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THE SCALEFOUR SOCIETY 18.83 LAYOUT CHALLENGE |
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THE SCALEFOUR SOCIETY 18.83 LAYOUT CHALLENGE |
Settrington
Malton & Driffield Railway
James Wells
Settrington is a small village, near Malton in North Yorkshire. The Malton and Driffield Railway was part a of scheme to build a mainline north from the port of Hull to coal fields of the North East; nothing really came of this in the end and the line which has been described as the "Main Line That Never Was" opened in 1853. The line settled down to a quiet existence, a line very rural in character. Most general goods traffic was agricultural, but large amounts of stone were moved from both Burdale and Wharram quarries. This traffic finished in the summer of 1956, and since passenger operations had ceased in 1950, the line had only a pick up goods running 2 days a week by the end.
Most of the stations were small, and lend themselves to being modelled in small spaces. The chosen period for the model is the end of the railway's life, 1956 - 58. This then is the time when only the pick up was running, usually a J27 or a J39 with just a handful of wagons. We could justify a B1 and eight coaches in this period, when the scenic excursions ran on the line. However, the layout can also be operated as for 1950, the final year of the passenger service, a G5 and two coaches being the norm.
The scenic area is 7' x 2' (14 sq. ft.) and the fiddle yards are both 3' x 6", and will be of the cassette type, since train lengths are quite easy to cope with using this system. So, a total area of 17 sq. ft.
