Our HO/OO layout is about 10 m x 11 m, has a main line that is about 98m long (and about the same again on the branch line), and is in the shape of a capital E with two bars in the middle instead of one.

​Both DCC and analogue locos can be run on this layout - analogue trains are run clockwise and DCC trains are run anti-clockwise.

On this layout there's:

• A fiddle yard on the eastern side.
• A desert section.
• An Australian station and extensive yards complex plus engine shed (Harrissville).
• A multimodal/container yard, and above it on the branch line are stations at The Rock and Lockhart, leading onto the Raurimu Spiral.
• An Australian farming scene and siding.
• Shell Harbour with its sidings for the port, concrete plant and quarry
• Appleford, a British branch line terminus with dual platform station, engine shed and freight sidings
• Albion, our other British station in that area, with engine shed and coal refuelling depot
• A European section which is being rebuilt with a spiral

Work continues on our most popular layout with sections being renovated and updated.

DCC Running
The layout has a number of DCC control points around the layout. Insert your controller lead and the controller will establish comms.. Press LOCO, enter the number of your loco, and press LOCO again. Your loco should run. When complete, dispatch your loco to free up the address. Learn how to use Digitrax here.

DC Running
There is a controller near the office to set the master speed of the DC track which runs from west to east. 

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