Layouts I have built, building, researched, and exhibited in the UK
Two S&DJR layouts reflecting my time and memories of Poole in Dorset where I went to school and spent many happy hours watching the trains go by. Two from my time in Sussex, travelling daily between Billingshurst and London. Poole Sidings is my latest home based layout
Sturminster Newton
- N Gauge 2mm/ft
- Model of 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
- Change of plan with the buildings from Wealden Cement now going into the place for Henry Harbin School
Future Shows
Sturminster Newton
East Dorset/Bournemouth Feb 2026
Yeovil 23-24 May 2026
Wealden Cement
Last Show East Dorset N Gauge Show July 2024
Broken Up – No more shoes
Crawley Yard
Pending a rebuild during 2026/7
Shillingstone
Last Show Shillingstone Model Show March 2025
Shillingstone Exhibition 26thSept 2026
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 