From
Scotland
Neale
Lawson’s GIANT layout
Spread
over two rooms !
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Track
plan
The layout is situated in two rooms :-
4.2 meters x 3 meters and 2 meters x 2 meters
The layout is all AC and all bakelite track
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This is a view of the main station situated on
the lower level. The Manyways units
have been raised around the station complex to two levels. On the left the storage yards can be seen. A total of 4 trains can be run simultaneously |
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The other side of the station shows the engine
yard, on the left the rolling stock yard with a conveyor straddling the
tracks, whilst to the right and rear the part of the upper level can be seen. The two levels can be operated separately but
with two lines connecting them enabling trains to move between the levels. |
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The complex entry to the station and yards
shows the many possibilities for switching tracks from some of the 80 plus
points all operated by remote control on the layout. Signals too operate from
the control centre |
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A
close up view of the station shows some of the early pre-war stock on the
layout. Altogether 16 full length
trains can be made up and stored on the siddings. Built up over many years, Neale has just moved
house and the layout taken down. He plans to build a new layout to a new
design starting this coming winter. ( 2003) |
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