The Alesmead Project

Gronkston started its life in the early 1970s has a loft railway that was built by my father over a 10+ year time period.

The layout included 8 ovals, Station terminus that held 12 coach trains in each of its 5 platforms plus two shorter bay platforms for branch trains, an extremely large good yard and associated facilities for freight, Steam and Diesel service yard, 12 road engine shed, turntable, Coach stabling points, a very large bridge section and a viaduct along one side covering around 15 feet, two branch lines weaving around, under and over the main ovals and terminating to a medium sized country station, triangle for stock turning, return loops through complex junctions back to the terminus.

At the end of 2018 Gronkston (Exhibition Layout) was sold to fund a new project called "Alesmead",The 7mm layout would span 30 feet over multiple baseboards covering a Diesel Depot, Station and Clay Dyers. Currently the Depot is built, Phase two (Station & Clay Dryers) build from 2024.