In the second half of 2006 i found myself with no layout to work on, and sitting at home one weekend I decided to dig it out and see what could be done. After some thought and several different ideas, I decided to change the trackwork around a bit and build it up as a layout, which is now 8ft length with a 4ft fiddle yard. After a couple of months, I had a fully sceniced layout to play trains on at home!!!

Late 2007 I was asked if I had anything that could be exhibited at the Cheltenham show in 2008, and I offered this smallish station come shunting plank which I use to test trains on at home. With a bit of work, it could easily be converted into an exhibition layout with a proper fiddle yard, a lighting rig and a backscene.

Work is progressing with this project and at the time of writing (May 2008), the backscene is now ready to fit. I have also put in another siding for a provender shed which has recently been built.

The layout is based circa 1970 on the coast of Cardigan bay, between Aberystwyth and Aberaeron (near Llannon) and consists of a small single platform station with runaround sidings for goods and coal. The later additional siding accomodates the Provender shed which houses foodstuffs amongst other merchandise.

The line was originally planned to be built as a narrow gauge line by the VoR railway, but this never happened. In 1909 plans were forwarded by the LA&NQLR to build a standard gauge railway following the planned VoR route, albeit with a few deviations, and work finally started in 1911 and was completed just before the outbreak of the Great War in 1914.

The layout will be appearing at the Cheltenham show in October 2008 (see exhibition page), and further details of the show can be found at http://www.cheltmodrail.org.uk/

Further details and images will be posted as work progresses on the layout and stock.