Little Aire 4mm OO
Little Aire is a modern image layout set in the final years of British Rail (1990s) somewhere in West Yorkshire. The name is a play on words having a dig at the operator with little hair!
The layout was designed to show off some kit built Electric Multiple Units (308 and 321). The passenger lines at the rear of the layout run on regular DC operation. There are also a selection of regular Diesel Multiple Units (150, 153, 155, 156 and 158) under the wires. The catenary is a hybrid of Dapol and Hornby International products.
At the front of the layout there is a small maintenance depot with fuelling point and at the other end there is a small wagon repair depot. This side of the layout is controlled by DCC (NCE Powercab) and allows light and sound to be used.
The layout was built by Harrogate Model Railway Club and measures approximately 22 ft x 2 ft. The track is Peco code 100. There are a mixture of buildings from Hornby Skaledale and Bachmann Scenecraft. Locos and rolling stock is from all the main suppliers and is in the process of being finely detailed.
