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Cumbrian Mountain Lines Gallery

The Cumbrian Mountain Lines is a large layout built by Ed Mulholland in his basement in Canada, which has taken 7 years to construct.

The Cumbrian Mountain Lines is based on the Settle to Carlisle line, which Ed discovered during various geography and geology field trips to the area as a teenager.

The layout is L-shaped, 40 feet x 37 feet with a 10 foot x 8 foot branch line. There is over 1000 feet of Peco Code 55 Finescale track with the double track mainline almost 4 scale miles long.

Articles covering design, construction and operation have appeared in Journals 3/99, 4/99, 5/99, 1/00, 2/00, 3/00, 4/00, 5/00 and 6/00. Back copies are available for members to buy.

Click here to enlarge (28Kbytes) The control panel at Dent station
Click here to enlarge (47Kbytes) Crab 42834 brings a pick-up goods over the viaduct at Dent
Click here to enlarge (42Kbytes) The Crab shunts cattle wagons at Dent station
Click here to enlarge (48Kbytes) Ready to go - the pick up goods leaves Dent station
Click here to enlarge (40Kbytes) An express freight struggles up the last few yards to Ais Gill summit. Wild Boar fell is in the background

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