Merthyr Riverside

EM Gauge by
Rob Kinsey

This model is to 4mm scale on EM gauge track.  Baseboards are constructed from 9mm birch ply with soft wood legs.  Plain track uses C&L track bases with EM gauge Society rail, the points are constructed from EM gauge Society sleepers and rail with C&L chairs and are operated using home made slow acting rotary motors.

The model is operated as freight only from its junction with the main line which probably would have involved 'one engine in steam' working on the prototype, but to enable a more intensive and hopefully more entertaining operations a more flexible system has been adopted.

The fiddle yard accommodates a variety of appropriate locomotives and items of freight stock, which are marshalled into typical trains for shunting as required.  The rolling stock is continuously changing and expanding and consists of mainly kit or scratch built items.  Operation is unscripted, shunting is carried out as dictated by the rolling stock present and siding space available.

Pictures taken at The Welsh National Model Railway Exhibition, LLandudno. Presented by Colwyn Model Railway Club.

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