Bachdore Quay is based on a fictitious location and was originally built as a shunting conundrum using the bridge as a sector plate or a boxed fiddleyard.
The original layout sections were published in the British Railway Modelling magazine January 2005 Vol 12 No 10.
The swing bridge is now mechanised to offer through traffic. This includes passenger services to/from Bachdore Quay Halt and freight to/from Bachdore Quay Goods Yard over to the harbour side and onwards to Oaktree Doke Quay Town Station. The layout displays new scenic dioramas including farmland, a goods yard, a coal-yard, industrial buildings, mudflats from the out-going tide and the local Oaktree Doke Quay Town Station. This station serves the local market town named after the Oak Tree in the market square. I hope you find that this all compliments the existing buildings and harbour for the viewing public.
Gauge – ‘O’ (7mm/ft), Period – Early steam, Operators – 3 min
Style – End-2-End Harbour Layout (shunting conundrum & passenger traffic)
Operation – front and rear DC controllers
Dimensions – 6.59m x 99cm (21ft 6in x 3ft 3in) plus 2 x fiddle yard overhangs (60cm/24in each)
Insurance Value – £6,000
