In the late 19th Century a large number of light railways were proposed and a few were built and were quite successful. Allium Yard is assumed to have been built under The Light Railway Act and a terminus freight yard created to serve the requirements of local farmers and small industries. The layout is set in North East England in 1945 before the end of the Second World War and the farms and light industries are still busily engaged in producing food and war materials for transporting via the light railway to the main line at the junction some miles a way. Goods trains are therefore limited in length and only a workers and school train makes a presence at the yard. Locomotives are in LNER livery and rolling stock in various liveries all care worn due to the war shortages. All the rolling stock is kit built and the track and points are standard Peco. At the moment the points are simply hand operated but remote operation is planned. The building of the layout is credited to David Onions from the Yorkshire and currently living in Scotland.

11th & 12th April 2009:

We enjoyed our first outing since purchasing this layout when we visited The Great North of Scotland Exhibition in Elgin.  This was our first experience operating the layout and believe it or not our first experience of O gauge. The layout ran well and we enjoyed the experience of operating under exhibition conditions and were able to think of some possibilities for improving and extending it.

We were very pleased to win The Kean Kennedy Trophy for scenic modelling, an added bonus to what was an enjoyable weekend.

9th & 10th May 2009:

Second outing - this time to Glenrothes where we were visited by the layout's previous owner.  He put us right on the position of the horse and cart!  We learn something new everytime we go to an exhibition for sure!

17th & 18th October 2009.

Attended the Dundee Hobbies Extravaganza.