Ruth

Thanks for the various comments. In a way its reassuring to know that in some ways I don't have to feel guilty at destroying the whole thing. I doubt that the trains will ever be used again in a property that we live in but I have an obligation to pack them up and store them in case I am mistaken. As I posted the photos I can see that even though its his pride and joy its very personal and actually rather sad looking.

Thanks for that information, I will try contacting them via social media

Here are the photos of the layout, obviously I have shall have to remove all the trains, cars, buses etc. I suppose without them it isn't actually that much.

Hi, we are in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. And no the layout was never made to be dismantled although it would always have to be at some point but not at this stage in life. Its in what is a box room, our son did use it as a bedroom but it was a very tight squeeze. I will take some photos later and post them on here. And its OO gauge. .

Apologies if this isn't the right place to post this. My husband has a layout in a small bedroom. Sadly he had a stroke earlier this year and can no longer access the room, and it seems unlikely at the moment that he would be able to have the use of both hands in order to do modelling. We are relocating to a bungalow and there isn't any room atm that could be used as a train room. He wants to keep all his rolling stock (it'll be a fun job packing all that up!). Then I am left with the problem of what to do with the layout. Can I have some opinions whether someone might be interested in coming and taking all the reusable things off it or shall I just get someone to come and assault it with an electric saw. Its not even something I could do myself, either emotionally or physically.