Burdock 2mm N
Burdock is a fictional village supposedly along the Golden Valley line between Swindon and Stroud. The name is borrowed from Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee, which was set not far away in the Slad Valley. Burdock was Rosie’s surname. The station is not based on anywhere specific but I hope it conveys something of the flavour of this picturesque line. The imaginary history supposes that the station began life as a halt, but following demands locally for better facilities, a new station was built at the same time as the conversion from broad gauge in 1872. Nothing much changed in the intervening years until we reach the period depicted, summer 1964, just a few months before most the stations along the line were closed. The layout is a 12ft x 3ft “roundy roundy” with a fiddle yard that holds 16 scale length trains. The viewing side features the station set in a steep wooded valley with hundreds (literally) of hand made trees. Traffic is typical of that which would be seen at that time, although various prototype, experimental or proposed locomotives will also feature, many scratch built.
Photos courtesy of Phil Parker, BRM Magazine
