| The Home Pages of The Platelayers |
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| The term 'platelayer' was the name used in Britain for the men who laid and maintained the "plateways" that were primarily used for coal haulage in the early 19th century. With the coming of the first railroad (a British term) and then railways, the word "platelayer" continued to be used to describe those workers. |
| Despite our name, we do more than just lay and maintain model railway track. Not all our members are modelers or have the facilities to construct or operate model trains, although we all enjoy that aspect of the hobby. Some members have extensive layouts. Some have end-to-end layouts. Other members are interested in the historical aspects of British Railways. |
| Our members have interests covering all of the popular British scales which include N gauge, OO/4mm gauge and O gauge. Some members also model 2mm, the various forms of 4mm=1ft (00, EM. P4/S4), S scale, coarse O Gauge and Gauge 1 (usually LGB). Narrow gauge is also popular. |
| Although many of our members have an interest in the railways in Britain, it is probably more accurate to say that, as a group, we have an interest in non-North American railways. For example, at past Great British Train Shows, we have featured displays of the Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway, and the Darjeeling & Himalayan Railway. |
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May 2008