The idea for this layout sprang from the late John Bryce’s enforced abandonment of an extensive OO railway when he moved to Lincolnshire, together with a feeling of deprivation. He needed accommodation for a couple of classic cars and was offered a large agricultural building. The building was divided into three sections, each approximately 45ft x 12ft with access on one narrow side - more than adequate for the cars and leaving one complete bay unoccupied. It so happened that this building and its approach road occupied a section of the old Midland & Great Northern Railway track bed between Bourne and Essendine…the fates told him something. In his OO modelling days, I had purchased a few cheap O gauge wagons and a battered 4F loco but had nowhere to run them, so here was a chance to change gauges and start again. He decided to build a modest layout in the empty bay and thought that a simple U out-and-back would satisfy the craving. Of course, it didn’t for long…

Some of the other features incorporated in the layout include: steam sound effects, working signals and lighting, a coupling system which has been fully described in the GOG publication ‘Welcome To O Gauge’, unusual scenic features such as a camping coach, an elevated signal box, a village with a church, fish shop, a level crossing and a road which really goes somewhere, an automatic cut out to avoid disasters when a hinged section of the viaduct is left open, and a detector in the Push-Pull platform bay at Essendine - to avoid unfortunate ‘over-runs’.
(The above text was extracted from the August 2014 Gazette article, and altered to the 'third person singular'.)