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Rolleston-on-Dove, the layout has ended its days as a working model railway. In action recently at the Stafford exhibition, considered to be the high point in the layout's history, proved to be its final public appearance. Its appearance at Expo EM at Manchester in 2018 was another highlight in 16 years of operation. All is not over as the section that includes the carriage dock with all the pointwork remains active, linking the Little Burton layout with its storage sidings. Three dioramas, sections of the original layout are being converted featuring the station buildings, signal cabin and over bridge. These will be used as 3-dimensional visual aids when presenting talks to local school pupils and interested organisations.
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My layout 'Rolleston-on-Dove' will be exhibited at the above event. Not seen in public, apart from Youtube, since 2019, the scenics have undergone some refurbishment to reflect an autumnal appearance. Two periods will be represented – 1920/30's and post WW2.
Rolleston-on-Dove will is also booked to appear at the Stafford exhibition in September.
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Rolleston-on-Dove Station Heritage Group.
Here is our latest bulletin sent to all who follow our projects.
This issue specialises in our new feature – the remains of the McKenzie and Holland signal box, supplied to the North Staffordshire Railway Co. for the opening of Rolleston station in 1894.
An interpretation panel gives details of this once mechanical signal cabin demolished in 1952.
Mechanical signal boxes still give service on the ex NSR Derby-Stoke line.
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Please visit 'Model Railways of Clive Baker' on Facebook. New material about my layouts and prototype features are uploaded regularly.
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Some latest images of Little Burton, as seen on Facebook:
Standard class 4, 75006 an early product from the Mainline range, but with hand-built chassis and Romford wheels to EM gauge standard, hadn't turned a wheel for about 10 years, but immediately sprang back into life. Her first run on Little Burton version 3.
Two eras represented on the viaduct, Midland Compound from the GEM range built 1974, now re-painted in LMS livery and Stanier Mogul in BR livery built from a K's kit.
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My latest video features Little Burton in LMS days – red engines and all:
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Nice work, I used to live in Barton under Needwood and went fishing along the Dove, I saw the remnants of old track beds and wondered what the railway might have looked like.
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If you get back to the area, the station area at Rolleston has been cleared and greatly tidied -up by Clive and a group of local volunteers. The platforms and goods yard are well defined. The group have used flowering plants to help too. There is a public footpath (bridleway ?) passing though the site. Clive's Models are well worth a look if you can get to a show where they appear.
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