Exhibition LayoutsThe Club runs four exhibition layouts:(click on an image for more information about a layout) Copenhagen Fields
Scale: 2mm to the foot (N) Approx dimensions: 20ft (6m) long by 8ft (2.5m) wide A large layout of the area around the northern environs of Kings Cross set in about the 1920-1930 period, just a few minutes from our clubhouse. It includes Copenhagen Fields, (a small park) , the cattle market and hundreds of buildings of houses, factories, churches and pubs of this fascinating slice of north London as well as the Caledonian Road and its station (plus working underground line!).
Putnam Division
Scale: 3.5mm to the foot (HO -gauge) Approx dimensions 24ft (7.3m) x 9ft (2.8m) A new layout set in the transition period of 1945-60, part of the New York Central system.
Keengate
Scale: 4mm to the foot (OO-gauge) Approx dimensions: 16ft (5m) long by 12ft (3.5m) wide A new layout based on completion of the part-built MR mainline into Bradford from the south. This would permit intensive EMU and DMU operation along with limited Midland and Virgin Cross-Country services (the least demanding InterCity trains in terms of length). Freight services north and south can also run. Railtours and steam specials over the Settle and Carlisle may also feature. Sarum Road
Scale: 4mm to the foot (OO-gauge) Approx dimensions: 9ft (2.8m) long by 2ft (0.6m) wide Based loosely on Stewarts Lane loco depot in the mid-1950s. The layout is designed to be hand-portable for carriage on public transport. Articles detailing its construction can be found here. Minories
Scale: 4mm to the foot (EM Gauge) Length: 14ft Minories is being built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the design appearing by Cyril Freezer - a long time member of The MRC. Exchange Sidings
Scale: 4mm to the foot (EM Gauge) A new club layout, built in a weekend. A shunting yard set in the Welsh Border's countryside. Happisburgh
Scale: 7mm to the foot (O-gauge) Approx dimensions: 36ft (11m) long, with extentions to 50ft (15m) by 4ft (1.3m) wide A real town on the coast of East Anglia - pronounced 'haysboro', (with the only privatised lighthouse in the British Isles), it never actually had a station, but there were several schemes and this layout is based on one of them. A terminus station, the building is actually Hertford East, the line serves holiday traffic and a sugar refinery. It is set in the early 1960's during the Beeching era and there is a closure notice posted on the wall of the station building. The locos are dirty and run-down, the buildings are still beautiful and in use. If you would like to invite any of these layouts to a forthcoming exhibition, please mail the Secretary, supplying details of the name of the event, dates, location and preferably what arrangements are made for insurance, travel expenses and any accommodation if needed. Please bear in mind that popular layouts like Copenhagen Fields are often booked for upto two years in advance. Send your mail with "TRAINS" in the subject title to:
The photos on the following pages have been taken by various people - Tony Wright took the excellent black and white shots of Happisburgh, the better colour ones were by Peter Mann and most of the remainder were by Mike Joseph. The photos are the copyright of the Model Railway Club, but may be reproduced for non-commercial uses providing that the source is acknowledged. |
