Hillsville

OO Gauge by
Brian Galpin

This is “The Hillsville Model Railway” , all the way from New Zealand,  a small OO British themed layout I built in 1985 for my youngest son Andrew who was 10 Yrs old at the time.

All the buildings are from cardboard kits. The locos & rolling stock being a mixture off Hornby & Lima. It is fitted with several un-coupler ramps at strategic places. All points are equipped with Peco solenoids, operated by a probe & studs on the control panel. 

The turntable is electrically driven from a home made mechanism.

The layout is  run with a series of ‘flip cards’ with instructions, so the operator knows what the next move will be.  It all worked well for a number of years, & was eventually sold.

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Main Street.

General View of Station.

Rear of Hillsville Station.

Platforms and Overbridge.

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Looking over the Engine
sheds.

Goods shed bend, below
the main yard.

The Hillsville Coalmine

Hillsville Control Panel

Layout under construction,
Andrew at the controls.