Milland Valley Railway

Although a relatively small club, its membership is active in a wide range of model railway scales and interests.

The current list of layouts, together with their details are being added progressively to this web site, as a help to exhibition managers in establishing potential invites.

Being small in number, does mean that we are limited to the number of exhibitions per year that members or club layouts can attend. The distance from our base near Liphook, on the Hampshire/West Sussex/ Surrey borders is usually restricted  to a  50 miles radius.

For club layouts, club members invariably do not  claim travel/mileage expenses, but the club specifies a suitable total donation to the club and these are advised against each layout. We design all our layouts to be transported in members cars so do not require van hire.

The suggested donation can only be varied, in writing, by the club secretary. For members layouts, arrangements as specified by the layout owner.  If help is given by other members, the layout owner invariably makes a donation to the club.

If  provisionally booking one of our layouts, please contact our secretary by phone initially (see contacts page). Written confirmations must be received by our secretary a minimum of  6 clear weeks before the event, so that all arrangements can be made at our end. We for our part, will confirm promptly, in writing the club’s acceptance.

DETAILS OF CLUB LAYOUTS

Weyford on Sea- 1:76 (00)-  not available for exhibiting until 2011 season

Southern Railway/ BR (Southern Region) in era 1940’s to 1950’s West Country seaside terminus with branch to Docks fictionally located between Weymouth and Lyme Regis.

The layout has been extensively remodelled, since its first showing at Midhurst Modellers Show in 2005, from an L shaped terminus to fiddle yard layout, then to a U shaped terminus to the fiddle yard,  hidden behind the Docks station and now being further altered to include headland cliffs, town promenade with operating tramway to all be shown best in an island location.

The main station is in the Southern Art-Deco style with 4 platform faces, a small goods yard and an M.P.D with turntable.

The Docks is  modelled with cranes and ships; a ships passenger terminal for cross channel services and a B.O.A.C flying boat terminal.

The layout has considerable operating potential, with summer passenger services, boat and flying- boat trains, tomato and potato traffic from the Channel Islands, holiday luggage in advance, summer excursion trains from the Midlands etc. etc.

The overall size is 6000mm x 3500mm (20′ x 11-6 “) with operators in the middle plus operators for the MPD and the Docks requiring space in addition to the 3500 dimension

The layout can be placed such that the public can access 4 sides- i.e in an island location

The layout is transported in 2 or 3 cars cars plus  further car for operators ( 6 to8)

Expenses £100

Layout Insurance : £3000

Rolling stock: £4000 (stock owned by members)

Further info from club secretary- see contacts pages)

YAMANOUCHI OSHIKA 1:148 (N)

Japanese ouline modern image

Through station, with terminal roads and small goods facility.

Originally designed and constructed as a British Modern image layout called Cottleston Park, which was exhibited at a number of exhibitions in the South of England over the past 3 years.

The layout has been revised to showcase modern image Japanese trains in a wide range of types and liveries.

The stock comes from all the major Japanese manufacturers and covers high speed to suburban types plus the colourful container trains.

Scenically the layout includes a typical Japanese townscape, together with a transport interchange with buses and trams.

The layout is to be described in the Japanese Railway Society’s magazine later this year.

Size: 4200 x 1000

Travels in two cars with operators

Insurance Value:

Layout: £1500

Stock :£3000 (owned by member)