Name

Secciole Salina (Slovenian Salt Pan)

Owner

Barry Tresadern

Gauge

Gn15 ( G Scale running on 0-16.5 track)

Theme

This layout depicts a Mediterranean Salt Pan illustrating the production of Salt in the Adriatic, a process that has happened over 100s of years.

Layout Guide

Salt is produced by the evaporation of water in large lagoons. The Salt is then manually shovelled into rail wagons, the wooden wagons on the layout are typical of the Slovenian scene. Manual labour was used to move the Salt Wagons to the Store and Bagging Areas, although other locations used both mechanical handling and diesel locomotives to speed up the process. We have built Mechanical processes into the layout as the Slovenian location now gears Salt Production to Educational guided tours of the site and associated Museum. The layout incorporates several animations and more are planned. The key one is a Windvane Water Pump. The Buildings on the layout are typical of the large Salt Pan to be found close by the Port of Piran in Slovenia. An occasional Tourist Train runs, enabling visitors to appreciate the production process and see the abundant wildlife associated with such wetland areas.

External Web Site

http://www.carendt.com/small-layout-scrapbook/page-64-august-2007/

Exhibition Dates


2006	Basildon MRC 2006 01/07/2006

	Kent & East Sussex MRG 21/10/2006

	Shoeburyness MRC 25/11/2006

2007	Rail Club de Meaux 20th Anniversary Exhibition 12/01/2007

	Orpington MRC 10/03/2007

	7MM Narrow Gauge Association AGM 19/05/2007

	ESSEX CHAILEY 21/07/2007

	MOMING '07 18/08/2007

	Romford M.R.S. 10/11/2007

2008	Small & Delightful Railway Group 16/02/2008

	S.W.Herts Model Railway Exhibition 10/05/2008

	GREENWICH & District NG.R.S. expo 08 25/10/2008

2009	Shepshed Model Railway Show 28/03/2009

	SWING 25/04/2009

	Eastern Rail Show 2009 16/08/2009

	Ilford & West Essex MRC Exhibition 03/10/2009

2010	Brighton Model World 12/02/2010

	City of Ely College 15/05/2010

	TaD-Rail Exhibition (Tring & District MRC) 09/10/2010

2011	London Festival of Railway Modelling 26/03/2011

	Castle Point Transport Museum - Model Railway Show 17/04/2011

	Association of Larger Scale Railway Modellers; Southern Show 07/05/2011

	Royston & District MRC 19/11/2011

2012	Brambleton MRC 21/01/2012

	St.Augustines Ecumenical Model Railway Exhibition 14/04/2012

	Chalkwell Park Methodist Church - Railway Exhibition 10/08/2012

	Haynes Show 2012 06/10/2012

2015	Saffron Walden MRC 2015 Exhibition 21/02/2015

	Basildon MRC 36th Exhibition 04/07/2015

	Erith MRS 19/09/2015

Magazine Features

Featured in Carl Arendt's Small Layout Scrapbook @ http://carendt.us/scrapbook/page64/index.html

Awards

None

Size

2.2x0.96m, free standing. Additional 1m of space now required to display series of Photos of the Slovenian location. These are board mounted and displayed using an Artist's Easel.

Availability

Now