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Atherley Narrows
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3.5mm scale Canadian based layout
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Avon Bridge Junction
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4mm scale junction station layout
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Lob Ghyll
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4mm scale railway through the Yorkshire Dales
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Ludlow
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2mm scale layout based on the prototype station of that name
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Motley Sub Shed
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7mm scale Locomotive shed
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Northbridge
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4mm scale
preserved railway
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Oakenshaw
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4mm scale layout based in West Yorkshire
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Remote Depot
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4mm scale layout with a difference
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Southgate
Park
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4mm scale layout based in London in the
1980s
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Sugar Creek
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N Scale North American modern image
layout
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Temple Bridge
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4mm scale layout based central London in
1950s/60s
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Todmorden Midland
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2mm scale West Yorkshire based layout
Others being
confirmed ..........
Atherley Narrows
- presented by
Chris Round
- 3.5mm Scale
Since
visiting Toronto in Canada in 1990 and 1994, I
have built two layouts based on the trains I saw
then and those of the Canadian Pacific Railway
of CP Rail as it was by then. Both Stoney
Hill Yard and Stoney Hill West were successful
HO Scale layouts and visited many exhibitions
including at the Redditch show. However,
there is always a desire to build a better
layout and remove some of the irritations with
previous plans. All I needed was some
inspiration. It came in the form of a photograph
I had taken of a swing bridge at Atherley near
Orillia in Ontario. The bridge was already out
of use in 1994 when I photographed it and it was
a Canadian National line rather than CP Rail but
like many modellers, I’ve never been too fussy
about absolute authenticity. My initial thought
was to build a simple diorama of the bridge and
its approach piers, but I soon progressed to
grander plans once construction of the bridge
started. Operation on Stoney Hill had always
been limited because all the industries were
accesses off the main line so through trains
could not be operated at the same time as
industry switching. The track plan for Atherley
Narrows allows for industries to be served from
loops off the main and in most cases from two
separate staging roads in the fiddle yard. Track
is Peco code 75 rail, and all points(switches)
and crossovers are hand made from rail soldered
to copper clad sleepers (cross ties). Points are
hand operated by rods attached to electrical
switches at the rear of the layout. Control is
old fashioned DC. I’ve too many old locos to
convert to DCC and I can’t afford the cost of
the better sound equipped new locos which are
available. Much of my rolling stock is second
hand and all the buildings and main scenery
elements are scratchbuilt.
Avon Bridge Junction
- presented by
David Boot -
4mm Scale
The
decision to produce smaller layouts that I can
handle in my advancing years, has proved to have
been the correct decision. they can fit in a
Ford Cmax car, or similar, but still open up
into a reasonable sized layout and with a 9’ –
0” scenic area can also fit into a moderate
sized room in the house. In an effort to reduce
the weight without compromising stability I have
used lightweight baseboards marketed by Grainge
and Hodder Ltd of Cradley Heath, who I have
found to be excellent. “Avon Bridge Junction” is
a fictitious location and as the name suggests
is somewhere near the River Avon. As there are
two River Avon’s you can take your pick as to
its possible location There is nothing unusual
about the layout, but it is modelled as a joint
railway either GWR and BRM or GWR and SR or it
can be a Heritage line as for this show. There
is a mixture of types of infrastructure. Its
“theoretical” original location was a Midland
line but rationalisation saw GWR signals
replacing out of date Midland variety. The
layout has code 75 track throughout, Peco
points, Seep Point motors, a mixture of “Scenic”
readymade buildings, plastic constructed signal
box, and scratch build houses. The Signals are
from the Dapol range. The trees, I’m afraid, are
ready made, my enthusiasm still does not run to
trying to replicate Beeches, Cedars and Oaks
these days, My favourite period for modelling is
the 50/60s for which I have plenty of
appropriate stock to run, both steam and early
Diesel, but occasionally you may see the odd
stranger from another region appear, in
particular if run as a Heritage line. I still
use screw link and three link couplings for
authenticities sake as my hand is still steady
enough to handle them.
Lob Ghyll
- presented by Tom
Couling - 4mm Scale
Lob Ghyll was formed as the
rushing torrent of a beck cut through the soft
shale on its way to join the River Wharfe near
Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales. After many
false hopes of a railway up Wharfedale, the
Midland and the North Eastern railways decided
jointly to build a line to Ilkley. Later the
Midland wished to extend further to connect with
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Skipton
and eventually to the Settle and Carlisle for a
link with Scotland. Lob Ghyll is the result,
built to ‘OO’ gauge finescale and featuring
scratchbuilt buildings and structures. It sets
the scene for a rural outpost in the Yorkshire
Dales in the BR steam era with a variety of
rolling stock in attendance.
