History
The North Cornwall Brewery located itself next to the River Allen and the road that eventually became the A39 or 'Atlantic Highway' in the 1850s. When the LSWRs Padstow line reached this far-flung part of England in the 1890s, the brewery directors were keen to connect to it and thus have direct access to the London market. By the mid 1960s, it was beginning to be superceded by road transport and the layout depicts this period; immediately before the railway was closed for ever.
Workers' train arrival
A British Railways DMU arrives with the brewery workers for their daily toil. This is the only passenger train on the layout.
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The model is a super-detailed Lima model with pickups on all wheels on both carriages.
Photograph copyright Mike Wild
Hornby Magazine
The Brewery
The Brewery was started in the 1850s but soon outgrew the original building, seen to the far left of this picture. A new brewing house was opened and this is the three-storey building in the middle.
A loading bay was constructed next and then the final building, to the right, is the cooperage, where barrels were made.
A BR engine is just pulling a train of empty coal wagons away.
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Photo copyright Malcolm Briggs