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A 1:900 TY layout commissioned by Ken Jones

1:900 TY layouts are produced by Tim Dillion under the name of Tiny Trains in the United States and are the smallest working layouts Ken has seen so he needed one for his own collection. Actually Tim can produce a smaller 4 inch x 4 inch circular layout, but Ken had a 4 inch x 7 inch oval commissioned. The biggest one Tim produces is 14 inch x 24 inch, but he has a lot of ideas so please visit his website.

Palmborough – the layout that sits on the Palm of your hand - shows the station and small town in winter conditions, with the station, buildings and landscape covered in snow. Even the lake might freeze over, but the train continues to run. In this case a powerful Rio Grande steam locomotive pulls a passenger train through the local tunnel and over the river. Road transport continues as well in this area thanks to local people clearing the highway and station area, allowing passengers to be brought into the town from nearby villages.

Len Bane provided the British 9 VDC electrical transformer to run this American layout from UK mains supply, and Ken’s brother- in – law Allan Radbourne [an expert on Apache and other American history] came up with the name for the layout.

It must be the smallest layout Len has wired up, with the transformer connected to one jack plug. The layout is belt driven, with the belt running between the tracks. The transformer produces a constant speed of 45 MPH at a scale of 1:900.

Palmborough will not be appearing at many if indeed at any exhibitions, so enjoy the pictures. It is not designed for constant running, as it will overheat. Also bearing in mind its size, it is the one layout that someone could pick up, put in their pocket and walk off with.

So you can always commission one yourself from Tim.

Finally when you look at your palm you see your health line, family line and other lines. When Ken sees Palmborough on his hand he sees another miniature railway line.

Viewing 'Palmborough'

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