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Jinty 47643 shunts wagons and grain hopper by the ale dock at Little Burton. As seen at the recent Burton Railex.
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The heritage site, once Rolleston-on-Dove station, is an interesting place to visit at any time of the year. Fauna and flora for the naturalist and interpretation panels for the railway minded. Access from Station Road, Rolleston, Burton upon Trent, DE13 9AT
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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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Please come along to Railex at this brilliant venue. I will be there with Little Burton, version 3. One of its rare exhibition appearances, featured on Youtube and in both Railway Modeller and British Railway Modelling magazines.
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Rolleston-on-Dove went public for the first time in almost 4 years recently at Claymills Victorian Pumping Station. Next outing will be to the Stafford exhibition 23rd and 24th September.
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The latest bulletin from Rolleston-on-Dove Station Heritage Group.
The site is open to the public at all times – even on Christmas Day.
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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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Work in progress, a model of a signal box at a level crossing in High Street , Burton upon Trent, to be a feature along the approach to the Little Burton layout.
During Lockdown it is difficult to give reliable exhibition information re my 3 layouts.
Little Burton was booked to appear at Burton Railex at the National Brewing Centre, Burton upon Trent 01.11.2020. Event cancelled.
The layout is to be featured in the January 2021 issue of BRM. It can be viewed on Youtube:
website: www.rolleston-on-dove-station.co.uk email: clive.baker19@gmail.com
