4mm/P4 Gauge
Presented by Dave Hewett & Pete Bettany
Market Bosworth railway station was a former stop on the London and North Western Railway and the Midland Railway, who jointly owned and operated the line between Moira West Junction and Nuneaton as the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. A branch line also existed from Shackerstone to Coalville.
Note that Ashby-de-la-Zouch was not actually on the line but was a stop on the Midland line from Leicester to Burton.
The station was to the west of the town and served all the local farms for both outgoing cattle and incoming provisions and equipment.
The substantial goods shed was the centre for the majority of incoming/outgoing goods traffic for the whole area.
There was a small gas works on the opposite side of Station Road which was served by rail. Market Bosworth down sidings were probably used for exchange of gas works traffic.
Coal from local collieries was also marshalled at the station for onward shipment to Birmingham (Via Midland) and London (Via LNWR).
The model is a representation of the station and goods yard in the period 1907 to 1909.
All the facilities at the station are represented on the layout including station, station master’s house, coal marshalling siding, cattle dock, carriage landing, goods shed and up and down sidings.
Operation of the layout is by a sequence of moves that brig together traffic that could have been seen at the station over a period of days.