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This extensive N gauge model of Bewdley was on display in The Engine House during the April 2016 'Open House' weekend, courtesy of the Telford Model Railway Group.<ref>Open House Weekend timetable</ref>
 
This extensive N gauge model of Bewdley was on display in The Engine House during the April 2016 'Open House' weekend, courtesy of the Telford Model Railway Group.<ref>Open House Weekend timetable</ref>
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An interesting feature of the model is the presence of a signal box in the [[Bewdley Down Yard]], which can be seen nearest the camera in the first photograph.  A [[List of signal boxes#Tenbury and Bewdley Railway (at Bewdley) | Signal Box]] was constructed at Bewdley by McKenzie, Clunes & Co for the [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury and Bewdley Railway]] as part of the track doubling at Bewdley in 1864.  Contemprary reports  describe the box as being situated between the south end of the down platform and the entrance to the goods yard, 12ft by 10ft by 12ft in size, double lined with floors and glazed windows, and having a slate roof. It contained a 'Chambers Patent Junction Signal Apparatus' with seven signal levers and four point levers.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Beddoes & Smith, 2007]], p27</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 15:47, 19 April 2016

Bewdley layout looking northwards
Bewdley layout looking southwards

This extensive N gauge model of Bewdley was on display in The Engine House during the April 2016 'Open House' weekend, courtesy of the Telford Model Railway Group.[1]

An interesting feature of the model is the presence of a signal box in the Bewdley Down Yard, which can be seen nearest the camera in the first photograph. A Signal Box was constructed at Bewdley by McKenzie, Clunes & Co for the Tenbury and Bewdley Railway as part of the track doubling at Bewdley in 1864. Contemprary reports describe the box as being situated between the south end of the down platform and the entrance to the goods yard, 12ft by 10ft by 12ft in size, double lined with floors and glazed windows, and having a slate roof. It contained a 'Chambers Patent Junction Signal Apparatus' with seven signal levers and four point levers.[2]

See also

List of models of the Severn Valley Railway

References

  1. Open House Weekend timetable
  2. Beddoes & Smith, 2007, p27

Links

Bewdley station in N gauge on the Bewdley station web site