As well as having many traders for you to enjoy, we also have a selection of outstanding large scale model railway layouts from around the UK, showing railways from different periods and countries
The 16mm module
The modular group allows members to imprint their personality in whichever way they chose. Want to use live plants to create a realistic garden scene? Go for it! Do working signals with automatic detection make your world go round? Knock yourself out! Or maybe you have a prototype in mind that you do not have the space at home to realize. The modular system allows your talents to shine!
Ffordd-y-Deryn
The layout was designed to allow the continuous running of live steam model locomotives, also it was to be as compact and light as possible for a portable model railway. The layout when erected is approximately 21 feet by 14 feet and along with its scenery and accessories fits into a trailer 5 feet long, 3feet wide and 2 feet high.The track and points are scratch built using Tenmille bullhead rail reclaimed from a garden railway. There is no electric power to the track the locomotives used being either steam or battery powered. The layout isn’t a copy of any particular railway.
Railway of the world
The layout is 48 ft x 8 ft useing peco g45 track and built by Austin Moss. We will be running both steam and diesel locos . the layout is called A GALA DAY with visiting engines from the isle of man.welshpool.lynton.ffestiniog.india.denver. so lots going on .
Indian Hill Railway
The “Indian Hill Railway” 16mm scale model railway layout is a freelance layout that depicts the hillside villages, bazaars, and shanties of a fictional hill railway, possibly inspired by the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
CARDING ROAD
This will be the first outing of a brand new layout being put together for displaying Gauge 1 at smaller, one day shows. The main baseboards with twin track was donated to us by the family of the late Noel Carding MBE which has been a wonderful starting point which we have developed with more stock storage and loco steaming bays. Being the Midlands area group of the Gauge 1 Model Railway Association there will be a general Midlands flavour to the layout as the scenery is produced.
Operating live steam is our forte. Powered by either methylated spirit, gas or coal they can be entertaining to watch and frustrating for us to drive! If all else fails then we have some ‘switch on and go’ electrics to keep things moving. There will be many prototypes from many regions represented.
The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany. It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is unique.It was constructed between 1897 and 1903. The first section opened in 1901. The Schwebebahn is still in use today for local public transport, moving millions of passengers annually.The Schwebebahn runs along a route of 8.3 miles at a height of about 39 ft above the River Wupper.
Asland
Asland is a 16mm scale narrow gauge layout, representing a small village somewhere in northern England. The gauge is 32mm, corresponding to 2ft in the real world. it was built to provide round-and-round operation in contrast to another layout which I possess, which is an end-to end shunting puzzle. The baseboard are lightweight plywood box sections from grange and hodder. The track is Mamod, in a double oval with two pairs of sidings.
Thomas
Warton Road
The fictional background for the layout is that a preservation society has taken over a goods only country branch line, and restored passenger services axed by the Beeching cuts in the 1960’s.
The society operates a true community railway with it’s frequent steam service for tourists utilising a range of GWR, BR and SR locomotives supplemented by a regular first generation DMU service for the off peak passenger services.
The line retains its goods traffic which principally serves the main yard, a dairy and coal siding at the South View Yard end of the line.
Warton Road is modelled to Gauge 3 standards at 13.5mm to the foot and is presented as a large, battery radio control scale model railway with sizeable stock set in a detailed background created by experienced modellers.
The layout, which has featured in Hornby Magazine, is owned and operated by a group of friends who each contribute their own stock to the exhibition.
Rhydypenderyn
Rhydypenderyn represents a small Welsh station set in the early twentieth century. It is not based on any particular location but hopefully is representative of rural stations at that time. The 32mm gauge track work is hand built, using brass rail pinned to wooden sleepers. All point work is operated by rod and lever, interlinked where necessary. There are a few buildings on the layout, again all hand built. These include a small station, and an engine shed as well as a chapel and cottage typical of the area. We run a wind variety of locos on the layout. Most are live steam, often of unusual prototypes and are mainly scratch built.
Let’s Play Playmobil
Hands on remote controlled Playmobil train and toys, all Playmobil brand. Children can touch everything and play.
Rainbow Rock
self-supporting layout
Pentre
Pentre represents a small narrow gauge railway, somewhere in North Wales. There is a typical through station, with the usual facilities, at Pentre Dwr. On the other side of the layout at Pentre Felin, the Preservation Society is developing a railway museum, making use of the old mill building and adjacent cottages. Here, extra tracks have been installed in order to display some of the interesting locomotives and rolling stock.
Dow Bridge Junction
Build a truck
This activity is aimed at children and adults who want to have a go. Using Lego on base trucks, they build their waggon and we run it on a Playmobil set up alongside.