Wallingford (layout now sold)

Dimensions - 9' x 9' right angle design with operating area within the angle thereby giving two good viewing areas. The layout is a single track branch based in Oxfordshire with ex GWR and ex LMS loco stock but some early BR diesels. It comprises three scenic boards plus a fiddle yard.

Board 1 is the main board with all the controls. This board contains the station and shunting yard and the points are manually operated from a lever frame by means of cables in tubes. The points on board 2 are electrically operated. Also on board 1 are electrically operated push-button uncouplers on various tracks, including the station itself, and all stock is fitted with DG delay-action uncouplers.

Loco Stock.

• Converted Farish class 101 2-car dmu close-coupled
• Converted Farish class 25 diesel D7645
• Converted Farish class 47 diesel D1662
• Converted Farish GWR railcar brown/cream
• Kit-built 0-6-0 pannier tank 3716
• Kit-built 0-4-2 14xx 1458
• Kit-built Collett 3MT 0-6-0 tender loco 2234
• Kit-built Churchward 8F 2-8-0 tender loco 2851
• Kit-built Fowler 4F 0-6-0 tender loco 44466

All have been run at two exhibitions quite recently except the Churchward 8F as the link between the tender and loco has become detached and needs attention.

Coaching Stock

• Modified Farish GWR autocoach
• 2 Farish BR maroon mk 1 coaches, 1 brake, 1 composite
• 2 Farish BR maroon suburban coaches
• 1 Farish BR maroon parcels coach but with defective bogies

Goods stock

• 2 GWR style brake vans
• 1 BR style brake van
• 21 open trucks - a mixture - most are OK but one or two with tight bearings or a loose/missing axle. There are loads and covers available to represent empty or loaded trucks
• 4 flatbed trucks
• 6 tanker trucks - either milk or fuel
• 7 vans

In addition there are road vehicles, farm animals, two barges (for the canal) and other scenic items.

The builder of the layout has provided craftsman-built stock boxes, the larger of which comprises two trays together with a specially constructed box to house the detachable buildings for safe transportation.

Both the layout and stock have been built very skilfully and it is delightful to observe and to operate but I no longer have the space to give it and it requires someone more skilled than me to upgrade and effect the necessary maintenance.

( This layout has now been sold, thank you for your interest ).