Stromstad

Details

Scale :	HO gauge
Area modelled :	Sweden
Period modelled:
Layout dimensions	4.9 * 2m (16ft * 6.5ft)
Insurance value	£3300 including stock
Number of operators	Minimum of 3 (1 day show) - 7 for a 2 day show.
Power supply	1 * 13 amp socket : maximum power requirement 3 amps
Tables	1 for stock
Chairs	2

Track Plan

Fiddle Yard / Operating well

Front

Programme notes

The model is HO scale and represents the terminus of Bohusbanan in Sweden

Operation:

The layout will be operated in accordance with the Summer 1965 timetable of 11 daily passenger trains including a direct coach and sleeper to Stockholm. Freight services will be run within each day’s timetable consisting of both morning & afternoon freights. It is anticipated that each day will take 45 – 60 minutes.

Description:

The town of Strömstad is a busy summer resort in the Swedish coast north of Gothenburg. As the terminus of

Bohusbanan it serves the northern end of the archipelago that stretches north from Gothenburg. Originally the line was to continue to Norway but the rugged terrain caused the line to terminate here. The train services provided on the

layout represent typical summer services of the 1960’s when the line was very much still the way to get to Strömstad.

Passenger services include a direct coach and sleeping car to Stockholm which lay over in the yard during the day.

Freight services include stones from the local stone cutters and foodstuffs into town.

A variety of people animals and cars inhabit the layout.

Operational requirements & costs

.The layout requires 1 socket and has its own lighting. A table is required for Stock storage.

Three / Four operators are required, and the layout will be transported in a

trailer and car, ( at present trailer hire costs £30 per day ). Insurance value is £1800 with a

further £1500 required for stock.

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