This is the episode #2 of the multi-parts series for Fordingbridge Model Railway Exhibition, organised by Fordingbridge Rotary Club. You can visit their web site: fmr.org.uk/layouts/
The Solent Summit was (probably) the biggest one on that day.
All episodes in this exhibition:
Episode 1, Molendorp: • Molendorp | Fordingbri...
Episode 2, Solent Summit: • Solent Summit | Fordin...
Episode 3, All others: • Fordingbridge Model Ra...
Date of recording: 09 April 2022.
Location: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK (SP6 1JF)
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Layout information:
Solent Summit
Gosport Model Railroad Club | Gosport Model Railroad Group
Solent Summit is a Modular N scale American layout built by members of the Gosport Model Railroad Club. Started in 2010 it is made up of some club owned modules plus others owned by members. New modules are still being produced.
The modules can be put together in many combinations depending on available space. In its full form, Solent Summit has over 150ft (5 scale miles) of scenic track plus another 50ft of storage. A space of about 22ft by 26ft is required for a set-up showing a sequence of about 40 different trains travelling through the layout in about a period of an hour. We have demonstrated layouts as large as 60ft by 20ft.
We've chosen to model single track with passing loops as this provides the most interesting operations. In its full form, along the line we have a station, industrial sidings, passing loops, coal mine, power station, tunnel, steel viaduct, chemical plant, switching yards and various bits of country side, canyons and desert.
The modules are built to oNeTrak standards. oNeTrak is compatible with Ntrak and uses a single running track as opposed to the three running tracks used by Ntrak. Some clubs operate both Ntrak and oNeTrak modules together.
The oNeTrak concept of a single track mainline allows for a large range of railroad scenes to be modelled as huge numbers of American railroads were single track. It allows for prototypical operation, as trains on a single track main line often have to meet and pass each other, as in real life.
The web site of the Gosport Model Railroad Club: www.gosportrailroadgroup.org.uk