BRAMPTON BRANCH (OO Gauge): LAYOUT NOW SOLD
Started Nov 2013 , a 55" x 15" OO gauge green diesel DCC sound layout loosely based on an East Midlands industrial complex.
The layout takes its inspiration from the area surrounding “The Chesterfield Tube Company”. Since opening in 1897 as the `Universal Weldless Steel Tube Company Ltd’ to produce steel tubes for warships of the Royal Navy, the company changed both ownership and name several times. In 1906 it became `The Chesterfield Tube Company’ and remained so for 60 years, although known locally simply as `The Tube Works’. The Works closed in 2005.
The Tube Works had a dedicated spur off the Midland Railway’s Brampton branch to the factory & the layout represents the factory end of this spur. Originally this spur formed part of the Boythorpe Incline. The line is due to reopen as a cycle track in 2015.
The layout takes its inspiration from the area surrounding “The Chesterfield Tube Company”. Since opening in 1897 as the `Universal Weldless Steel Tube Company Ltd’ to produce steel tubes for warships of the Royal Navy, the company changed both ownership and name several times. In 1906 it became `The Chesterfield Tube Company’ and remained so for 60 years, although known locally simply as `The Tube Works’. The Works closed in 2005.
The Tube Works had a dedicated spur off the Midland Railway’s Brampton branch to the factory & the layout represents the factory end of this spur. Originally this spur formed part of the Boythorpe Incline. The line is due to reopen as a cycle track in 2015.
Exhibitions Booked / Attended:
Feb 2014: Cholsey & Wallingford Railway Preservation Society
May 2014: Loddon Vale MRC
Oct 2014: Beaconsfield MRC
April 2015: ROTARAIL Fareham
Jan 2016: Maidenhead & Marlow MRC
Jan 2019: Maidenhead & Marlow MRC