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England
Martin
Drayson’s Essex layout
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The layout is
built on a 4' x 8' sheet of chipboard, cut into three equal pieces for ease
of transport, and mounted on trestles. Wiring is concealed below, with
connections via multipole plugs and sockets. The two Bakelite inner circuits
are wired for twin-running, with red isolating switches controlling the
sidings. The design is based loosely on "An Interesting
Layout". This was a design published as a blueprint in the back of some
TTR instruction books circa 1938. The original was 12' long but Martin
shortened it to fit in the available space. There is also an
outer circuit, which is just a plain oval with no points. It is a mixture of
fibre-based track and "Super" track and can be used equally well
with scale and coarse wheels. All "scenery" and buildings are Trix
or Kibri for Trix. Signals are a mixture of manual semaphore and colour light
signals. The layout has
been shown on about four occasions at the Annual Festival of Model Railways
at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea.
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This photo shows the display cabinets which are themselves collectors pieces coming from shop display cabinets of the 1950’s
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