Alwinton

4mm Scale OO Gauge

Built by:

Mike Scott

Mike Thomas

Jim Thompson

Technical Advisor

Tony Lambert

 

History

In the 1880s the North British Railway built several lines across rural Northumberland in an attempt to tap into the lucrative mineral and commercial traffic along the east coast and Tyne valley.
One of these got as far as the village of Rothbury before the proposed route was blocked by the North Eastern Railway. This layout supposes the North British actually got another ten miles further up the valley of the River Coquet to Alwinton before construction ceased.
The Model
The layout depicts a typical small Ex North British terminal station as it might have looked in the early 1960's era of British Railways. It consists of the station buildings themselves and associated facilities including facilities for handling the substantial military traffic including troop trains generated by the nearby Otterburn Ranges and Training area.
Ammunition, foodstuffs, mail, vehicles, coal and oil comprise the inbound traffic, with mail, ammunition salvage (Expended shell and cartidge cases together with their associated packing materials), and weaponry comprising the outbound traffic.
Local traffic consists of agricultural products, livestock and associated local passenger traffic.
Locomotives and stock are typical of those used on the Branch during the '60.s

 

This layout is under construction.