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I wanted to display my O gauge locomotives on a realistic looking end-to-end diorama. I had previously displayed them on shelves but wanted to elevate this up a level so it looked like a capture of a scene on a real railway. I loosely wanted this based on Wales, but it could be anywhere really - it was too look generic enough that I could put any locomotive on it and it not look out of place.
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17 April 2026 at 17:10
Update #1
Choosing the track
I needed to decide what track I was going to use for the diorama. Having looked at all the options and factoring in most of the track was going to be covered when displaying a locomotive, I opted for Peco’s O gauge flat bottom flexitrack.
I ended up using 2 pieces of flextrack, held in place with small dabs of super glue. I opted to not use fish plates and instead wire up both sets of track seperately, allowing for a small gap between the railhead for expansion.
Build Stats
Updates1
Comments0
Started15 Apr 2026
Last Update17 Apr 2026
Layout Specifications
GaugeO (1:48)
ScaleStandard
Era2000 Onwards
ControlDigital (DCC)
TrackPeco
CountryUnited Kingdom
Linked Layout
Welsh O Gauge Diorama
O (1:48)
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