Ludlow
- presented by
Ian Coules -
2mm Scale
This layout is based on Ludlow in Shropshire,
which is on the Shrewsbury to Hereford line. It
is set in the late 50's early 60's and depicts
both the sidings and the main lines but also
incorporates the line from Clee Hill, which is a
quarry line. It is a circular layout with the
fiddle yard concealed under the embankment to
the rear of the layout. It took about two years
to build the basic layout but like all models
there is always something that you want to
improve and add. The only original parts of the
railway left in Ludlow are the main lines, the
footbridge and the goods shed, which has now
become a local brewery. During the construction
it was very hard to find accurate photographs of
the front of the station and the line so we are
always looking for more information so we can
continue to improve the layout. See the August
2023 edition of Railway Modeller for a feature
article
Motley Sub Shed
- presented by
Rob Newman -
7mm Scale
This
is a minimum space 7mm/ft 0 Gauge layout
occupying approx. 10ft x 2ft floor space
upon which the main scenery is the fleet of
locomotives! The collection of locomotives
was once described as a ‘motley’ one, so it
seemed the natural thing to do, when
constructing a layout upon which to display
them, to call it ‘Motley’ ! Engines need
somewhere to rest until the time of their
next working. The sub-shed seen here at
Motley provides that space. This is not a
large motive power depot, just somewhere to
park locomotives between duties and perhaps
replenish the tenders or clean clinker from
the firebars. So much for the fiction… .the
locomotives themselves occupy most of the
space on this small layout. Upwards of
twenty engines can be seen ‘on shed’ at any
given time and they will be seen going on
and off shed, and being repositioned to
allow others to move. The locomotives are
rotated through the course of an exhibition,
to allow different models to be on view.
Most of the locomotives and other scenic
items have been hand built from kits, and we
are grateful to Keith Blake, Aidan Houlders
and others for building these. It is
possible to operate this layout with
locomotives from BR (ScR), BR (LMR), BR (WR
with SR interlopers!) or a wide variety of
industrial types, diesels from the ‘green’
era or a mixture of all of these………. The
layout is widely used to publicise THE
STANIER 8F LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY LTD, owners of
Stanier 8F locomotive No 48773 [also known
as LMS 8233 and WD307] , currently awaiting
overhaul and located in the Engine House at
Highley on the Severn Valley Railway. For
further details about the locomotive or
membership of the Stanier 8F Locomotive
Society please ask one of the operators..
Northbridge
- presented by
Warley Model Railway Club -
4mm Scale
Northbridge
is a fictitious heritage railway! closely based
on the Seven Valley Railway’s Bridgnorth
Station. The layout was started in 2015 and was
first shown at the 2018 Warley National Model
Railway Show where it was well received. To
coincide with the show, debut the layout
featured in the December 2018 Railway Modeller
as Railway of the Month. Northbridge station Is
situated in the Galton Valley somewhere in the
English/Welsh boarders at the end of a double
track heritage line. The station has excellent
locomotive facilities that allows locos to be
turned on a GWR turntable and serviced for their
next roster. The engine shed and surrounding
hard standing is used to service both steam and
diesel locos. The old cattle dock and goods shed
have been kept as well as a short branch line.
Dalton Valley is named in memory of one of the
group’s founders, John Dalton, that sadly passed
away during the layouts construction. Being a
heritage line allows the group the freedom to
run a selection of locomotives and Stock
including locomotives that have not been
preserved. There are a range of steam
locomotives from the former regions, diesels and
DMU’s as well as the Blue Pullman, D1009, Deltic,
GNR Atlantic. The layout is DCC controlled and
most locomotives have sound chips fitted.
Signalling is currently being improved by a
combination of 3D printing and brass parts the
aim being to have working signals that ‘plug’
into the layout when at exhibitions but can be
removed for safe storage and transport. The
engine shed doors were built from 3D printed
parts designed by one of the group and have been
made to operate by a small motor and lead screw
fitted to each door.
Oakenshaw
- presented by
Redditch Model
Railway Club - 4mm Scale
Oakenshaw
is a fictitious West Yorkshire mill town set in
the early 1960's located somewhere near to the
real town of Keighley on the Airedale line. Like
so many of the Yorkshire mill towns the layout
portrays a town in a valley centred around a
river crossing. Regional boundary changes in
1957 brought this former Midland Railway Station
into the short lived North Eastern Region of
British Railways. The station is very much based
on Midland Railway practice and the scale is 4mm
using "OO" gauge fine scale code 75 track. All
the buildings on the layout are scratch built,
mainly using thick card for the basic structure.
These were covered with plasticard to replicate
stone or brick finishes. The structures have
then been painted and weathered to represent the
prototypes from the area. The fiddle yard
features sixteen roads and is capable of holding
24 separate trains. All the buildings on the
layout are scratch built, mainly using thick
card for the basic structure. These were covered
with plastikard to represent stone or brick
finishes. Trains are made up of correctly trains
for the era and location that are hauled by a
mixture of steam and diesel locomotives.
