The latest section. LottiesWelcome to Rhyd; a model of an imaginary and increasingly unlikely,branch of the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales. It depicts a station that was built in the yard of a much older slate mill when the original tramway was upgraded to passenger use. It is in the heart of a typical North Wales village, clinging to the mountainside.
The model is in '0' scale, 7mm to the foot, with a track gauge of 14mm, giving the 2ft gauge of the real thing; the scale is known as 014. This scale has very limited, but growing, trade support and everything on the layout is either scratch- or kit-built.
Once Rhyd was finished work started on Dinas Manod, the next station down, this was only finished in early 2022 once the house move was finalised. A couple of overall shots in the “PRESENATION” page show the layout while things were still to be finished
Y Cob Bach was built to join Dinas Manod to the fiddle-yard when we were in Scotland – see “!TRACK PLANS”.
A new section, comprising Lottie's Crossing and Y Iard (pronounced uh yard) is the latest part finished and has been given its own pages later. Another new section, provisionally called Capel Hengoed will join to Y Cob Bach and then onto another new bit "Loston Bodge", but what that is I will leave to your imagaination for now, and then finally to the fiddle yard, which is now permanently installed in its final location.
Most of the locomotives and rolling stock are models of vehicles still running on the Ffestiniog Railway today; but the timescale of the layout is deliberately ambiguous to allow the running of model engines and trains that are now long gone (or not yet rebuilt by the Heritage Group if you prefer!)
But I am only a weak human and some "foreigners" have snuck in, for no reason other that I like them!
Please look around: each button leads to a 'Header' page, containing general information on the subject, and drop-down menus with specific information, and some of these have further sub-menus. To make browsing easier you can also go to the next (or previous) page with buttons at the bottom of each page.
If you require any information please e-mail via the link below. We would also like to receive your favourite photos of the layout via the same address. We will always ask your permission before using your photos on this site.
The layout is now retired but still welcomes visitors and can be readily accessed through these pages. Please look round and enjoy, Website last updated November 2024 w.i.p.
