About the Railway

The railway is a HO scale a freelance, i.e. follows no “prototype”, layout built on a shelf in a part of my shed.

It is L shaped and measures 3 Metres (10Feet) x 3 Metres (10Feet) the shelf height being 1.3 Metres from the floor.

It represents the Eastern end of the Kepnock Valley, the Western end is a Large Scale (G) railway Ringbalin Light Railway G Division: About the Railway (ringbalin-light-railway.blogspot.com) which geographically occupies a part of my backyard; both layouts live in a portion of my imagination.

The reason for the height is twofold;

• I feel that HO layouts just look better and appear less toy like when viewed at close to eye height and,
• It is planned to use the space underneath as a storage track area for my Large Scale (G) railway with a spur line coming in from the back yard.

When finished it will be a continuous loop with a small yard area to provide some shunting operations, as shown in the track plan that can be viewed under the "Track Plan" tab.

The power and control will be provided by an NCE "PowerCab" DCC controller.