Wellow was a small country station on the Bath Extension of the SDJR. I am a member of the N-gauge Society and of the SDRT, so thought I would build a model of this station.

I was able to source information from the SDRT magazines and the Museum at Washford and from videos of the line, especially those produced by Julian Peters from Ivo's films. I visited the village of Wellow to photograph the signal box and station, both of which are now in private hands.

The layout

The layout is 4ft 6in x 1ft 6in, with a continuous track, with points almost as the prototype in the station area. The surrounding countryside is loosely based on the station surrounds, with Peco landscape for scenic background.

Construction

The base board is the usual 2in x 1in frame with four-ply top. The track is the Peco Flexible Track system with in the tube operating Insulfrog Turnouts (I prefer to call them points). The controllers are Graham Farish PE 760 and Powerbox 1094 with wick control. Street and station lighting are by fibre optics, which I consider give scale illumination.

Buildings

These are mainly by Metcalfe. wellow station is scratch-built, as is the signal box and goods yard and lever cabin. shoscombe and Single Hill Halt is in scratch built low relief in the back scene.

Signals

The signals are fully workable, by one wire in the tube, square brass rod parts and arms by Model Signal Engineering. Locomotives & Stock

Graham Farish BB, BR 2-6-4ST, GP TANK modified to look more like a Jinty, 7F freight loco, 4F LMS both from Gem Kits and 2-8-0 freight loco also from Gem. Scatch built 0-6-0 Fox Walker saddle tank circa 1907.

Coaches:

GF, SR & LMS

Freight stock:

GF, Peco wagons, trucks, tankers milk. Scratch built S&D crane No. 2 with match trucks No. 177 & No. 2and the excellent Chivers Southern four-wheel utility baggage van.

The Future

General upkeep, more scratch building, kits, track renewing: so much one can do. All this is achieved in the main by being a member of the N-gauge Society, and through the shows and resources of the SDRT.

Malcom Parr can be contacted at 15 Stourton Drive, Barrs Court, Bristol, England BS30 7AN

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