Redbridge Wharf 4mm
Redbridge Wharf depicts a layout based on the area of Redbridge, Hampshire.
The station was opened in 1847 by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway and became a junction in 1865 when the “Sprat and Winkle” line opened to Romsey and Andover. The large area of drained marshland between the wharf and the station was used as a material holding area. This then became the sleeper works including the manufacture of sleepers, bridge timbers and cast track components. In the final years of operation, the site was used to assemble long welded rail sections and set out large point work complexes.
The focus of the layout is the wharf, with the works behind, and Redbridge station and junction to the rear. On the layout can be seen numerous piles of timber sleepers and a barge; the river itself with salt marshes, mudflats, water and the causeway – the timber pond; the foundry and associated buildings connected with track building.
The new rail causeway, the lack of the last road bridge, and the laying of the third rail sets 1965 as the earliest possible operating date, offering operating flexibility from late steam through to modern image.
Photos courtesy of British Railway Modelling and members of the Winchester Railway Modellers.
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Images courtesy British Railway Modelling and club members
Images courtesy British Railway Modelling and club members
