SKIPTON & DISTRICT RAILWAY SOCIETY

The Society owns several exhibition layouts in different scales and gauges. One of these layouts (Lofthouse in Gauge O is complete and exhibitable. Dolores, (American Sn3) has recently been re-modelled and is also available for exhibition following its appearance at Skipton 2011. The third layout (Wards End, Gauge O) is not exhibitable at present. 

Construction of a fourth layout Croglam Castle in 00 gauge began in late 2010 and has progressed as far as baseboards and a track plan.

Lofthouse-in-Nidderdale

Scale: 7mm/ft, Gauge: 32mm (Gauge 0 F/S), Nidd Valley Light Railway, 1920s.
46ft x 3ft (13.8m x 0.9m), plus space for operators.

Lofthouse-in-Nidderdale

Dolores

Scale: 3/16in/ft, Gauge: 9/16in (Sn3), Rio Grande Southern, 1950s.
3ft x 29ft 7in (0.92m x 9.03m).
Recently remodelled and exhibited in new mode at Skipton 2011.

Dolores

Wards End

Scale: 7mm/ft, Gauge: 32mm (OFS). BR(M), ex-LNWR somewhere to the south east of
Leeds, LMS/LNER, 1935.
L-shaped, 14ft 8in x 10ft 7in (4.47m x 3.22m).
Not currently available for exhibition.

Wards End

Croglam Castle

Scale: 4mm/ft, Gauge: 16.5mm (00). Very loosely based on Kirkby Stephen East.
16ft x 8ft 6in (4.88m x 2.59m).
Under construction, not yet available for exhibition.

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