A storage yard isn’t always just a place to store trains off scene, and no more so than on Hornby Magazine’s latest ‘OO’ layout Grosvenor Square. MIKE WILD explains how the off-scene area for this large terminus layout went from a cassette yard to something more adventurous for the benefit of its operation.
The evolution of a model railway design can often be its most exciting and enthralling stage. Sometimes that can take place over several years, but in other cases it might just take a couple of months – or even just a couple of conversations.
Hornby Magazine’s latest layout project, Grosvenor Square followed the latter. It was designed and built for Hornby Magazine Yearbook No. 9 but even up to completing the Yearbook, the actual design of the storage yard wasn’t tied down to a final version.
Above: The return loop storage yard for Grosvenor Square gives great flexibility and realism to train movements in and out of the station. As a BR maroon ‘Western’ enters the yard with matching BR Mk 1s, a second ‘Western’ heads towards the scenic section.
First a bit of context. Grosvenor Square models a Western Region terminus. It has seven platforms and currently three quarters of the scenic section has been built, creating a 12ft x …
