Pen-y-Ffordd
Prize winner

Pen-Y-Fford is the Heywood Model Railway Group's new 7mm Narrow gauge model.
It was completed at the end of August 2001 just in time for its first outing on the exhibition circuit.
It was well received at Toddmorden and several other booking followed from that, its first time out.

Following an invitation to be exhibited at the 7mm Narrow Gauge Societies A.G.M and Convention the model won the the "Best In Show" award.
Also at the Bradford Model Railway Exhibition 2003 it has scooped two awards. These being the "Chairmans Trophy" and the "Best In Show" award voted for by the public.
An article has also appeared in the narrow gauge magazine giving detail of the extended version currently being built.
Our 7mm section is now a thriving part of the club so if you are interested in joining then sent an e-mail to the Heywood Model Railway Group Secretary Roger Bottomley or call in and see us on a Monday evening?


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The Small extension panel fitted to what used to be the station dead-end has made a terrific difference to the model giving a real impression of distance.
Visible between the main line and the siding is the trophy that was won at the "Narrow Gauge" Convention and A.G.M.
Looking down the lane on the new extension piece to the station.
Again the Trophy is visable to the right.
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A closeup of a train approaching the halt on the new section of the layout. It is planned to have a level crossing here in the future.
Waterfall Halt with a train just arriving. This is again on the new extension of the layout.
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The model on show during the exhibition at Wigan in December 2002.
.A link panel has now been created to join Penn-y-Ffordd to Pen-y-Bont seen in the distance. This will enable both the clubs own layout to be connected to one of our members own models to give an overall larger layout.

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This is a close up of the connecting panel that links the two layouts.
Pen-y-Bont is to the left and Pen-y-Ffordd is off to the right.

The model took just over 12 months to get from the planning stage to going on it's first outing. Unusually it was actually booked for an exhibition long before it was anywhere near completed. Perhaps this is a sign that quality 7mm narrow gauge models are few. Since then it has had one extension at the station end and is now undergoing a much larger one to increase the scenic area and move the fiddle yard to behind the model.

Pen-Y-Ffordd has had many exhibition outings and celebrated it 50th showing at Warrinton in September 2007
The model is still very popular even after 50 Exhibition appearances.

The last very successful showing
of this model was at Chatham Naval Dockyard on the river Medway.


This page updated 29th June 2009