Summers Lane a fictitious area in central England, situated on a busy mainline featuring passenger and heavy freight traffic.

13th July 2007

The layout itself is an oval, with the fiddle yard at the rear and sides. Now let’s take a journey around the layout, from the left, the mainline appears from underneath the road bridge, which is the access route to the industrial units at the back of the layout. Alongside is an old disused signal box and the river which passes underneath the freight access point. The area behind the mainline was an old depot which has been flattened and reused. As you will see, some of the land has been reused by the railway and some turned into industrial units.
Here you will see some local DMU’s gain access to a newly reopened branch line, which sees a moderate service. Also there are some holding sidings for loco’s to be held in addition to the ones in the yard. At the front of the layout you can see the expanse of the freight yard where various freight trains are stabled whilst changing crews, locos or just passing through. There is stabling for a few locos but as of yet no refueling point.
Finally we get to the other end and this time the mainline and freight yard disappear under a rail bridge, where a gang of workmen can be seen working on the track.






Summers Lane track plan, the layout is 32ft long by 14ft wide with the fiddle yard to the rear.	Giving the layout a once over at Donyatt Village Hall	Giving the layout a once over at Donyatt Village Hall