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Updated: 8 June 2009

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One of the best-known Diesel & Electric era layouts on the current exhibition circuit, Mostyn has moved 'P4' standards into more general awareness. Offering a large true-to-life layout that runs frequent, prototypically-correct formations at realistic line speeds (click here for details of Mostyn’s Coach formations); Mostyn has proved very popular with the visiting public at exhibitions.

Amongst the stock introduced at recent exhibitions, Mostyn now boasts a large Fleet of DMU vehicles, an ever increasing number of parcels vehicles, a CWR wagon train (minus rails), LMS- and GWR-design brake vans, Mostyn Dock Shunter no.2 and a 12t Van train that's slowly increasing in size at each show. The class 40 fleet has of course expanded to cope with this increased traffic; 40182 and the celebrity green machine 40106 where introduced to traffic at the 2008 Trainwest Exhibition at Melksham. (Further details of the Mostyn Class 40s can be found in issue 115 of Rail Express magazine).

Although stock building has continued over the last six months, the main activity has been progressing Mostyn's extension, 'Phase 1' of which will be shown for the first time at Perth on 27 & 28 June 2009. For photographs of the progress made on the extension so far, click here.

Meanwhile, some of the projects that BMRG members currently have on the go include more parcels stock (long-wheelbase LNER 4-wheel CCTs), additional DMUs (BRCW class 104) and further 4-wheel vans.
Click here to see a selection of the display material that usually accompanies Mostyn, this providing brief details of the prototype.

The construction and operation of the layout has been serialised over the last 122 issues plus of Rail Express magazine. There are still about three or four years of locomotive and rolling stock-building to go whilst subtle scenic improvements continue. Keep reading the serial for all the latest developments!

For further information about Mostyn, contact Richard Oldfield or Philip Sutton

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