Brixcombe is the Farnham clubs first P4 layout and portrays a South Devon terminus of the Great Western Railway.
Photo credit: Chris Nevard, Model Rail
Situated somewhere between Newton Abbot and Plymouth, the station serves a small fishing port in an area popular with holidaymakers. As a result traffic is suprisingly heavy with 2 daily expresses from London, a north to west cross country service and local trains from both east and west.
Photo credit: Chris Nevard, Model Rail
Goods traffic is dealt with by 3 daily services and there is an early morning collection of the overnight fish catch. Once a year the local squire organises a very popular point to point meeting necessitating the insertion of a horsebox special into the schedule.
Photo credit: Chris Nevard, Model Rail
As a result of the different interests within the Brixcombe team the layout can be running Dean liveried Cities and Bulldogs with early chocolate and cream stock, Churchward liveried Counties and Moguls hauling lake stock or Collett liveried Halls and Granges with 1930’s shirt-button stock. In the course of a an exhibition weekend you are likely to see them all.
Track plan
Layout area: (inc. fiddle yard) 23 ft. x 3 ft 6 in.
Further information
More on ‘Brixcombe’ can be found on the Farnham & District MRC website