The construction of Selwicks Quay has been an attempt to model a fishing village somewhere on the North Yorkshire coast. While the scene is fictitious, the builder has imagined that the quay was built by the railway company in the mid-19th century and this was a great intrusion upon the peaceful fishing village. As the port developed, timber goods featured and a small oil terminal was constructed.

The main line reaches the village at a high level after crossing the moors with the builder of the layout imagining that the East Coast Mainline reached the Yorkshire coast at this point. This of course was pure fantasy. However, it was a good excuse to run mainline, local and excursion trains as well as a variety of goods traffic.

This is set in the late 1950s and early 60s. Within the village of Selwicks, there are models of buildings based on examples found in Bridlington, Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay and Staithes. The name Selwicks or Silex is taken from a small bay on Flamborough Head with the model taking six years to build with still much to do!