New Mills & District Railway Modellers
Burnham on Sea
10'00"x2'00"
Burnham on Sea is a first attempt to model an actual place using photos, magazines and books for information.
Construction of the baseboards is from plywood with Sundeala tops with integral legs from 2"x1". Buildings are scratchbuilt from Plastikard with the exception of The Queen's Hotel on the seafront which was built by Ken Ball.
Trackwork is Peco Finescale (Code 55), turnouts are all Electrofrog and control is by AMR. Electromagnets are scattered about in strategic places for uncoupling.
The aim is to have a small S&D terminus with hands free shunting. The long platform at the front was the excursion one and specials ran into Burnham for a few years after regular services were withdrawn.
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