Remote Depot
- presented by
Jeff Pike
- 4mm Scale
 We
welcome Jeff Pike of JP Model to the show with a
totally different layout. It is a demonstration
of what can be done with remote control of road
vehicles as a totally different dimension to
operating a model railway layout. Jeff has
perfected remote control in 4mm scale vehicles,
and the layout demonstrates what can be done
using proprietary vehicles that are controlled
using remote control servo motors to load rail
wagons as well as general movement around the
layout.
Southgate Park
- presented by
Mark Miller/Shane
Wilton - 4mm Scale
 Southgate
Park is situated on the South Western
section of the Southern region and is
somewhere in the vicinity of Kew Bridge/Brentford,
after Old Kew Junction. With a bit of
'alternative history' and a couple of
strategically placed junctions, Southgate
Park is served by local services from
Waterloo, which terminate in the bay and
semi-fasts from Waterloo, Basingstoke/
Guildford and Salisbury. These form the core
services, utilising a variety of inner
suburban EPB's, outer Suburban VEPS, CIG's,
HAPS and CEP's and loco hauled for the
Salisbury services. Occasional peak hour
services from Paddington and Reading are
possible by way of a link from the Great
western mainline to the North London line at
Acton, and a further link with the Brentford
branch to the west of Brentford. These are
usually formed of class DMU’s with the
occasional loco hauled service to Newbury or
Oxford
Sugar Creek
- presented by
Nigel Harrod -
2mm Scale
Sugar Creek is a N Scale North American modern
era DCC sound layout based on four locations on
the triple track B.N.S.F Marceline Sub at Sugar
Creek Missouri. The locations are - the cement
works, the old Sugar Creek depot (station)
disused but used by B.N.S.F for stabling rail
cars and locos etc, the turnouts (point work)
where trains can cross from the three tracks in
either direction and the forth is the Sugar
Creek.
Temple Bridge
- presented by
John Tisi - 4mm Scale
Of the constituent companies of the Southern Railway the
London Brighton & South Coast Railway was the only one
not to cross the river Thames to have a terminus on the
north bank near to the lucrative City of London with its
growing commuter traffic, being content to terminate at
London Bridge. Temple Bridge is a model of a fictitious
station built by the LB&SCR to right this wrong, modelled in the 1950 to 1960s BR(S) period. It is
located between Charring Cross and Blackfriars stations
in the Temple area of the Embankment, roughly where the
present-day Temple District line tube station is located
between Somerset House and the Inner Temple legal office
area. Temple Bridge station occupies the area between
The Strand at the eastern end of the Aldwych and
Victoria Embankment. The station fronts on to The Strand
and has been rebuilt by the Southern Railway in the
1930s in their concrete Art Deco style, the station
buildings and bridge over the Embankment were
reconstructed to modernise the station and of course the
signal box was replaced with a new concrete glass house
style box when the station was re-signalled with colour
light signalling. Below the signal box the Temple Bridge
tube station on the District line has been rebuilt in
the Charles Holden style of the 1930's The station
forecourt has a bus station as well as the normal drop
off and pickup facilities, railway offices, shops and
taxi rank. The station concourse has the remains of its
LB&SCR overall roof, now in the 1950's devoid of its
glass due to bomb damage during WW2 this gives our
passengers access to five platforms. Services are worked
by a variety of third rail EMU's ranging from the
converted steam stock 4SUB through the Southern Railway
2 HAL and BIL units to the latest BR 2 and 4 EPB's &
4CEP units. The river bridge is a 4 arch wrought iron
structure on granite piers carrying three tracks across
to the south bank at Southwark. Just off the South side
is a 2-road locomotive depot providing light servicing
and storage for the locomotives. The arches of the
curving viaduct are home to trades and businesses and
the river side is dominated by an LCC Council block of
flats in the typical hipped roof yellow brick style
common across central London from the 1920's.
Todmorden Midland
- presented by
Ed Purcell -
2mm Scale
 Todmorden
Midland is a former Midland Railway terminus 48
by 14 inches with a 2-foot cassette fiddle yard.
This is small even for N gauge, but the scenic
section includes station, goods shed, coal yard,
loco shed, canal scene, a couple of West
Yorkshire mills, a pub, and distant views of
hills. Motive power is former Midland Railway
and London Midland Scottish Railway along with
some standards, some visiting ex LNER locos on
summer holiday trains and even one or two
diesels and DMUs. Rumour has it that Holbeck has
occasionally sent a Jubilee or a Scot on a
summer special. Track is PECO with SEEP operated
points; control is analogue via an excellent
controller designed and built by WMRC members.
Stock is by Graham Farish, Dapol, Peco, N gauge
society, Union Mills, and some kit-built items.
Scenery uses various products including the
excellent (and rare) Graham Avis trees.
Buildings are mainly scratch built with a couple
of modified kits. PECO N gauge stone building
sheets have proved very effective. However, the
church is made from OO Wills sheet! Some
buildings are scratch built Settle and Carlisle
designs which are justified by the line’s
presumed historic origins. Mill buildings and
pub are scratch built, based on types of
building found in the area. The backscene uses
acrylics.
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