Bognor Regis Model Railway Club

Consall Forge

Scale: N gauge (2mm:1ft) // Size: 12ft x 3ft

Era: To be added once construction is completed // Power: DC and DCC

Nestling in the steep sided River Churnet valley, alongside the Caldon Canal, in the heart of "Little Switzerland" is a station. Little used as the station was, the line upon which it was built was a major secondary which could and did have both the longest and fastest trains diverted along its length.

Like many such lines, first the passenger service disappeared and then, some years later, the long goods trains also disappeared.

Fortunately a preservation Society stepped in - The Churnet Valley Railway. We have chosen to model the line as it is in its preservation days while retaining some of the main line working. This station was so minor that changes throughout its life were minimal,So we can thus run it in pre-nationalisation days, BR days or preservation days, allowing the maximum variety of traffic.

Above all else, this layout is about the railway, river and canal running through beautiful scenery thus capitalising on an aspect of modelling which N Gauge is perfect for.

Picture to be added following completion and first outing

Fordham (Under Construction)

Scale: OO gauge (4mm:1ft) // Size: 20ft x TBA

Era: 1944 World War 2 Southern Steam and Electric // Power: DCC

Set in May 1944 during a pre D-Day exercise (Fabius IV), the layout depicts a fictionalised version of Ford station (Sussex) and the Brighton - Portsmouth (West Coastway) line, including the junction with the Arun Valley.

Heavy military traffic is depicted on the railweay and the Army is conducting their exercise to "capture" Arundel having earlier landed at Climping in a practise invasion.

Picture to be added following completion and first outing

Pines Railway

Scale: N gauge (2mm:1ft) // Size: 6ft x 2ft 6inches

Era:  Anything goes // Power: DC

Pines Railway, starting off as an N gauge test track in the main club room, has been redesigned and built to show off what can be done to a model railway layout - and this could be done on any scale, whether Z, N, OO, O or bigger! Featuring two spiral rises, Pines Railway has a lot of track and running areas within what is really only a very small space - even for a gauge as small as N.

Consisting of the main station 'in the valley below' the trains leave the station and climb one spiral rise to reach a passing loop and village halt - 'Pines Rise', before dropping back down a second spiral rise to return to the main station. Behind this is a servicing yard and small wagon sorting sidings for the odd mini freight train to be sorting in. Despite sounding fairly simple, Pines Railway demonstrates the kind of engineering that can go into a model railway, along with the complexity and joy that can be created in such a small space.

Despite seeing multiple other layouts that show what you can fit into a small space, Pines Railway demonstrates how much detail can be created in such a compact space. Visitors should keep a look out for the cat on the roof of one of the buildings with the anxious owner trying to coax it down to safety. Two operators operate this layout from the right hand end.

Picture to be added follwing next exhibition

Trenance Downs

Scale: OO gauge (4mm:1ft) // Size: 20ft x 5ft (end to end)

Era: Variable, but always within the Post-Nationalisation period // Power: DCC

Trenance Downs, which was originally named 'Pen-Y-Bwn', has been transformed into an end to end layout, and now demonstrates the days of post-nationalisation, when China Clay workings in and out of the Cornwall area were common sights on the rails of Britiain.

Trenance Downs is a small branch line community sited near Trethowal in Cornwall, and represents a small village station at the terminus of a branch line - the end of the British Rail period is among us with Class 25's, Class 22's, Class 52 Western's and first generation Diesel Multiple Units, and we go into seeing the main stay of Cornwall's China Clay workings - EWS (DB Schenker), Class 08 Shunters, Class 37's, Class 56's and Class 66's along with other locomotives. Passenger traffic such as Class 153 and Class 158 Diesel Multiple Units, along with other forms of passenger transport also makes regular appearances on the line.

Along with the heavy China Clay traffic, there is also an infrequent but interesting to watch stone and mineral train, that comes in a few times a week to the quarry terminal, situated just outside of the village station complex.

If you are there at the right time, the Summer Steam special will appear with its nosy tourists always wanting to see the China Clay, quarry and passenger services at work.

Picture to be added follwing next exhibition

Troutbeck Bridge

Scale: 00 gauge (4mm:1ft) // Size: To be added as soon as is known

Era: Anything from LMS to Preserved Railway // Power: DC

Troutbeck Bridge is a fictional layout depicting an extension from Windermere in the Lakes. Built by junior members it can represent a variety of eras so that a wide variety of stock can be run. 

The trains emerges from a tunnel over a striking viaduct that spans a small valley with a beck tumbling over the rocks below. The station is a single platform with a passing loop. There is a small goods yard that gives plenty of scope for an operator to shunt to an off scene quarry, whilst another controls the main running line.

The line leaves the station and goes under another bridge to a fiddle yard that completes the oval.

Wenvoe

Scale: OO gauge (4mm:1ft) // Size: 6ft x 5ft (circular)

Era: Coming Soon! // Power: DC

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