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2022 Layouts, Demonstrators & Traders

Portsea – 3mm (TT) scale layout by Paul Hopkins, feature SR 3-rail electrics in the 1950s/’60s based on Portsmouth Town and Harbour stations.

Farbine Road – 4mm (OO) scale by Neil Woodbine. Small repair depot and terminus station in BR blue 1970s era – DCC.

Clarendon & Scrubbs Lane – P4 scale, built by members of the Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society, set in west London in the early 1900s.

Eight Dollar Canyon – HO (16.5mm) scale North American layout, built by members of the Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club.

Waterhulme – 4mm scale ‘OO9’ narrow-gauge layout by Ian Drummond portraying the preserved ‘Ashbourne & Bakewell Railway’, with a main line interchange.

Caroline Concrete Works – 16.5mm (O) narrow-gauge layout by Graham Morfoot, based on Tallington concrete works, next to the East Coast Main Line.

Wolfe Lowe – 7mm (O) gauge by Shaun Horrocks & Stephen Moore. A small terminus located in the Staffordshire Moorlands with quarry and iron ore mine

Goodley Lane TMD – 4mm (OO) scale by Stuart Bailey. A modern image traction depot based in north-west England.

Mannin Middle – OOn3 (4mm scale, 12mm track) by Peter Cullen. Isle of Man Steam Railway in the period 1964-67.

Welby Lane – 4mm (OO) scale by Mark Pearson. Based on a BR test centre in the 1970s, with Old Dalby and Mickleover as inspiration. Lenz DCC operation.

Broom Junction – 4mm (EM) scale LMS layout set in the period before the Second World War, by Charles Stevens and the Shrewley Modellers.

Beckton – N (1:148) scale by Stephen Beck. A fictional location on the West Coast Main Line between Penrith and the Scottish border in 1990-94. DCC control.

Launceston Steam Railway – 4mm (OO9) scale narrow-gauge by Richard Holder. A scale model of the preserved railway in Cornwall, a 2ft gauge line operated by Nigel and Kay Bowman.

Burlish Road – 7mm (O) scale by Tom Clarke and the Bewdley MPD Modellers. Newly extended since its first appearance here in 2019 – BR(WR) steam.

Devonport Road – 4mm (OO) by John Anderson and the Clevedon & Portishead Armchair Modellers. Plymouth suburbs in the 1990s.

Walesby – G Scale Society (East Midlands). 30ft long club demonstration layout with DCC sound and lights.

Law Junction – 2mm (N) scale by East Neuk MRC. Model of a real location on the WCML between Carstairs and Motherwell, including the heavy freight terminal at Mossend, set in the period 2002-2006.

Alderford – 4mm (OO) scale by Carl Bowden and Preston & District MRS. WCML in north-west England in the 1980s, with overhead wires, DCC controlled.

Fencehouses NCB – 4mm (OO) scale by Ian Forsyth and the Newhaven & District MRC. Industrial steam based on NCB system in north-east England.

Raven’s Ravine – 4mm (OO9) narrow-gauge by David Wright. Dragon’s Castle and railway crossing deep ravine. This layout appeared as a static exhibit in 2019 to demonstrate David’s modelling techniques and is now fully operational.

Woodhill Goods – 7mm (O) scale by Robin Coulthard and Adrian Walby. New layout completed in 2022 depicting sugar beet traffic in the Vale of York in the steam and diesel era.

Cregwir – 4mm (OO) scale by Kenny Felstead. Terminus based on the Island of Sodor. Thomas and Friends layout with all the characters.

Waltham Wharf – 16mm scale/24mm narrow-gauge by Steve Bell. Inspired by the 18in gauge railways of the former Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey. Represents a typical interchange between railway and canal. All scratch-built.

Rowington for Shrewley – 4mm (OO) scale GWR pre-Grouping era by Dick hewing and the Great Western Study Group.

Bad Ischl Frachtenbahnhof – 3.5mm (HOe) narrow-gauge Austrian layout, including mixed NG/SG trackwork by Mike Christensen.

Funville – ‘OO’ and Matchbox Motorway, Ian Coules

Woolsthorpe Light Railway

Narrow-gauge
Richard & Judy Wallace

Common Road

7mm ‘O’ Gauge
Pete Hutchinson, Chairman L&WMRS

Hornby TT:120 demonstration layouts and new-range reveal

Shropshire Minerals Light Railway – 7mm Narrow Gauge Railway Assoc

Hornby Live Steam – ‘OO’, Dave Lyon

Hope Beringar – 2mm (N) scale, freelance preserved steam and diesel line by Bristol East MRC

