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Page 1: HAMWORTHY OLD POOLE - MROL MODEL RAILWAYS ON-LINE Hamworthy Old Poole David Lord describes his 00 gauge Southern Railway branch line layout Photographs by Paul Plowman Hamworthy Old

MODEL RAILWAYS ON-LINE

HAMWORTHY OLD POOLE

Described by David Lord

Photographed by Paul Plowman

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Hamworthy Old Poole

David Lord describes his 00 gauge Southern Railway branch line layout

Photographs by Paul Plowman

Hamworthy Old Poole is a 4mm OO

gauge model using code 70 rail and hand-

built track throughout. Modelled on the

likely (or unlikely) layout of the original

Hamworthy terminus of the Somerset &

Dorset Joint Railway. Hamworthy

represents what the S&DJR Southern

terminus might have been if it had not been

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replacement before/or as they self destruct.

The age of the layout has never been a

problem with operating because the original

track layout conceived by Phil and

subsequently modified and extended by me,

has always provided a myriad of operational

possibilities. I have always been able to

immerse myself into operating Hamworthy

because of the challenges that present

themselves whenever adlib operating is

carried out as against timetabled operations.

Operation has to resemble basic full size

practice because of the need to turn

locomotives, run around and deal with either

an empty station (easy) or a full station (can

be really difficult) when things get busy. An

example is, who forgot to move the pilot

locomotive from platform 1 buffer stops

before the express arrived.

Top: SR 02 Class 0-4-4T No.182 passes the loco servicing depot with a 2-coach push-pull set for Hamworthy Old Poole. Left: Schools Class 4-4-0 No.928 ‘Stowe’ passes the goods shed with a

train for Waterloo.

transferred to Bournemouth in 1896.

Originally constructed by Phil Knife in 1977

as Abbotsbury Southern Mk 111, and acquired

by me around 1985 the layout is now becoming

rather old, however, the techniques used by Phil

and I over the years have stood the test of time

with the exception of some plastic items such as

fencing and signals that will require

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FEBRUARY 2005 3

The model is an out and back Branch

Line to fiddle yard measuring 11 feet by 6

feet.

Starting from the Hamworthy terminus

station to the 4-road fiddle yard, the railway

runs through varied countryside including a

viaduct and small branch station and goods

sidings called Lychet Minster. The fiddle

yard originally constructed by Ken Gray is

provided with a hand crank using Meccano

gears to move the tray back and forth and

accurately line up the tracks. The removable

tray holds a total of four full-length trains or

three full and two smaller trains such as a

local passenger and a slow pickup goods

using one of the fiddle yard roads.

Trackwork The original track laid by Phil Knife

consists of code 70 flat-bottom rail hand

spiked to balsa wood sleepers. This

seemingly quite unsafe fixing of the rails to

the sleepers has stood the test of time and

track remains in gauge and has not required

maintenance over the years. Extensions and

point work built by me use PC board

sleepers and code 70 rails.

All points are hand made with the

exception of the (I think it is a Formaway)

code 100 double slip that has provided

excellent service and despite being of a

larger rail size than the main rails, does not

look like code 100, due to a little bit of

weathering and painting of the rails.

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A lesson here I think.

Period The period is roughly pre WW2, but as I

have a lot of different stock, there is ample

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scope for having a preserved line aspect

where anything from a Duchess to a model

of the LNWR “Cornwall” coupled to

Webb’s Directors Saloon will make an

appearance. In addition, my son Chris has a

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SR Schools Class ‘Stowe’ departs from Hamworthy Old Poole with a train for London.

Former SE&CR D Class 4-4-0 No.1577 drifts across the viaduct.

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Above: D Class 4-4-0 No.1577 shunts utility vans past the goods shed.

Above: A parcels train arrives at Hamworthy Old Poole.

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FEBRUARY 2005 5

Above: Former SE&CR D Class 4-4-0 No.1577 approaches the buffer stops with a train of utility vans. The push-pull train formed of LSWR ‘Gate’ stock waits in the bay platform.

number of Southern EMU’s that despite the

lack of a third rail manage an appearance

when no one is looking. I might add that

turning a Duchess on the turntable is not

really on, although the Lord Nelson’s can

just about be turned with very careful

positioning of the loco and tender wheels on

the turntable extremities.

Rolling stock Train stock is a veritable mixture of

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form of a Metro Tank and Clestory Auto

train that visits from time to time.

Operation Operated by up to three people at a time

working as 1, Driver Hamworthy, 2, Shunter

Hamworthy, 3, Driver/Shunter Lychet

Minster/Fiddle yard, the model is totally

portable and breaks down into two boxes

measuring 3x3x2feet high for the

viaduct/loco depot section and 4x2x3.5 feet

high for the rest, plus stock boxes and

trestles, which seem to take up more room

than anything else.

Exhibited many times during the 80’s and

90’s, using audio cassette tapes to provide

background commentary and locomotive

sounds to the running trains, (developed in

conjunction with Peter Betts and also used

on his model of Lulworth Cove) the like of

which have not been seen since these two

layouts stopped exhibiting, means the model

these days, resides at home for personal

enjoyment. I have a number of times

considered selling the model, but the

enjoyment factor has ensured that I have had

second thoughts over and over again. ■

scratch built vans and flats (many from Phil

Knife) to the very well detailed models from

current manufacturers. Coaches are PC models,

while the attractive gated auto train is scratch

built from balsa wood by Phil Knife.

Locomotives are again a variety, mostly of

white metal (Wills) and even plastikard. The

RTR models of today are also making an

appearance, and they run better than most as

well. Did the Q1 ever reach the S&DJR? There

is even the odd interloper from the GWR in the

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Layout Diagram Each square represents 1 foot