The Main Station

The Main station is, well, the main station at the Model Engineers Society. Here, passengers board and disembark from the miniature engines as well as purchasing tickets for each train ride.

Many meeting points take place at the station as well as the odd events happening in the green just next to the platform. The station is mainly operated by the 7 1/4 gauge railway but there is a platform for those who wish to travel on the 5 inch line by accessing it via a footbridge that spans over the two railways. But passenger haulage for that line ended since before the stories began and now is used as a display of showing off the 5 inch line as the little engines steam passed.

On the 7 1/4 side of the station a passing loop is installed for any trains wishing to pass while another is loading/unloading a train at the platform. Accessing this road is done via a lever at the station's approach that drivers would use to switch the points.

As well as the passing loop, the station also has a turntable for turning visiting engines around once they have ben unloaded from the loading bus at the station's throat. The turntable is hand operated by two bars at each end and set using spring slide bolts.

During the corse of the stories several upgrades had been added to the station to help with the railway's operation.


 * CCTV cameras installed to prevent vandalism from taking place.
 * Point levers replaced with electric controlled point motors and 3 semaphore signals . x1 bracket type and x1 home type

Originally Cars used to base his Office here, but was moved to the Chairman's office next door to the station.

At Christmas time, the station would heavily decorated a makeshift grotto for Father Christmas would be made on the side of the opposite side of the station. Visitors would access the grotto via the footbridge.

It is also noted that the station is the only point of the railway that can be seen from the Motor Car Society from Bernard's office window.