Wakefield Railway Modellers' Society

Milford is a sleepy village located in the North Riding of Yorkshire where agriculture has always played a major part in the industry of the area and, as the soils locally, are suited to the growth of grain. Mills have been built and used for centuries in the area. Towards the end of the 17th century, Addison Cockerill built a new water mill on the local stream. This took water from higher up the stream via a small canal and fed an overshoot wheel. Later, with the coming of the industrial revolution, this then fell into disuse and disrepair as the canal was severed to bring the North Eastern Railway to Milford.

Milford is based on North Eastern Railway practice. I visited various railway sites in West and North Yorkshire to photograph and measure a number of buildings, some of which now appear on the layout.

The trackwork is 'C&L' finescale. Points are hand-built but most of the lengths of track are 'C&L' flexi-track with keys individually added. A lever frame at the rear of the layout manually operates the points.