I think the time may be right to explain a little of the concept behind this layout.
Our colleague Bob has an excellent collection of Boston and Maine stock and in one of those 'moments of madness' I suggested that it would be a good idea to build an exhibition layout so that we could give it a run. Surprisingly he thought this was a good idea and Woodsville was born.
So the brief was for a layout that would (hopefully) be quick and easy to erect and dismantle, compact to transport and store and yet offer some operational interest to entertain the public and prevent us being bored.
The size of the layout was determined so that it could be erected in our garage for test running etc, and that is where the photographs have been taken so far, but the layout frontage can also be erected in the operating well of our Dewsbury P4/S4 layout in the railway room (just visible through the door in the photographs) for construction.
Added to this we accepted a couple of exhibition invitations (Halifax and Wakefield) this year. So far we are on programme to meet the deadlines but the timescales have meant that little or no time has been available for lengthy research. Paul has carried out most of the research for the buildings, although some compromises have had to be made due to space constraints. My research has been confined mainly to the Jim Shaughnessy article in the Spring 2014 Classic Trains and the switch stands have been 'guesstimated' from the excellent photographs in the article.
So we certainly cannot claim our 'Woodsville' is an accurate model of Woodsville N.H; we have taken liberties with the track layout and introduced industries for operational interest, but we hope we will have captured a feel of the place and aim to have a good time exhibiting it.