Romford Model Railway Society
Sandsend
by Des Leggett
Club OO DCC
& DC Layouts
Kenby O Gauge by
Kenneth Browning
The Whitby - Loftus line was a 16.5 mile stretch along the Yorkshire coast. The line ran from westcliff station, Sandsend, Kettleness, Hinderwell, Staines and Loftus. I decided to re-create Just Sandsend Station with coal drop, the Sandsend Viaduct, some of the main buildings along the coast and then Sandsend Tunnel.
As with most layouts slight changes were done but hopefully still get that feel what was Sandsend. layout build started in 2019 and still a lot to do. I've only re-created the main buildings at this seaside town. all buildings are scratch built as with the viaduct which is 4ft in total length. Viaduct material used is plasticard, plastic tubing and metal L girders for strength. buildings are all from plasticard.
My layout is 1.4m at the start of the base board so i could get the view of the Viaduct at eye level when standing up. i've chosen to depict the start of the lner era but actually run various stock when it pleases me! The Whitby - Loftus Line closed on the 3rd May 1958. In total there was 5 Viaducts and 3 tunnels.
Our OO gauge DCC layout (pictured) was kindly donated by a local enthusiast. We also have a DC test layout and a new DC/DCC model of North Weald, part of a local heritage railway.
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Once a month we hire a larger hall at Fairkytes so we can set up and run the larger layouts in OO and O gauge as well as our normal club layouts.
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Currently under construction is a two station outdoor and indoor O gauge BR layout. I am currently working on the indoor parts with the outdoor section to be completed next year. The indoor parts of the layout can be separately operated and are removable for exhibitions etc. Recent progress includes building a small traverser fiddle yard.
London Road OO by Stephen Smith
London Road is a purely fictional station, set somewhere on the London Underground. The period is deliberately flexible to allow a wide range of rolling stock and road vehicles to be displayed. The layout was first displayed in 1979, in very basic form, but has been continually improved over the years.
The Rolling Stock is mostly scratch built, or kit built, even those kit built are mostly modified or have added detail. Most rolling stock would have run somewhere on the Underground sometime in the post-war period, although some items are earlier. The layout is fully signalled. The signals are semi-automatic and route interlocked. Trackside equipment which is mostly unique to the Underground has been made and fitted where appropriate.
Many of the road vehicles are either kits or scratchbuilt.
Craigdale Park by Mark Jupp
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Craigdale Park is my own creation, a simple countryside layout set in the 1940-1950's era. The layout is 6'8" x 4" in OO scale. I based the layout using plan 4 from the Peco track plan book with a few modifications of my own. The layout has an inner and outer ring and a branch for holding rolling stock.
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There are some distinctive features such as the goods yard, locomotive shed, signal box. station house with car park and connecting road and a tunnel. I have also added some working features including building illumination, street lighting, buffer lights and track warning lights. There are also 4 remote semaphore signals with two distant signals and two home signals on the end of the station platforms.
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A rural back scene on three sides of the layout to complete the countryside theme.
