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Over the years we have built many award winning layouts and work is currently in progress on those listed below.
Click on the layout name for photographs and additional details.

Dewsbury Midland (00 gauge)
Our stunning layout, Dewsbury Midland was shown for the first time at our Millenium Exhibition and it is still well worth seeing. It is set in the West Riding of Yorkshire, has won several awards at the exhibitions it has attended and has appeared regularly in the model railway press.

Although you may think that the layout is complete there is still a lot of detail to be added, with signals being the current project. To give a flavour of the research and commitment that has gone into the layout you are advised to read the Model Railway Journal numbers 165 & 166. Layout size 25 feet by 11 feet.

 

Hazelwood Junction (N gauge)
The N Gauge Group was formed after the "afternoon" gathering decided to involve themselves with a project. It was decided that an N Gauge layout would fill a slot missing from the MMRS and a simple, smallish layout would be built which would allow members to run models "straight from the box".

Baseboards have been constructed and the complete layout is 12 feet long by 2 feet 8 inches wide. Trackwork is Peco finescale and the layout is based around Hazel Grove.

 

Mason Dixon (7mm scale, 16.5mm gauge)
At the end of 2007 Nigel Tansley spotted that there was a bit of unused space which would just fit a 6' by 3' layout. The first two meetings have taken place with the next one scheduled for Wednesday 11th June at 8pm. Word is that one half of the layout will follow USA practice and the other half will be based on a Welsh slate quarry. It sounds impossible to me but Nigel regularly makes the impossible look simple. Join in to see how it is done.

 

Mersey Division (0 gauge)
With a continuous run the Mersey Division regularly plays host to many members' models which are given the chance to stretch their legs and show what they can do. Its 3 foot wide baseboards run around the outside of the 41 foot 6 inch by 24 foot upper floor of Dean Hall and it has appeared at our Annual Exhibition.

The main through station, Cornbrook, is now being supplemented by the development of a terminus station which has Templot designed trackwork.

 

Peak Forest (00 gauge)
Using most of the space vacated by our 2mm finescale Chee Tor layout which has gone to a new home in Canada, a 4mm scale 00 gauge modern image (present day) layout is being constructed. If you want to improve but are not sure how to develop your stock and scenery from the excellent quality items now being offered by the major manufacturers, this may be the layout for you. If you are interested in joining the team at Dean Hall on alternate Monday evenings, contact Andy Cooper, exhibition.manager<at>mmrs.co.uk.

 

Slattocks Junction (4mm scale, 18.83mm gauge)
This layout is a replacement for the MMRS's popular Bradwell but rather than it being an end to end this has a continuous run with a through station (just off scene) and yard. The layout is fictional but based on the Calder Valley route in the Middleton to Castleton area.

Trackwork has been completed and electrics, using DCC for loco control, are all but completed. A start has been made on the extensive scenery that will make this layout a little bit different from most P4 layouts. Including the scenic extension Slattocks measures 18 feet by 13 feet.

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