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It is the late 1950’s “somewhere” in
the rural Great Western Region, the station,
“Corrinford Road” serves a number of out
lying villages and sees numerous passenger
trains linking commuters with near by towns.
This is also an industrial area, where trucks
are loaded with coal, wood, farm animals,
milk etc for distribution elsewhere. Goods
are brought to the loading areas by road,
illustrated by the moving lorry. There is
also a small engine shed for the resident
locomotives, but there are plenty of visiting
loco’s too.
“Corrinford”, as it then was, was built
by Ken Ross in 1992, and has been on the
exhibition circuit ever since. The layout
was purchased by the Phoenix Model Railway
Club in 2003, when Ken became unable to
exhibit it on his own.
Since then the layout has been under
going a period of renovation. The wiring
has been totally replaced, and the layout
is now wired using the Lenz DDC system.
The layout has been “turned around” such
that what was the operating side is now
the viewing side. This means that
the lorry is not so prominent that it detracts
from the railway operations. The scenery
has also been “lifted” a little.
“Corrinford Road” recently featured on
the front cover of Alan Postlethwaite’s
book “Model Railway Detailing” and has been
filmed by Mark Found for his “Railway Channel”!
Corrinford
Road
is owned by the“The Phoenix Model Railway Club”,
any prospective new members are more than
welcome to come along and see us at our
spacious clubroom on the Quedgley trading
estate Naas Lane Glos, Click
here for map. Contact us on
01452 501765, or click
here to send us an e-mail.
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