MODELLING DEMONSTRATIONS

Warwick & Leamington Model Railway Society

Phil Parker of BRM/Hornby Collectors’ Club magazine

OO9 Society – West Midlands Group

David Wright – scenic modelling

Specialist Model Railway Traders

Cheltenham Model Centre
KR Models
Trackside magazine
TTC DieCast
Don Bishop Photography
Layouts4u
Hobbytools4u
DC Kits
North Road Trains
P&D Marsh
Tony’s Trains of Barby
Aspire Gifts & Models
Steve Currin Books & Live Steam
WM Collectables
Enwin’s 3D Models
DMG Electech
Eileen’s Emporium
West Hill Wagon Works
ABC Models
Talyllyn Railway
6880 Betton Grange Soc
Miniscenes
RAILstuff
Replica Railways
Hornby Hobbies
Sawyer Models
Malc’s Models

2021 Layouts, Demonstrators & Traders

RIPON

7mm/’O’ Gauge – coarse scale

Vintage Layouts – David Knighton & Jonathan Ward

CORWENNA

4mm Scale/OO Gauge

Phil Waterfield

LEIGH BRIDGE STABLING POINT

4mm Scale ‘OO’ Gauge

Craig Holt/Leigh Model Railway Society

FALAHILL

2mm Scale/’N’ Gauge

Karl Smith

TGB METAL RECYCLERS

7mm Scale ‘O’ Gauge

Paul Rolley

BUCHSHEE

4mm Scale ‘OO’ Gauge

Peter Rust

ROSAMUND STREET (LOW LEVEL) SIDINGS

4mm ‘OO’ Gauge

Brian Rolley

ELLESMERE

4mm Scale/OO Gauge

Phil Greaves

DOLFRIOG

4mm Scale/’OO9’ Narrow Gauge

Richard & Judy Wallace

BRANDGEIGHT

4mm Scale/OO9 Narrow Gauge

Peter Hardy

LIVE STEAM CLUB

4mm Scale/’OO’ Gauge Live Steam

KYLE OF MACALLAN

4mm Scale ‘EM’ Gauge

Adrian Walby

FALL MILL

4mm Scale/’OO9’ Narrow Gauge

David Wright

CHESTERS YARD

4mm Scale ‘EM’ Gauge

Robin Coulthard

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

4mm Scale ‘OO’ Gauge

Team Grantham

VILLEFRANCHE-LA-CHAPELLE
French SNCF c.1990

3.5mm Scale/HO Gauge

Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club

ST FAYRE RHIANNE

3.5mm Scale/’HOm’ Narrow Gauge

John Davies

CASTLE WORKS

‘Gn15’, representing 18in Gauge

Andi Nethercoat

CLYDACH RAILWAY

4mm Scale/’OO9’ Narrow Gauge

Richard Holder

KIMBLE

7mm Scale ‘O’ Gauge

Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Club

PURGATORY PEAK

‘ON30’ Scale, Narrow Gauge

Macclesfield Model Railway Group

GREAT ENDON

4mm Scale/’OO’ Gauge

THE TRANSPORT MUSEUM

4mm Scale/Various Gauges

Robin Brogden

COKETOWN

2mm Scale/’N’ Gauge

Dave Pallant

THE DEPOT

7mm Scale ‘O’ Gauge

Nigel Adams

And also including…

Thomas’ Trackway – ‘G’ Scale/45mm Gauge by Michael Smith

Caroline Castle – ‘N6.5’ Scale (2mm Scale on ’Z’ Gauge track) by Jeremy Mole

All the Fun of the Fair – 4mm Scale/’OO’ Gauge – Team Grantham, second layout from Channel 5’s Great Model Railway Challenge (2019 Finalists)

Tri-ang ‘TT’ – 3mm Scale/’TT’ Gauge by David Lyon

Modelling Demonstrations

OO9 Society, West Midlands – display and demonstration
Track-building, Scratch-building (both Sat) and Kit-building and 3D Printing (Sun) demonstrations by Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society
Modelling Demonstration by Hornby Collectors’ Club Magazine and BRM’s Phil Parker
Scenic Modelling demonstration by John Lloyd of Green Scenes
MERG – Model Electronics Railway Group; demonstrating the benefits of membership and some of the ideas in electronics relevant to railway modelling that it has developed over the last 50 years

Clubs and Societies

Talyllyn Railway – the pioneers! – Britain’s first heritage railway, opened in 1951, celebrating 70 years of narrow-gauge steam.
6880 Betton Grange Society – building the 81st ‘Grange’ and nearing completion.
The London & North Western Railway Society; the society was formed in 1973 and in 2005 achieved charitable status as an Educational Charity with the following objective: “To advance the education of the public in all aspects of the London and North Western Railway, including the study and preservation of information, drawings, photographs, models and other material pertaining to the railway company and related organisations and subjects.” Thus, the Society aims to foster interest in all aspects of the LNWR, its constituent companies and joint lines.