0.5m)+operator space (3ft).    
Type - Continuous loop with high level branch terminus. Front view only.

Members layouts

Dolly Hill (N) Chris Towers and family)

A freelance  compact N gauge layout. 2mm to foot.(1:144) scale with excellent scenery.
It comprises a branch line terminus with run round loop, engine shed, goods facilities and sidings. Trains emanate from a hidden 3 road fiddle yard is located under the churchyard of the scenic section.
It features working semaphore signals. automatic uncouplers by means of track mounted magnets and a hidden fiddle yard located under the village church and graveyard. Stock is usually a mix of 50-60 era steam and diesel
Recent exhibitions include Pendle Forrest, Padiham; Pickering 2009,

Construction - Baseboards are Sundela board on a timber frame. The layout boxes into 4ft by 1ft by 1ft box to enable it to be stored  in a corner.

Scenery is made from polystyrene, filler. Buildings are a mixture of proprietary and scratch built .

Track is Peco with Peco or Seep point motors. Uncoupling is by means of Seep magnets located under the track with metal tags glued to standard N gauge couplings.

Signal operate and are a mixture of Semaphores worked by point motors or 2 aspect colour light.

Stock is property from Farish, Minitrix Peco and Bachann

Hire this layout for your show. Requires expenses for fuel, lunch and vast quantities of tea for 2-3 operators.
Additionally for distances of over approx 50 miles or 1hr travelling Bed and Breakfast accommodation with English breakfast will be required.

Fry up (009) Chris Towers and family)

A freelance OO9 narrow gauge layout 4mm to foot .(1:76) but with N scale track with excellent scenery.
It comprises a continuous oval with station, goods yard, carriage shed and engine shed. It features working colour light signals. working crossing gates and windmill, smoking chimneys; and many more scenic features.
Can you spot the wildlife including Hares, Rabbits, Foxes, Badgers; Stoats, Cats, Dogs, Goats, Ducks, Pheasants, Owl's, Blackbirds and more?

Recent exhibitions include Narrow Gauge North; Pickering, New Mills, Settle, Skipton and Huddersfield.

Construction - Baseboards are timber and have evolved over the years as the layout has grown from an end to end to a full oval..
Scenery is made from polystyrene, filler, bark (for rocks). Walls are constructed of real slate and local stone painstakingly cut and put together Flowers are made from carefully cut down dried flowers
Track and points are Peco "crazy track" with Bemo point motors.

Size -Length 11ft (3.4m); Depth 2ft (0.6m) +operator space (3ft)  Continuous oval, front view only

Hire this layout for your show. Requires expenses for fuel, lunch and vast quantities of tea for 2-3 operators.
Additionally for distances of over approx 50 miles or 1hr travelling B and B with English breakfast will be required.

Page updated 21st th June 2010 2010 kdj

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