'Matford', Exeter - a P4 layout set in the final weeks before the demise of Wessex Trains
New backscene will be needed. Much 'squaring up' and 'bedding-in' to do. It was all thrown back together in a hurry for the show. The photos were taken by David Brandreth of the Scalefour Society at the 2010 Exeter show a few weeks ago.
A couple of general views of layout from buffer stops, looking towards fiddle yard (aka Exeter City Basin Jct):
View of the station area, with Class 170 and 159 in evidence, clearly SWT are holding sway at the moment! The Class 170s were seen at St Davids for a short while on Waterloo services - that's all the excuse we need to run one on Matford!
Class 08 passes evidence of disused oil depot and a folorn PW hut, which is unlikely to see much use by Network Rail anymore. The brambles and hut are a new addition to the layout, the brambles were created using fine horsehair and some Noch scenics purchased in Holland.
The ex-Central Trains Class 158 waits to come off depot and join the main line, whilst the 08 shunts the scrap metal siding (although the wagons behind the brake van appear to be unusually early from the period and were loaned by a certain Captain of this parish!):
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