I started building this a year ago as an extension to another layout, some of you may know – Trouvé. During this year it has increasingly become a layout in it’s own right, so as the main layout is no more, I am starting a thread for it.
For those of you who don't know it, here is a catch up:
Manquant is a small town set in rural France somewhere north of Toulouse and depicts an era that ranges from the early 1960’s to the early 1970’s, depending which stock I wish to run.
As with many rural lines, it has never been electrified, relying mainly on Autorails for passenger traffic and steam or diesel for goods traffic, depending on the era. The maintenance depot also seems to have some expertise in Steam traction as some of the restored old mainline express locos seem to be housed here occasionally.
The base board is 1800mm x 450mm. The track is all Peco 55 finescale and is DC operated.

All points are Wire In Tube but the turntable is electrically operated, with all 6 roads individually powered via a 6 way rotary switch.

All the buildings are scratch built with the exception of the signal box which is a card kit from the French company http://www.regionsetcompagnies.fr/
The roundhouse is based on the one at Montlucon:
For the Terminus, I have used Granville Station, far to the west of here, as my inspiration, but reversed. http://sncfsociety.org.uk/Site/Septembe ... C_7147.jpg
This is where I am up to:




Still loads to do though!
Peter