BASH ST. GOODS
A 7mm hump shunting layout

EXHIBITION DETAILS
Scale: 7mm to 1 foot
Gauge: 32mm (“O” Gauge)
Dimensions: 10 feet long 18 inches wide
Space required: 10 feet in length 5 feet deep
Contact: BHMRC e-mail address on HOME page

Travel: Members private car

Miscellaneous: A small operating fee to the public is charged. Proceeds either to the B.H.M.R.C. or to the organisers.


Bash St. Goods portrays a small hump shunting facility in a fictitious location.

Hump shunting speeds up the shunting of wagons into sidings. Wagons move under their own momentum after being propelled over the hump.

The layout tests skills in hump shunting, the aim being to place the right coloured wagons into the correct siding. As in real life, each wagon has its own characteristics so co-ordination between driving, signalling and shunting are tested.

Locomotives and wagons used vary from event to event although in normal circumstances a standard British Railways diesel shunter can be found as the motive power.