"The Works" An O9 model railway

14th August 2005

This layout was built a few years ago as a test track, it turned out to be fun to build and operate, even though the track plan is very simple.
It was built to be run with just one locomotive and 4 skip wagons,
2 empty and 2 full, I have since discovered that it can be run with 2 locomotives to make thing a little more interesting.
Operation is very limited 2 full wagons are pulled in to the loop, the 2 empty ones are collected from the boiler house and the two full ones are pushed into the boiler house to replace them.
The layout dimensions are 1 meter long by 40 cm wide, the minimum radius curve is 12 cm.
For those that are not aware, O9 is 7mm scale on 9mm track (About 18 inch gauge on the prototype)

The Boiler house end of the layout showing the boiler house & offices.	Locomotive 1, a freelance model of a Diesel locomotive on a Graham Farish DMU Chassis, made from a Bramble line kit, posed with 2 ‘Hudson Rugga’ skips	The other end of the layout, showing the engine shed, run round loop & hole in the backscene that give the trains access to the hidden sidings.	Locomotive 1, a freelance Locomotive pulling 2 loaded ‘Hudson Rugga’ skips.
One of the 4 skips used on the line made from a Roy C Link ‘Hudson Rugga' kit.	Locomotive 2, an Orenstein & Koppel MV2 Diesel Loco made from a Black Dog Mining kit on a Bachman chassis, on shed.