Bowerchalke & Mead End Mine

00n9, narrow gauge, 4 @ 1 foot

Video of a passenger train        Video of a goods train

A passenger train arrives at Bowerchalke Station    Bowerchalke Station  

Mead End Mine        Road Bridge        Fishermen

Panoramic photos of the layout        Track Plan

The layout under construction

The two mile long narrow gauge Chalke Valley Railway was built to provide transport for a mine at Mead End. The railway follows a southern tributary of the Ebble from a junction with the Ebble Valley Railway at Broad Chalke to Bowerchalke. The mine works a stratum of hard chalk marketed as marble and suitable for carving with aggregate as a by-product. A few years after opening to the mine the Chalke Valley Railway was extended from Mead End to Bowerchalke and passengers, parcels, and general goods traffic services commenced. A related layout is Britford.

A passenger train arrives at Bowerchalke Station
 
 

Bowerchalke Station  
 

Mead End Mine


Road Bridge


Fishermen


Panoramic photos of the layout


Track Plan