The Yorkshire Group’s Mount Dowd layout has been a fixture of many Yorkshire shows and steam ups for many years now. Although it’s had upgrades and improvements over the years, it was a layout built to last and that it’s done very well.

Many people of smaller scales would look at the layout and say “When are you going to finish it?”, as it’s a bare layout with no scenery whatsoever. No even a blade of grass can be found on this layout. That’s because this layout is designed to showcase the locos and rolling stock of Yorkshire Group members. This sole focus on what is being run, rather than what they are being run on or through, allows the layout to provide a running roster of up to 54 locos across a show day!

The layout has three main running lines, with an inner access line for locos preparing to head out. Sidings in the inside and outside allow for locos to be steaming up, or cooling down in public view. Allowing owners to chat about the loco or rolling stock with the general public.

With two locomotives able to run on each track, you get to see the marvellous spectacle of six live steam locos running at the same time. The outer track being counter clockwise gives you the added feature of locos passing by each other too.