{"id":550,"date":"2023-03-07T21:06:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T21:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2025-05-03T17:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T17:09:45","slug":"cwm-happas-oo9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk\/?page_id=550","title":{"rendered":"Cwm Hapus (OO9)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_2_3 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first 2_3\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:66.66%;width:calc(66.66% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6666 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cwm-Hapus-Totem-1.png?resize=300%2C88\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" alt=\"Totem with text &quot;CWM HAPUS&quot;\" title=\"Cwm Hapus Totem\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cwm-Hapus-Totem-1.png?resize=200%2C59&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cwm-Hapus-Totem-1.png?resize=300%2C88&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cwm-Hapus-Totem-1.png?resize=400%2C118&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cwm-Hapus-Totem-1.png?fit=455%2C134&amp;ssl=1 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>Cwm Hapus (Welsh for &#8216;Happy Valley) is a 4mm scale OO9 layout set in Wales. It depicts a narrow gauge line winding its way through hills and tunnels from the bottom of the valley to the top. As &#8216;well as passenger trains, slate and minerals are moved by rail.<\/p>\n<p>Operationally, Cwm Hapus is an out and back line, with a reversing loop at the top of the station. As the layout is DC, the operator has to remember to switch the power on the loop before sending a train back down the valley. At the bottom, locomotives are turned on a turntable that sits beyond the station.<\/p>\n<p>Cwm Hapus was donated to the Club. It was originally built as an at-home layout; hence the operating controls are at the front, rather than behind the backscene. It was first exhibited by us at the 2020 Spring Show.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_3 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last 1_3\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:33.33%;width:calc(33.33% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.3333 ) );'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20200315_093415_2.jpg\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"IMG_20200315_093415_2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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