The UK based Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club was founded in December 1960 by a small group of friends interested in model railways. They originally met at the rear of a local Butchers shop, where the first 00 model railway layout was built. Some of the wood for this was well seasoned, as it had once been the floor boards in the bar of the old ‘Cock Hotel’ Pub at the top of Sutton High St.

During 1961 the Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club made two moves. First the model railway club moved to a local hall and then to a scout hut where the Tramway layout began to take shape.

In 1966 the Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club moved into a house which the club had for nearly 14 years. The Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club expanded to fill the house adding ‘TT’ and ‘O’ gauge (Trolleybuses) to the model railway layout. Also by then the ‘OO’ layout (HO) had taken over the whole of the upstairs, passing through the petition walls to run from room to Room.

Later a Narrow Gauge Section was formed, which was first working in 4mm and later in 7mm scale. The Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club then explanded to encompass ‘O’ gauge and ‘N’ gauge railway sections. The Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club members built an extension on the rear of the premises to allow room for the expanded model railway layout.

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