COAL HILL WEST Scale: 2mm - 1ft. Gauge 9mm (N) by Chris Berry

Size: 4ft by 4ft (1.2m by 1.2m) (plus operator space), Operators: Two, Transport: One car.

Coal Hill West is a small ex Great Western branch line station on the fictional Cheddar Valley Railway based in Somerset which serves the small market town of Coal Hill. It has a small mainline terminus that serves First Great Western Services coming from and going to Bristol Temple Meads and Yatton and through platforms.

The Layout, which is designed to fit into the back of a large family car, is 2mm:1ft (N gauge) utilising mainly Peco set track with some Peco flexi track. The buildings are mainly Metcalf card kits, with a few Bachmann and  ‘Scenecraft’, a wooden GWR Signal Box kit produced by Arch Laser Company; as are the station name boards and the security fencing round the Network Rail Permanent Way yard. 

The layout contains quite a number of interesting cameo scenes.
Locomotives and rolling stock, representing a number of companies and eras, are Graham Farish (Bachmann) and Dapol Ready to Run (RTR), whilst the vehicles you see on the road are all manufactured by Oxford Diecast, Bachmann Scenecraft and Busch
All trains on this layout are controlled by the NCE Power Cab DCC control System; with an increasing number having been sound chipped.

Contact: COAL HILL WEST using Coal Hill West as the subject; to book the layout for your Show or for further details.

Ref:

Overview of Coal Hill West station, seen being very busy	D5307 pauses at Coal Hill West with a service for Wells Priory Road
Ex GWR 64xx 0-6-0PT 6412 visting from South Devon Railway prepares to depart whilst 142085 has just arrived from Cardiff	FGW Class 150 DMU 150128 has just arrived from Coal Hill Mainline Station with a service from Bristol Temple Meads

Pictures showing the new extension to the front of the layout. Captions to be added.

This layout can be seen at the following shows:

19th & 20th August 2023: Scarborough (Pickering)

2nd September 2023: Bridlington (Trainshed)

10th & 11th February 2024: Festival of British Railway Modelling (Doncaster)

page updated 18th July 2023