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Ambridge
Please note this layout is no longer owned by the club or any of its members.
| Owned By: |
Christopher & Stephen Martin |
| Gauge: |
00 |
| Scale: |
4mm/1ft |
| Area Modelled: |
LMS Branch |
| Period: |
1939 |
| Size of Layout: |
12ft x 2ft |
| Number of Operators: |
3 |
| Insurance Value: |
£1,000 |
| Cost of Transport: |
N/A |
| Power Requirements: |
One 13 amp plug socket |
Description of Layout
It is Thursday 24th August 1939 in the small market town of Ambridge. The talk in the town is not of the
price of livestock or the threat of war in Europe, but the visit today of King George VI, who is coming to
celebrate 50 years since the opening of the branch line from Northampton Castle Station and to grant a
Royal Warrant to Brown & Company, suppliers of quality shoes.
In addition to its shoe factory, it also has a dairy and just north of the town a timber merchant. There
is an hourly passenger service as well as three mixed goods trains, four milk trains, the reversal of two
timber trains each day and, as it is market day, two cattle trains. But it will be the arrival of the Royal
Train, which will be the highlight of the day.
The layout was built in six months with a budget of £600. Peco Finescale track is used together with a mixture
of kits and buildings from Metcalfe, Ratio, Hornby, and Bachmann.
The red carpet is out and the bunting is flying, so keep your eyes open for that special arrival.
Ambridge attended the Royston Exhibition in 2008. In 2009, it attended the Harpenden, Newbury, Bury St Edmunds and Felixstowe exhibitions.
This year it is booked to attend the East Dereham, Newcastle, Great Yarmouth, Roydon, Colchester and Ipswich exhibitions. It will also be attending
the Mid Suffolk Light Railway's open day in August. More details can be found in the Exhibition Diary.
Contact Details
For more information on this layout, please contact:
Chris Martin (Exhibition Secretary)
Telephone: (01284) 830086
E-mail: exhibitions@sudburymrc.org.uk
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