Dewsbury Midland

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.

© Bradford Model Railway Club

Updated 6th Sept 2007 kdj