A tour of Futtock’s End
by Giles Barnabe
Many many months ago Giles Barnabe sent me photographs of Futtocks End. At long last Giles gets his well deserved Author medal (not that such a thing existed back in January, of course). At least I’ve got around to publishing the photos prior to the layout’s appearance at ExpoNG 2007! -EH
Apple Valley Light Railway
by Ian Holmes
Ian Holmes’s Apple Valley Light Railway plan was devised for the first layout design competition on the small layout design forum on Yahoo! for a layout in 3′ x 1′.
Castaway Casey’s The Naughton Atoll Railway
by Jim Favre
Built by Jim Favre, this layout features continuous operation, no hidden track, no hidden staging areas, hand laid, precisely gauged track, is fully landscaped with lush tropical flora, is totally portable, carryable with one hand and finally answers the commonly asked: “What’s the tightest radius I can use?”.
Getting started on a broken shoestring
by Ed Bardet
Ed Bardet wrote: “Great site. I was debating whether to go O or HO as my track for a large diorama I am doing. It is a shipyard and associated lumber yard circa 1920 +/-. After building this engine I am going with GN15.
Kelso Creek
by Terry Allen
Kelso Creek is the latest in a number of micro-layouts I have built over the years and the first in Gn15 (1:24th). The accepted size of a micro is 4 sq. ft. or less and Kelso Creek is only the size of two A4 sheets of paper placed end to end.
Knotter Yard Estate Rly
by Carl Arendt
It all started with a creation by Emrys Hopkins in response to a challenge raised on the Small Layout Design mailling list. Emrys is fond of making designs with three-way turnouts and double-slip switches. Tiny Knotter Yard was no exception!
P H Levelor & Sons Limestone Quarry
by Jim Favre
Jim Favre’s layout is based on a Bernard Junk On2 design, scaled up for Gn15. The layout is just 24 by 34 inches in size.
Pynford Cross Pumping Station
by Miles Bevan
Located on the edge of the Postley Levels in South Wessex, the pumping station was constructed for the Postley Levels Internal Drainage Board in order to drain the low lying valley and reclaim it from the sea.
Red Fox Amusement Park
by Brian Fayle
Roll up, roll up and enjoy all the fun of the fair courtesy of Brian Fayle layout - as seen in the Nov/Dec 2004 NG&SL Gazette
Carl Arendt’s G scale layout in (less than) one square foot - a layout that seems to have inspired so many Gn15 modelers. Sidelines’ Stephen Warrington describes this as the first Gn15 layout - if you know different, please let us know!
Tenwr Mine - a 10 hour project
by Ian Holmes
The weather had been b—- awful. Rain, rain rain. 2½” on Friday alone. So I thought “I’ll build myself a micro.”
The Sidelines Demo Layout
by Steve Bennett
Steve Bennett of Sidelines put together this simple demonstration layout in just 10 days.
