Granby lane is a colliery based in the North Derbyshire/South Yorkshirecoalfield area and features an operational loading system for the wagons.so an empty train will arrive, refill and depart fully loaded back on mainline,often with the next set of empties waiting to access the pit yard from themainline. All shunting of wagons within the colliery is undertaken by theNBCs own locos. The mainline also has a frequent procession of trains withlocal. express, parcels and freight passing by. A loop line has been installedand this allows freight trains to be held while a faster passenger train over-takes it. All these moves are fully signalled. Granby lane itself features ter-raced housing. a pub and a small scrapyard. look for the detail included inthis area which includes many cameos such as the dustcart crew emptyingthe bins and a children’s playground. The pit itself has working winding gearand loading screens as well as other buildings and NCB vehicles. They pre-sent a grimy coaldust covered atmosphere to show how it was in our 1960srepresentation of the coal mine era.We hope you enjoy viewing our layout, feel free to ask any questions whichwill do our best to answer.The layout is 16ft x 8ft and requires a footprint of 2oft x 10ft. it has a flame-proof curtain and fully pat tested electrics.
