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Benson Heath Central 00 Gauge Railway

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00 Gauge Modern Image. The layout began over 20 years ago and was made by my father out of 3 boards that could come apart for easy transport. There were 4 or 5 engines, around 6 coaches and an assortment of freight wagons. With 2 controllers it was possible to drive trains on the main line and shunt in the yard. As the scenery developed several birthdays and Christmas saw the rolling stock increase. It is worth noting at this point that the layout sat at the floor and didn't yet have a name. It was at th...

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DCC System

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The DCC system used on the layout is a Hornby Elite linked into my laptop running the Railmaster Software. So far I have a dozen chipped locos and am in the process of converting the other 40 or so. The points in both fiddle yards are hooked up to the Hornby Accessory Decoders along with the Central Station. I did think of doing this on the rest of the points in the upper and lower yards but have decided to keep them manual for the time being. 00 Gauge Modern Image. Electric Points in the Station.

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Benson Heath Central 00 Gauge Railway

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00 Gauge Modern Image. Some pages under maintenance or upgrade. Some pages under maintenance or upgrade. The baseboards are an interesting part of this layout. Some of them being over 20 years old! The newest being but a mere few weeks. The original boards are built from chipboard tops with 2x1 baton around the outside glued and screwed in place. They also have cross braces every 40cm. I hope to have some pictures of the various boards soon. Hover over home for link to 5in Gauge Railway.

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Benson Heath Central 00 Gauge Railway

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00 Gauge Modern Image. Type this 4 to 6 character security code into this box. (This code prevents automated programs from adding entries to the guestbook.). Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Hover over home for link to 5in Gauge Railway.

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Benson Heath Central 00 Gauge Railway

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00 Gauge Modern Image. On the new extension the hills covering the upper section at the back of the yard will part of a theme park on it to add something new. My Step Dad has taken this on and has come up with some excellent plans for it, including working rides and even a miniature railway! As above watch this space! Hover over home for link to 5in Gauge Railway. Menu above not yet active, use menu on left.

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Benson Heath Central 00 Gauge Railway

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Lord and Butler Railways. 00 Gauge Modern Image. Hover over Railways for link to other Railway pages. 00 Gauge Portable - New. G Gauge - New. Why a new project? Having always had G gauge (a small circle anyway! And loving operating other peoples we thought it would be nice to construct our own. Where will it be based? The design will be similar to the 5in track layout but with a few more complexities to allow some interesting running and to cross the pond!

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Extension

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This is the plan for the extension. The idea being to turn the 2 lower level lines into 1 giant loop and increasing the amount of stock on the layout. The West yard upper is designed to be a shunting challenge as well due to the short head shunt. The Fiddle Yard will be able to accommodate all length of trains. It is also on this board that the heritage line links with the main line allowing an interchange or a place for the heritage trains to pause in one of the loops. 00 Gauge Modern Image.

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Benson Heath Central 00 Gauge Railway

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00 Gauge Modern Image. The diagram below is before the current extension when there were 3 running lines as opposed to the new setup:. Latest track plan with the Western upper and lower levels:. Hover over home for link to 5in Gauge Railway.

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News

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00 Gauge Modern Image. Hover over home for link to 5in Gauge Railway. News 07.02.15. How embarrassing, not an update for a year. Well here we go an update! I think the pictures paint a thousand words. However, in brief. The left hand board has received the most attention, the crane serviced and working, the lighting installed, signals, semaphore and colour light active. Still to do is to set up the fair ground and the advertising posters on the bricks.

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Benson Heath Central 00 Gauge Railway

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Lord and Butler Railways. 00 Gauge Modern Image. 00 Gauge Portable - New. G Gauge - New. Why a new project? While Benson Heath Central is not complete (when it ever? We have been asked if we will exhibit a layout in the new year to which I replied of course no problem at all. Afterwards I realised, oh wait, we have no layout to exhibit. So we will have to build one! Where will it be based? Latest News 18.10.13.