This famous Scottish location has been modelled before closures and rationalisation took place by the East Kilbride Model Railway Club. BILL CAMPBELL describes how this attractive ‘N’ gauge layout was built, and how it operates. Photography, Mike Bisset.
Gauge: 'N', 9mm Scale: 2mm:1ft Size: 19ft 6in x 3ft 6in Region: Scottish Period: 1960s Control: Analogue
Above: The station features scratchbuilt buildings and an etched nickel silver kit for the footbridge. Fowler ‘4F’ 0-6-0 44388 leads a mixed goods through the station heading north.
IN 1861, the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway obtained an Act of Parliament for the construction of a railway north from Stanley where a junction was formed with the Scottish Midland Railway and with onward running rights between Stanley Junction and Perth. In time, these railway companies became parts of the Highland Railway and Caledonian Railway, respectively.
The track layout of the junction was unusual in that southbound trains from the Highland line passed through the station on the north side of the island platform before crossing to the Up line towards Perth. This meant that southbound trains could be held clear of trains going north from Perth without blocking the single-track Highla…
