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Famous Trainsmodel railway
Markeaton Park, Derby
www.famoustrains.org.uk
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Our missionTo open every
Saturday, Sunday and
Monday a large,
permanent, OO-scale
model railway in
Markeaton Park,
Derby, for the general
public to enjoy.
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The vision
The building:
• Council store
• 22m x 9m
• Annexe
• Used to be a
NAAFI!
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The visionNear main south
car park,
accessed off A38
from Burton and
A52 from
Ashbourne at
Markeaton
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The vision
• Village
• Quarry railway
• Factory
• Farm
• Canal basin
• Rope-worked incline
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The vision
Push button operation:
• Fairground
• Windmill
• Turntable
• Road vehicles
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The vision
For kids:
• Toddlers’ toy wooden railway
• “Drive your own train” small layout
• Push buttons
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Community benefits
• Added attraction for park visitors
• Train volunteers in skills to build,
maintain and operate model railway
• Involve schools in model-related
projects: display results to public in
our building
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Community benefits
Educate visitors:
• Derby as centre of Midland Railway
• Derby as train building centre from
1839 to date
• Rail’s role in success of Derbyshire’s
limestone quarrying industry
• The Cromford & High Peak RailwayFamous Trains model railway
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Who are we?
• Started off as a group of retired
senior railway engineers and
other professionals
• Now 70 members, including 30
life members
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What have we done so far?
• First approached Derby City Council
December 2006
• Constituted 1st August 2008
• Registered charity No. 1126173 from
6th October 2008
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What have we done so far?
Accepted gift of a 40-feet-long model railway from Derek Chandley of Wilson near Melbourne in 2010. Model stored for three years.
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The building
• Replaced asbestos cement roof
• Fully insulated walls, roof and
floor
• New electrics and good lighting
• New emergency door
• Refurbished and repainted
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The building
• Built new amenity rooms
• Laid new paths to entrances
• Prominent signing to tell people
where we are
• Security
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The cost
£150,000,
paid for
by
Famous
Trains
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Funding
• Big Lottery Fund
- £50k
• Biffa Award
(landfill) - £50k
• DCC grant - £11k
• Other funders
- £40k
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The lease
• 15-years lease
• Peppercorn rent
• We accept building repair responsibility
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Publicity
In 2012 we built our Darley Green exhibition model railway in five months.
Showed at public exhibitions.
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Publicity
In 2013 we built our Factory model railway, also in five months and exhibited it. Now linked to Darley Green.
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Publicity
We have held competitions among local schools, with prizes for the winners
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Building upgrade
Bull Construction
UK Ltd. did a great
job on our building
upgrade
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Building upgrade
Light, warm and
very roomy model
railway room
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Building opening
• 12th December
2013, the mayor
of the City of
Derby,
Councillor
Fareed Hussain,
opened the
building for
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The Chinley layout• OO-scale, 60ft x 16ft
• Based on Chinley station as it was in the 1950s-1960s, plus extras
• Four continuous main line tracks…
• ...each with four train holding loops at back
• And much, much more!
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Our model trains:‘Famous’ trains
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Our model trains:
1950s-1960s ‘Chinley’ trains
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Our model trains:‘Modern’ trains
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Our model trains:‘Luxury’ trains
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Our model trains:‘Wartime’ trains
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Our model trains:‘Branch line’ trains
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Our model trains:‘Shunting’ trains
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Our model village:Darley Green
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Our model village:Darley Green
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Our fairground:
Our miniature
railway
(modified Z-
gauge).
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And there is more to come!
Work in
progress:
our inclined
plane, based
on the
Cromford &
High Peak
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And there is more to come!
Work in progress:
The canal, lock and
canal basin
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And there is more to come!
Work in
progress:
• Our quarry
with narrow
gauge trains
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What can you do?
• Visit www.famoustrains.org.uk
• Become a member (only £24 a year!)
• Tell people about us
• Sponsor a model train, or something else.
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What can you do?
Join us:
• Be part of our vision
• Members get useful
discounts at some local
model railway shops
• e.g. Malc’s Models
offers members 20% off!
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What can you do?
• Operate trains for our visitors to enjoy
• Help us maintain and develop our trains
• Work with us on detailing the scenic parts of our model railways
• Help us with automation
• Come to our building and let us have your ideas
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Contact us
07813 795245
Facebook/Famous Trains
Come to our building when we are open – normally Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays all year round, 11am to 4pm
(but due to Covid-19, Saturdays onlyuntil further notice)
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Open to the public
• Every Saturday, 11am to 4pm
• Chinley model railway will be running
• Other model railways working
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Open to the public
Our shop
sells kits,
books, toys
and
second-
hand trains
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Open to the public
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Come and see us!
(We are sorry
that the
children’s play
tables are
currently out
of use due to
coronavirus
restrictions.)
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Famous Trainsmodel railway
Markeaton Park, Derby
www.famoustrains.org.uk