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Just like the East of Scotland Group, the West of Scotland group also retired their large portable layout, replacing it with a small layout 'GlenDreich' which has already been extended to provide a larger fiddle yard at the rear, and more storage in front of the Distillery.

Large layouts are great for having fun running live steam but generally rely on access to a trailer, secure storage when out of use, and of course at least one member having a towbar. Hence the convenience of a smaller layout which fits in a car (or two) and is stored by 2 of the Group's members.

My camera is pretty useless at taking any decent action shots at these low light venues so here is a video with some short clips & static shots.

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Chris Cairns

Lovely layout, especially for its size. I thinks these do lots of good for 16mm Org by stimulating interest.

Nice little layout. 7 boards? What are the dimensions?

Yes it is 7 boards (originally 5) of 4' x 2' making a layout of 12' x 6'.

Chris Cairns