Layout for sale. High Peak Tramway. Asking price £3,000, including controllers and some rolling stock.
This is your chance to own an exhibition standard layout with a number of interesting features, including a remote controlled level crossing, working tipper wagons and a working unloading point for lime stone.
FAQs for potential buyers.
Scale : 7mm/ft or 1:43.5
Gauge : 16.5mm
Layout size : 13 ft. 3 in. X 8 ft. 0 in. (4038 mm x 2438 mm)
What control system is in use & is it included in the sale price?
12v dc for locos 24v ac for points and magnets.
What rolling stock will be included in the sale price?
Two locos, a rake of 5 tippers and a passenger vehicle are included.
Others items may be available subject to negotiation.
Does the sale price include transport to the buyers location ?
Transport arrangements will have to be negotiated.
Is rolling stock available ready-to-run?
Fleischmann ™ "Magic Train" locos and rolling stock are available ready-to-run, as well as Bachmann ™ 0n30 items and there is a wide range of kits on the market for this scale/gauge. Scratch building onto a proprietary 00 gauge chassis is the cheapest option.
What coupling type is used?
DG magnetically operated,self assembly. These could be changed for a proprietary type by the seller if required.
What track standards are used?
PECO ™ 0 - 16.5 Code 100.
Is the asking price subject to negotiation?
Yes.
Description of the High Peak Tramway.
This scale / gauge combination equates to a full size railway with rails
only 2ft.4in. (717mm) apart. The layout is set in the foothills of the Derbyshire Peak District. Many people associate narrow gauge railways with the Welsh slate industry but we chose to avoid this. Limestone is quarried at Bugston and carried to an imaginary arm of the Peak Forest Canal between Buxworth and Whaley Bridge. The period is roughly pre-Second World War when the line would still be very active moving stone, while still retaining a passenger and general goods service.
Very little comes ready made in buildings for this scale so all the buildings have been made from scratch. Both of the stations and the road overbridge are based on Irton Road on the Ravenglass & Eskdale. The warehouse at the end of the canal is a mirror-image of the Cromford & High Peak Railway transfer shed at Whaley Bridge. The stock is modelled on those which ran on various narrow gauge lines such as the Glyn Valley, Lynton & Barnstaple, the trench railways of the First World War and quarry tramways. The High Peak Tramway is end-to-end with no hidden sidings.
The layout can be set up and operated in either of two configurations. Bugston Road is the shorter version whilst High Peak Tramway incorporates both Bugston Road and the Bugsworth railway / canal interchange.
The layout featured in the March and April 1990 Railway Modeller, illustrated by Brian Monaghan’s photographs.
Download trackplan for Bugston Road. (Large file with high level of detail)
Download trackplan for High Peak Tramway. (Large file with high level of detail)
Why not get in contact with the vendor!
Potential buyers will need to check exactly what is included in the sale price as the images here span a number of years. The webmaster has no knowledge of the details of rolling stock or locomotives included in the sale price, nor of scenic features that may be included in the sale price. Descriptions are indicative and not definitive.
You are strongly recommended to contact the vendor with any queries.