Layouts I have built, building, researched, and exhibited in the UK
Two S&DJR layouts reflecting my time and memories of Dorset. Poole where I went to school and spent many happy hours watching the trains go by and two from my time in Sussex travelling daily between Billingshurst and London
Sturminster Newton
- N Gauge
- Modelled on Sturminster Newton in Dorset on the S&DJR
- 11 feet by 2 with fiddle yard at rear
- Runs in a 1925-35 guise and more usually in a 60-66 format
Crawley Yard – Currently getting a rebuild
- Modern Image N Gauge layout modelled on Crawley Yard on the London to Brighton mainline from 2000-2020
- 5 Meters long 610mm wide, with a fiddle yard at the rear
- DCC Control with many sound fitted locomotives
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
- 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 room-based layout of Poole in Dorset with N elevation fiddle yard
- Modelled to cover the end of the Steam and the BR Blue era
- DCC controlled with JMRI and iTrain options, Railcom and blocked throughout for Automation
Wealden Cement For Sale No Room to Store
West Sussex N Gauge Double Module layout with 4 road fiddle yard at the rear
Contains 32 point motors and 28 points
£800
Future Shows
Sturminster Newton
East Dorset/Bournemouth Feb 2026
Yeovil May 2026
Wealden Cement
Last Show East Dorset N Gauge Show July 2024
Now for sale – offers please
Crawley Yard
Pending a rebuild during 2026
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
GRC Railways 