The Famous Trains Model Railway

Based in Markeaton park, Derby,UK, this multiple model railway layout first started out as two separate models, one the original Darley Green club layout and another scratch built scale layout of the former Midland Railway Chinley station kindly donated to Derby council by a gentleman who was emigrating to Australia, the council then redonated the layout to the club and this formed the start of a much larger layout incorporating many local Derbyshire features and railways such as the Cromford and High Peak Railways Middleton top and incline.

The layouts themselves are based in an old wartime built building that latterly was used by American Troops and then the council for storing park equipment before finally being leased to the group who have reroofed it with a grant from the National Lottery and made a tourist attraction in its own right in the middle of one of Derby cities large parks.

The video takes a look around the layouts and some signalling related items in the building and we would like to thank the volunteers for showing us around and taking the time to explain how it all works.

Filmed on a normal public running day.

For more information visit
www.famous trains.org.uk