Rothern Bridge Layout Running Session | Crawley Model Railway Society

Want to join our society? Visit our website for more information: https://www.crawleymrs.org.uk/ Rothern Bridge is a finescale O-gauge end-to-end arrangement featuring a through station based on Torrington in Devon during its Southern Railway or British Railways (Southern Region) days. Its viewing length is 32 feet and is 55 feet long with both fiddle yards. From its original conception, the layout took five years to get it ready for its first exhibition. There are eight main baseboards in the viewable area and each is 3ft wide by 4ft long. The end fiddle yards are both 11ft long and incorporate a screw-driven end-pivoting traverser with seven storage roads. At the far end is a separate cassette for moving locomotives from one road to another. When we exhibit the layout all the stock run is typical for the area and could be Great Western, Southern Railway or British Railways (Southern Region). Trains will be correct for their period - i.e. a locomotive and the stock it pulls will be of the same era but may not be the same era as another train on the layout. So you may see some GWR carriages pulled by a Hall alongside some BR freight stock behind a Standard Class 4. Given the varied interests of club members, some occasional out-of-region visiting trains may be seen. Rolling stock seen on the layout uses the club's standard O-gauge couplings using the Sprat and Winkle design but 4mm scale rather than 7mm. Uncoupling is done over hidden magnets although sometimes these are too well hidden!. If you're into O gauge and want somewhere to run your stock, come and visit us in our clubhouse. OUR CLUB STORY: In 1958 the Crawley Model Railway Society was formed by a small group of enthusiasts with a common cause, wanting to share knowledge and build better model railways. Since then the society has grown to have a club hut, many layouts and have held numerous workshops to help pass on skills and knowledge with other members. Now with the advent of the internet and easy access of video tools at a low cost we now plan to film workshops & model railway videos, allowing a much wider audience to learn from others about Railway Modelling. #ModelTrains #ModelRailways #Ogauge