LOCKWOOD STREET Scale: 2mm - 1ft. Gauge 9mm ('N' ) by Hull Miniature Railway Society

Size: 12ft x 4ft (plus operator space), Operators: Four, Transport: Two cars.

Inspired by the former Hull & Barnsley Railway terminus at Cannon Street in Hull the layout represents an urban secondary terminus. It is set in the mid 1950s - 1960s. Some of the construction of the bespoke platforms for Lockwood Street, in 1.5mm ply, were produced as a kit by Gavin Thirkell of Stoneybridge Structures, South Shields.  The area beneath the platforms was painted, before fixing down, to avoid glaring bare baseboard showing through the delicate latticework. Some pictures of the progress:

Stoneybridge Structures can be found at, www.stoneybridge.co.uk  
Stoneybridge Structures, Unit 2, Amos Ayre Place, Simonside Industrial Estate, South Shields, NE34 9PE.

This is the latest project from the Hull MRS N-Gauge group. It is an Urban Secondary Terminus Station, inspired by the former Hull and Barnsley Railway’s Terminus at Cannon
Street in Hull. The idea came from a wish do something a bit different to any of our previous layouts and the desire for it to be based on a local location.

Cannon Street station was built in 1885 and was intended to be a goods depot - the original intention was that much grander passenger facilities would be located in the centre of
town at Kingston Square, however this was abandoned because of the cost involved, and the carriage sheds located at Cannon Street were converted into the terminus station.
At the grouping in 1923 the H&BR became part of the LNER and in July 1924 all passenger services were diverted to the ex-NER Paragon Station though goods services continued
to use Cannon Street until June 1968. During the 1960s & 70s the area was cleared of most of the domestic residences which were demolished. The area is now home to an engineering works and a College.

We hope we have captured the run down nature of this part of the city. All the buildings and major features on the layout are closely based on prototypes from the area, though some compression repositioning and simplification was necessary for practical and logistical reasons, so it isn't an exact replica of Cannon Street, hence the change of name to that of
the road that runs along the front of the layout.

The layout is set in the 1955-65 ‘Transition’ era. Unlike the real Cannon Street it is assumed some local passenger services continued to use the station alongside the main traffics
of Parcels, Perishables and Coal.

The layout uses the new ‘Finetrax’ N gauge Code 40 track work for the scenic area. (Peco for the off scene areas) Rolling stock is a mix of suitable ready-to-run and kit-built items
from all the main manufacturers.

Contact: Lockwood Street to book the layout for your Show or for more details.

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This layout is due to appear at the following Shows:

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page update 15th June 2023