Loftus Road

March 28, 2008

 

Loftus Road is a through station situated on the West London Line between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction and very loosely based on Kensington Olympia. The time line is late 1990’s through to the present day; this will enable a great variety of train movements, on the passenger side there are local suburban, north/south cross country services and empty Eurostar services, whilst on the freight side, Freightliner, aggregate, various Channel Tunnel bound services and even the odd nuclear flask. Add to this the various infrastructure trains and light engine movements the operational scope is very wide.

The layout is a continuous-run oval, with the scenic part of the layout measuring 12′, connecting to a 12′ modular fiddle yard which can also be used for other club projects. Electrically, the layout is controlled by DCC with full lights and sound fitted on many of the locomotives and EMUs, but such is the flexibility of its construction it can also be operated in traditional DC mode should it be so desired!

It has taken the best part of 2 years to get all of the track down, the miles of wiring installed and the complex control panels built on both the fiddle yard and the Loftus Road boards but we are just beginning scenic side of things, with buildings taking shape and some of the fine details being applied.

Please feel free to contact one of the club committee if you would like to invite Loftus Road to your show!

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