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Layouts I have built, building, researched, and exhibited in the UK

The Layouts


Sturminster Newton

N Gauge Layout of Sturminster Newton in Dorset and set towards the end of the line in the 1960s

Key Features

  • Size 11 feet by 2 Feet
  • DCC Control/JMRI Mimic Panel
  • Single track mainline with a 6-road fiddle yard at the rear
  • Currently exhibiting in the South West and rebuilt during 2025

Wealden Cement (For Sale)

N Gauge Modular layout based on a cement works in  the late 60s to late 90’s

Key Features

  • Size-  8 feet by 2 foot 6
  • DCC Controlled
  • Modular WSNG Standard, with a standalone loop and fiddleyard
  • Exhibiting with the WSNG Club in the South East
  • For Sale – Offers over £800 only
Crawley Yard

N Gauge Modern Theme layout of Crawley Yard on the Main London to Brighton Line from 2010

Key Features

  • Size  5 Meters by 610mm
  • DCC Control /JMRI Mimic Panel
  • 4 track mainline with yard and 8 road fiddleyard to the rear
  • Currently in the build phase for V2.0 targeting 2026/7 for exhibitions
Shillingstone

00 Layout based on Shillingstone on the Somerset and Dorset line. Set between 1920 and 1940 a mixture of S&DJR, SR and LMS stock in use

Key Features

  • Size 34 feet by 1.5 -2 Feet – 24 feet scenic boards
  • End-to-end configuration with fiddle yards at each end
  • DCC Control with sound-fitted locomotives and working signals
Poole Sidings

N Gauge home-based layout designed around the track plan for Poole in Dorset but aligned to fit in the room allocated to trains

Key Features

  • 12&12 feet, L Shaped and around two sides of the railway room
  • DCC Control with block detection, iTrain configuration underway for automation
  • Track laid in line with 1965-1980 – End of Steam – BR Blue
Billingshurst

Project started and abandoned after the move to Dorset. Buildings and baseboards were passed to Phil to complete

Key Features

  • Size 8 by 2 Feet
  • DCC Control
  • Designed to fit into the HMRC N Gauge Modular scheme

Upcoming Shows


Sturminster Newton

East Dorset/Bournemouth Feb 2026

Wealden Cement

Last Show East Dorset N Gauge Show July 2024

Now for sale – offers please

Crawley Yard

Pending a rebuild

Shillingstone

Last Show Shillingstone Model Show March 2025

Nothing Planned

Research

The Photo’s link to some of my photo archives on Flickr of some of the locations I have been able to survey as potential models in the last 15 years. Not many Trains, but lots for potential modelling

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