This ‘00' gauge layout models a fictional section of the West Coast Main
Line north of Crewe alongside a busy cement terminal. The double track
main line features overhead catenary as well as a goods loop which sees
freight trains pause to allow expresses to overtake.
The layout was built by the Hornby Magazine team in 2018 and now makes
occasional exhibition appearances - its last being in 2022. Highlights of the
layout include Peco concrete sleeper code 75 track, Peco overhead cate-
nary, a modified Walthers Valley Cement works plastic kit as the backdrop
as well as a scratchbuilt loading dock. New additions for the Statfold show
including a WCML relay room from the Key Model World Shop collection,
3D printed axle counters and repopulation of the trees on the approach to
the storage yard after the level crossing. The entire layout is DCC controlled
and features privatisation era locomotives and rolling stock spanning from
2000 to the present day.
