WENLOCK

Factfile

Layout name: Wenlock

Scale/gauge: N Gauge

Size: 9ft 6in × 1ft

Era/region: Shropshire branch terminus operated across four eras: 1945 GWR, 1952 BR (WR), 1961 BR (LMR) and Modern Day preservation.

Layout type: End-to-end

My previous layout, ‘The Sheaf Valley Railway’, featured in the February 2015 issue of BRM and prior to the article being published, a decision was made to retire the layout in November of the same year following its appearance at the Warley NEC Show. My enjoyment was starting to dwindle and I felt a new project was needed to get my creative juices flowing. In August 2014, I began work on what has now developed into ‘Wenlock’.

Pastures new

Space was at a premium and ‘Sheaf’ was having to be stored at my local club, so the new layout had to be small. Initial plans were drawn up for a branch terminus with a scenic section of just 3ft 6in. The plan featured a run round loop off a single platform with a few goods sidings and a small locomotive servicing area – plenty of operational interest from such a simplistic trackplan. A