Kyre Forest

Not currently availablle

 

Not currently available

 

 

 

 

 

 

Details

Scale :

N gauge

Area modelled :

LNER - branch terminus in East Anglia

Period modelled:

Spring - Summer 1946

Layout dimensions

1.65m * 1.2m (5’ 6” * 4ft)

Insurance value

£1000 including 5stock

Number of operators

Normally 2

Power supply

1 * 13 amp socket : maximum power requirement 3 amps

Tables

1 small table for stock

Chairs

2

 

Please note that although this is a private layout, it will be exhibited under the Colchester and District MRC banner.

 

Track Plan

 

 

Programme notes

The original Kyre Forest was built as an exercise to finf the smallest area in which it was possible to build an N Gauge lyout, that could be run to prototype practices.  This layout was very successful, but very constrictive in operation.

It was decided to rebuild the layout in a slightly larger size, with a separate fiddle yard, in order to obtain better operational flexibility, and to enable the operators to retain their sanity.

As to the model itself, the station building and track plan have been taken directly from Stoke ferry, a small terminus in West Norfolk, that was closed to the public in 1930.  All the railway structures are scratch built and are based on various locations in East Anglia.  All rolling stock is either scratch built or severely modified, to suit the prototype.  The period of model is Spring/Summer 1946.

Finally, the very odd layout title is an anagram of Stoke Ferry.

 

Operational requirements & costs

Access to the operating area is required from the back of the layout.

 

 

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