VernonG

There were 2 subsequent articles in the RM, one in September 1970 on Reading & Pilning, and then later (though I'm not sure of the date) article on his model of Bristol TM, which was based on the Brunel terminus, with a dock scene round the back! Like you I would love to know what happened after that. Never saw any pictures of Paddington or South Wales other than I think there was a picture in the original article of the Fishguard branch!

London, Bristol and South Wales by John Jay. We never got to see Paddington or South Wales, but Reading (including Sonning Cutting) and Bristol massively impressed me. It was a huge layout. Vivien Thompson's Eastbourne, which seemed to keep growing. What both these had in common with Buckingham, Jenkinson's eventual Little Long Drag and many others already mentioned was that they were multi-station layouts, systems really. Railways that went places in a very real sense. Also loved D. H. Neale's amazing garden railway with superb concrete viaduct. John Charman's Charford, small but perfectly formed. Not sure how they would measure up now, but I loved them as a kid.