Bryn Goch
Jaap Stuurman (2004)
Bryn Goch is situated on a mid-Welsh narrow gauge railway which unavoidably has slate transport as its main theme. An interesting variation on the theme is a canal basin and narrowboats around which the layout is designed. Jaap uses card construction for his buildings and built his rolling stock mainly using plastic kits. His main interest lies with Talyllyn Railway prototypes as he is an active member of the TRPS.
The scenic cover of the layout has largely been completed by our scenic wizard Henk Wust. Once when Jaap was away on volunteering work at Tywyn, Henk had a go at the layout. The result is an astonishingly spacious narrow gauge scene reminiscent of the Glyn Valley. The atmosphere around the canal basin and lock has been captured very well.
Bryn Goch was a great success at several shows, winning the David Lloyd Trophy at Expo-NG on 25 October 2003 and third prize at the Valkenburg show of August 2004.
Click on any image to enlarge (JvM=Jan van Mourik, MT=Mick Thornton).
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Left: overview of the layout showing the remains of an incline railway and a ropeway to the canal basin. Centre: René Boers retrieves a derailed vehicle. This view shows the effective lighting canopy. Right: a plan of Bryn Goch, which now has a continuous run added behind the scenes (photos MT). |
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Left: at the Witch & Broom the lady on the broom has missed her aim - probably had a drop of witches brew too much before slamming into the pub's wall… right: the canal lock and tunnel (JvM). |
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Left: details in the goods yard. Right: trains crossing. The Talyllyn influence cannot be mistaken (JvM). |
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Left: another Talyllyn train headed by Sir Haydn in the station. Right: a low-level view of the road into the village (MT). |
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Left: train of Hudson ballast tippers crossing a passenger train headed by Douglas. Right: narrowboat being loaded with slate (MT). |
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Left: a scratchbuilt freelance steam loco. Right: a view of the layout from an unusual angle (MT). |
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Left: here is proof that dragons still live in the wild in Wales. Right: atmospheric view of the station, with a Glyn Valley saloon bringing up the rear of the train (MT). |
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Left: realistic water surface in the canal basin, it is almost as if you're sitting in a boat. Right: Jaap's scratchbuilt jackshaft diesel shunts a goods train at the quay (MT). |
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Two new locomotives shown at Valkenburg are Dolgoch (right, green) and Excalibur (the black Hunslet). (TP) |
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