Small Scale Layouts
Furness Model Railway Club has various layouts owned by the club and meet at our club room based on Barrow Island on Monday and Wedensday evenings from 7pm to 9.30pm excluding Bank Holidays. If you would like to join our club please get in touch throguh the contacts page.
Coppell
2007 – Present
Coppell, also based on the West coast mainline 1984 – 1994 was built in 2006 to replace Bolden Junction. with some of the old stock and many new items. Updated electronics including DCC Sound. It is 30’ long and has standard “OO” gauge (16.5mm) track.
Thomas The Tank Engine
00 gauge
This track lets young children drive Thomas and friends when taken to shows and exhibitions. It has two enternal controllers that the public can control. Look out for this at exhibitions; who would you like to drive?
N Gauge
The N Gauge layout, has a single track platform to the front and the two main running lines, both which will have platforms added at a later date. Round the back there is a 5-road fiddle yard (two in each direction and the 5th one works both ways.) The layout is to be DCC so we can have the sound and lights as in the real railway. The layout will be controlled by the LENZ system which used throughout the club layouts. All the rail droppers to ensure good electrical supply to the rails are now in place and the next phase will be to have point motors fitted. In the long-term overhead wires will be fitted as there is a new 3D printed system which has come on to the market in the last year or so. This looks as if it could fit in well with some future projects, as there are some EMU’s coming onto the market soon. Also some kit models are coming to market as well. At this moment in time, it called “The N Gauge layout” because we don’t have name for it.