Thursley 
Rob Mills O gauge 7mm scale
Thursley is the name given to our club's new O gauge layout.
It is a small branch terminus inspired by, but not based on Dursley, which had a similar very constricted site. The period modelled is the early years of nationalisation, when there was still a good deal of stock around which had not yet been through the British Railways paint shop so was still in pre nationalisation "big four" liveries, in various states of dilapidation. Ex London Midland Scottish (LMS) and Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotives prevail. There may well also be the occasional time travelling diesel to allow members' own stock to stretch its legs.
Trackwork is all by Peco and control is DCC, using NCE Powercabs. Couplings are Dinghams, which in principle allow automatic coupling with uncoupling by electromagnet. These were adopted as collectively, members' eyesight was no longer up to coping with three link couplings.
Locomotives are all current ready to run offerings, while the goods rolling stock is from kits assembled as a team effort by several club members.
Please feel free to ask the operators any questions you have about how one goes about planning and building a layout like this. Things worth looking at are the point rodding, working signals and the fully modelled interior goods shed.
