The Stoneybridge Railway took over what was the "Computer/Play Room" in 1998 The real beauty of `N-Gauge' modelling is that you can have quite an extensive layout in HALF the space the same trackplans would take in OO, so even in todays modern housing I'm sure a space big enough for a reasonable N layout can be found. however modelling in such small scales requires a modicum of patience to achieve reasonable results by virtue of its fine, fiddly size, and I myself would not reccomend N gauge for young children, OO is more likely to survive and is cheaper to repair/replace for a kiddies trainset, but of course requires a a fair bit of space. I do have a small OO gauge `out & back' single line along two of the walls in here (The Helensburgh Branch) but my main railway modelling interests are in N gauge. After all, how else would I get busy summer saturday passenger expresses & reasonable length goods workings into such a small room!? ;-)

This is a view of part of Stoneybridge West Station, this photo was taken in October 1999 (before the Redevelopment Scheme) from a rail overbridge above the mainline. The bridge carries a single high-level track from a small quarry and a road. looking over some of the pointwork, the mainline enters the picture at the bottom, with the Down main to the left and the Up main at the bottom middle, They sweep to the right then straight through the station curving to the right again across a stone(y) bridge. The goods yard is situated directly to the photographers Left, the tracks to the left in the photo constitute the Down Yard's "shunt neck" linked with a partly curved scissors crossing the right hand fork of which links with the mainline, the left fork is for the coaling road and link-line to the upper level tracks at the rear of the layout. The tracks on the lower right lead from the mainline & headshunt at the bottom of the picture to the Bay platforms and short carriage siding near the top. All track is 9mm gauge PECO code 80 "N"gauge trackwork and has been painted & hand ballasted with Fine granite chippings finished with a mixture of scenic scatter materials and `paper & wood ash'. Some of the pointwork being modified to bring points closer together by carefully removing sections of rail from "standard" PECO points. This makes for a more realistic look to the track with variations from the `fixed' formations possible with Un-Modified points.