In
this week of remembrance, here’s a unique layout by British modeller Callum
Willcox that recalls the contribution made by railway troops during that
conflict.
Willcox,
24, created the 009-scale military trench railway layout in 2018 to mark the centennial
of the ending of World War One.
Called
Amiens 1918—Tracks & Trenches, it remembers the battle of Amiens, one of
the last major battles of the war.
Willcox’s layout is set during the battle. It depicts a recaptured artillery battery that
has become an Allied field headquarters and supply depot.
A
narrow-gauge field railway serves the troops, using a mixture of British, U.S.
and French locomotives and captured German rolling stock.
The
layout is the result of his interest in railways and military history. Through
it, he wanted to combine both interests.
He
started construction of the 2 by 4-foot layout in the spring of 2017, with the aim
of getting the layout finished for the start of 2018, ready for the
commemorations.
Watch
a video of this amazing layout here.
See more photos
on Willcox’s Facebook page. (Scroll down a ways.)
Willcox
isn’t the only modeller making war-themed layouts. Find more here.
For other posts on this blog about railways and war, click here.
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| Callum with his layout. |
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