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Wincoleton Introduction
Layout Details
Wincoleton
the fictitious station on the Somerset and Dorset
Junction Railway line was midway between Evercreech
Junction to the South and Masbury in the North. The
small mining town of Mangaford, to the east of
Wincoleton is also served. Both the mine and town are
reached by a five mile branch line which joins the main
line at Wincoleton. Wincoleton station has staggered
platforms the one on the north east side, has all the
main buildings on it. Trains to Mangaford leave from
this platform and run out of the station over the
"wrong" line of what is normally a double track section
of the main line. This is to gain access to the branch
line, which is actually within the fiddle yard. Most of
the main line trains call at the station on route to
Bath, Bournemouth, and Evercreech Junction and beyond.
There is a centre road within the station, similar to
that at Evercreech Junction. This is used to hold the
branch train and pilot or banking locomotives. These
locomotives are needed to assist some of the heavy
trains on their climb up the 1 in 66 gradient towards
the line summit at Masbury. The summit is 811 feet above
sea level. Many of the freight services are still in the
hands of the Fowler 7F’s, which were built for the line.
It will be another five years before the line will
benefit from the Standard 9F 2-10-0’s. Passenger trains
are in the hands of a mixture of Midland, LMS and
Southern locomotives with streamlined West Country
Pacific’s being used on a frequent basis following their
successful trial in the early years after
nationalisation. The Fowler class 2P’s are still used on
front line duties to pilot the heavy passenger trains
Magazine Features : The layout was featured in the July 1996 edition of British Railway Modelling and the December 2000 edition of Railway Modeller
Wincoleton was seen at the following exhibitions:
14th Redditch Model Railway Exhibition - 8th & 9th May 1993
Bromsgrove Model Railway Exhibition - 6th November 1993
Kingshurst Model Railway Exhibition - February 1994
Bournville Model Railway Exhibition - February 1994
15th Redditch Model Railway Exhibition - 7th & 8th May 1994
Evesham Model Railway Exhibition - 24th September 1994
Quinborne Model Railway Exhibition - December 1994
Bromsgrove Model Railway Exhibition - 7th November 1994
Cheltenham GWR Modelers Group Exhibition - 28th & 29th October 1995
17th Redditch Model Railway Exhibition - May 1996
Stourbridge Model Railway Exhibition - 12th & 13th April 1997
Bournville Model Railway Exhibition - February 1998
30th Anniversary Redditch Model Railway Exhibition - 17th & 18th May 1997
19th Redditch Model Railway Exhibition - May 1998
Doncaster BRM Model Railway Show - 13th & 14th February 1999
1999 Derby Model Railway Exhibition - April 1999
A49 Leominster Group Model Railway Exhibition - September 1999
Warley National Model Railway Exhibition - 9th & 10th October 1999
Wakefield Model Railway Exhibition - November 1999
21st Redditch Model Railway Exhibition - May 2000
Alsager Model Railway Exhibition - 18th & 19th November 2000
22nd Redditch Model Railway Exhibition - 12th and 13th May 2001
The layout has travelled a total of 1198 miles to and from the above exhibitions
(for more information on Wincoleton)