Flossil Quay Railway Company Story

November 26, 2008

David from Manchester in the UK has kindly sent in this article and photos for publication of his 009 HOe layout called “Flossil Quay”:

The “ Flossil Quay ” story

History of Flossil Quay

This is a little town on Flossil situated near the sea somewhere down south in the nice country side of the UK. The main industry is tourism and coal exporting. The town has a narrow gauge railway preserved railway company running 4 locomotives: 2 diesel and 2 steam.

The company runs a service for the locals and in the holiday period for the passing tourists. The railway is very busy most of the time shipping in coal and other products in and out of the town. The railway company runs a service that connects to the standard gauge line which then transports the products around the rest of the country.

All the coaching stock of “ Flossil Quay Railway Company” is from Germany, with all types of coaches running on the line. The station can take two trains at a time and if there is not a shunter around at the time the passing loop can be used to turn the coaching stock round for the next outward run.

Track

The track is all Peco 009/Hoe track except for the hidden sidings which is N Gauge Peco track. All of the points are electrified using Peco 009/Hoe points on top and Gaugemaster electric motors. The scenery is a mixture of all sorts of products that are found in the everyday model shops.

Locos

There are 4 Roco locomotives on the layout, the 2 steam locomotives do the passenger running as their main jobs and the 2 diesel locomotives handle the shunting in the yard and occasionally do a bit of the passenger work.

Coaching stock

Is mainly Roco but there are some Liliput coaches on the layout. The coaches are in sets of 2 ’ s one Roco, one Liliput this just gives the trains a different outlook.

Freight

Is all Roco stock, all German vans and coal wagons, plus a couple of flat wagons that move barrels and other goods around.

Other features

The people on the layout are mainly Hornby with a few Bachmann, these are all OO/HO scale figures and they are set on the layout to give a realistic look to the layout. The figures are set in scenerios and it looks like there is things happening on the layout other than just the trains moving.

The buildings are a mixture of low relief housing and a couple of huts. The station building was scratch built and needs a little doing to it.

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