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Rolleston Junction
Rolleston Junction, the layout, is modelled on a real station located at the point where a line from Mansfield joins the Nottingham to Newark Line.
The Mansfield branch closed in 1983 when the coal-
There is still a station on the site, the junction part of name having been dropped when the Mansfield line closed.
The Model
The layout is 4.8m by 1.2m comprising 8 boards. We have modelled the junction track plan as it was in the late 1950’s to early 1960’s. The station is, in reality, ½ mile from the village of Rolleston, so the only buildings present are the station building itself, plus a shelter on the down line from Mansfield and another on the up line to Nottingham, the station master’s house and an old watermill and stable which at the time depicted were derelict, this is modelled in low relief. The track is raised above the Trent floodplain which is shown as marshy.
Operation
Most of the traffic on the Mansfield branch will be full coal trains from Mansfield
with empties returning. Passenger traffic on the branch will consist of 2-
A variety of goods trains depicting minerals that were extracted in the area will be featured plus goods trains carrying general merchandise.
A stream of local stopping trains, steam and diesel, will stop at the station plus
through fast and semi-