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Scale: 4mm : 1 foot
Period: 1995 - present
Location: Fictitious
Size: 32' x 10'

Horton is an ambitious Modern Image OO layout designed to be very different on the exhibtion circuit. This is modern image from track layout through to signalling and operation. Lots of trains on the move and operations at the centre of the layout. Horton recreates the real railway as it is now. As well as a busy, complex station, fully bi-directionally signalled with freight reception sidings and a small fueling depot, the layout also has long scenic sections of plain line with automatic signalling.

Imagine if you will, rolling countryside and through cuttings, tunnels and on embankments, the peace is broken by a double track railway. Suddenly, a Class 66 hauls a train of containers for export into a loop, and draws to a stand. A Virgin Voyager races past at 125mph, the four aspect automatic signals returning to red behind the train before clearing up through the aspects. A Central Trains Class 170 Turbostar DMU passes in the other direction before the freight is allowed to leave the loop. Back in the Signalling Centre, the layout is on VDU screens and trains progress as red lines along the screen. Routes are set by a mouse. This is the modern day railway we seek to recreate.