White Meadow Quarry

The Layout's Story

Set around 1966 (ERA 5) White Meadow Quarry is an n gauge model railway layout set in a fictitious location somewhere in the South of England. Located a little way outside the village of White Meadow, the railway serves a chalk quarry as well as the village. At the time of the layout, the chalk quarry is coming to the end of its life and is very run-down – almost derelict. A main line station sees fairly regular rail traffic, while the branch line brings materials into and out of the chalk quarry as needed. The quarry workers keep the local pub going – although today it’s doing a roaring trade because there’s a Bus Rally taking place on the common near the station.

Layout Technical Info

Layout size - 220cm (7ft 2inch) x 122cm (4ft)

Layout + Operational size 426cm (14ft) x 220cm (7ft) :

Base board height 100cm

Self Supporting Layout

DCC Operated

Has its own Lighting rig

Fire retardant curtaining

Two Operators (Male & Female)

Fits in own vehicle

Home town Poole, Dorset

Insurance: £12,000

The Design And Build Team

Anna & Ray had been into model railways for about 5 years when they built this their third n gauge exhibition layout. The layout was built while residing in a small house (mostly filled with model railway layouts) in a small village in North Essex, they now reside down in Poole, Dorset. . When not building and exhibiting model railways they can sometimes be heard playing music around the folk club circuit.