Our Layouts
Below are details of club layouts, either under construction or permanently assembled, in our clubroom for regular weekly running. As a club we try to accommodate every option when it comes to layouts, be it scale, era or geographic location. Each layout has a brief description of its operation, type of control system and exhibition details, if appropriate.
Deganwy
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Dimensions: 22ft x 6ft
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Gauge: 16.5mm; OO; 4mm to 1ft
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Status: Operational
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Sector wired for DC and DCC for locomotives but not wired for accessory decoders.
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The layout is as accurate as possible layout depicting the Conwy Estuary town of Deganwy, portraying the intermediate branch line station of Deganwy. It depicts the station on a busy summer Saturday, in the days of excursion trains in the late 1950s.
Ddraig Gwarel
Dimensions: 7ft X 2ft6ins
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Gauge: 9mm; OO9; 4mm to 1ft
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Status: Operational and available for local exhibitions
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Sector wired for DC can use DCC for locomotives but not wired for accessory decoders.
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The layout depicts a fictional quarry narrow gauge railway. The railway came about because of the excellent North Wales slate deposits. The railway has evolved by still operating for the quarry and also runs tourist excursion trains.
Wynthorpe Magna
Dimensions: 40ft x 2ft
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Gauge: O; 7mm to 1ft
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Status: Operational
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This club layout was named after two members, who built it some years ago. It is based on a fictional preserved railway, in Central England; in the, then, London Midland region.
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The line has only been in preservation for a short time and is still collecting examples of stock from other lines and preservation projects, which may take some years to see. The goods yard is also the home for some road vehicle classics.
Two Bridges
Dimensions: 12ft x 6ft
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Gauge: 16.5mm; OO; 4mm to 1ft
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Status: Operational
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Sector wired for DC can operate DCC locomotives.
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The layout is a depicts a small town on the GWR, in the period of the Big four. It depicts a town named Two Bridges named after the Town’s two bridges. They cross a deep ravine by road and rail.
St Florence Junction
Dimensions: 12ft x 6ft
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Gauge: 9mm; N; 4mm to 1ft
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Status: Operational
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Sector wired for DC and DCC locomotives.
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The layout is a fictious place somewhere on the GWR mainline in the 1930s. The name comes from the church, built in the 2980s. The branch runs up the hill to St Margarets Village. Work is ongoing completing and improving the layout.
Abervale (Name TBC)
Dimensions: 12ft x 2ft​
Gauge: 12mm; TT:120; 2.54mm to 1ft
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Status: Under Construction
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Sector wired for DC can operate DCC locomotives.
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The layout depicts a terminus station on a preserved railway historically part of the GWR. Running a variety of rolling stock, Abervale represents a new scale for the club and the opportunity to test out the new TT:120 scale.
Diesel Depot (Name TBC)
Dimensions: 8ft x 2ft​
Gauge: 16.5mm; OO; 4mm to 1ft
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Status: Under Construction
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Sector wired for DC and DCC locomotives.
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A newly constructed layout, depicting a 'modern image' locomotive depot. Featuring a servicing shed, fuel road and wash plant, the depot serves a wide variety of rolling stock and locomotives. As of May 2025, track laying is underway and scenics are being planned. It is intended this layout will be available for exhibitions in the future.