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   Alsager Railway As…

   
   

   12 November 2022      13 November 2022

   Alsager's Model Railway Associations, model railway exhibition which is being held at Bentley Motors Legends venue, Sunnybank Road, Crewe, CW2 8WD
    
   Adults £7 
   Children £2.50
   Family £16.00
    
   Refreshments
   Parking.  
   

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   Tolworth Showtrain…

   
   

   12 November 2022 10:00      13 November 2022 16:30

   Tolworth Showtrain by Hampton Court MRS
    
   http://www.tolworthshowtrain.co.uk/showtrain/showtrain 2022.html
    
   It takes place over two days and across three halls at;
    Tolworth Recreation Centre
   Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey, KT6 7LQ.
   Saturday 12 Nov 10.00am - 5.30pm
   Sunday 13 Nov 10.00am - 5.00pm
   PRICES
     
   Adult  £9
     
   Child  £3
     
   Family 2+2  £19
     
   Sunday Special
     
   One child free with every paying adult
     
   Card payments will be accepted this year
    
   There are normally over 20 layouts representing different eras, scales, regions and countries, along with traders with stands selling every conceivable model item from the smallest piece of scenery to the grandest of steam engines.
   We also usually arrange to have some experienced demonstrators on hand to provide tuition on scenic modelling skills, and children may operate one of the Society’s most popular models, Edward’s Junction and Thomas End.
   Layouts
   FreshwaterNSteam era
   BeckwickOOSteam, diesel and electric
   OldshawEMBR Western Region
   Solent SummitNAmerican modular
   Kamiak FallsHOWashington State, America 1970s
   WeidensteinHOBavaria, Germany
   Kleine AlbulaHOSwitzerland
   Hinksey YardNEWS 2010
   City Basin GoodsNBR Western Region diesel
   Ively MagnaNBR West Country 1950s
   Edward’s Junction & Thomas EndOOSodor
   RoshvenOOScotland diesel era
   Gas Street YardOSteam era
   Grindley BrookOBR London North Western Region
   Wandleford JunctionOOBR Southern Region 1980s
   Staple and AshOOEast Kent 1930s
   Scrapworth EndOOUK modern image
   Nictun BorrudOOSouthern Region 1965
   Nictun 2KOOSouthern Region 2000
   Bodmin GeneralNBR Western Region
   NorthmoorOOBR 1980s
   Trade, Society, and Demonstration Stands
   Addlestone Model CentreAspire Gifts and Models
   Carriage & Wagon ModelsC&L Finescale
   David Smith BooksFenland Model Railways
   Gauge O GuildGolden Arrow Productions
   Heritage in motionJB's Model World
   Kent Garden RailwaysMedway Queen Preservation Society
   Model Electronics Railway GroupModel Railway Bits
   Model Railway DevelopmentsModels U Drive
   P and G Engineering SuppliesRail – Books
   Railway Correspondence and Travel SocietyRichard Pane’s Model Spares
   Roxey MouldingsRoxley Models
   Saddletank BooksScenic Modelling
   Soldering DemoSouth Western Circle
   Sunningwell Command & ControlTools 2000
   The Totem ManThe Wagon Yard
   Bus Timetable
   We are operating a free bus link between Surbiton Station and the show. The timetable is below.
   SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2021
    
   Surbiton Station Bus Stop NNd09:4510:1010:4011:1011:4012:1012:40
   To Tolworth Recreation Centerd13:5514:2514:5515:2515:5516:25
    
   Tolworth Recreation Centerd10:2510:5511:2511:5512:2512:55
   To Surbiton Station Bus Stop NNd14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:20
    
   SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2021
    
   SEE NOTE A
   Surbiton Station Bus Stop NNd09:5510:2510:5511:2511:5512:25
   To Tolworth Recreation Centerd13:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:10
    
   Tolworth Recreation Centerd11:1011:4012:1012:40
   To Surbiton Station Bus Stop NNd13:5514:2514:5515:2515:5516:2517:05
    
   NOTES
   A These services will depart from Bus Stop NP in Victoria Road outside the Halifax Bank
    
   Note:- Whilst every effort will be made to maintain this timetable, delays may be incurred due to traffic conditions. In the case of extreme late running a service may be cancelled to restore the timetable.
   
    
    
   

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   Solihull Model Rai…

   
   

   12 November 2022 10:00      16:30

   Annual model railway exhibition presented by the Solihull Model Railway Circle St Marys Church Hall and 3rd Solihull St Mary Scout Hall (B92 8PN) - 15 minutes from J6, M42. 10 Working layouts are invited plus trade and society support. Free parking available.
   
   Buses to Hobs Moat road that stop in front of the nearby ice rink: 72, 72A. Buses that stop at Wheatsheaf, A45, Coventry Road: 60, X1, X2. Bus Information: Available from Network West Midlands: 0871 200 22 33.
   
   ADMISSION: 
   Adults £4.00
   Children £3.00
   Family £10.00 (2 Adults + 2 Child)
   
   Layouts Attending:
   
   1. Gravelly Oak
   2mm Scale, N Gauge
   Ed Purcell
   
   This is a small ‘modern image’ terminus of a former GWR branch which is still operational for passengers on the border of the West Midlands and Shropshire.  Minimal facilities are provided by London Midland yet, like other stations of theirs in the area such as Hagley.  Gravelly Oak retains its GWR building to serve commuters to West Midlands. As well as the passenger services there is a quarry nearby loading trains with specialised aggregate. Locomotives can also be fuelled and serviced at the fuelling point here.
   
   This was a first foray into DCC though the small terminus layout served by a cassette fiddle yard is a similar concept to the builder’s DC ‘Todmorden Midland’ LMR 1950s layout which appeared in October 2016 Railway Modeller and has been on the exhibition circuit for the last few years.  (‘Gravelly Oak’ uses the same fiddle yard and supporting framework as that layout).  Track is by PECO and control by NCE with traditionally operated SEEP point motors though frog switching is by autofrog units.
   
   Unlike my previous layout which had many scratch built buildings, this one uses largely modified resin and kit built buildings.  Scenics reflect the quarrying nature of the railway here and are created largely from Woodland Scenics materials.
   
   Electrification has occurred since the layout was first completed and allows class 350 units to operate semi fast services over the LMR system.
   
   Stock is by Farish and Dapol with DMU classes 150, 153, and 170, EMU class 350, while classes 37, 60, 66, 70 deal with haulage.
   
   2. Trinity Dock Street Bridge
   4mm Scale, OO Gauge
   Gavin Rose
   
   Set on a cold dismal Monday morning in February 1939, among the busy inner town docks of Hull on the English Northeast coast.  The tracks are inlaid into stones setts with many points and tight radiused curves as they connect the various quaysides with the yards to the west of the city.  As short trains move about the buildings and rattle over the swing bridge the South Easterly wind is not only bringing the bad weather off the North Sea, but also the threat of war from the near continent.
   
   3. Bankwood
   4mm Scale, OO Gauge
   David Fletcher
   
   Small quay side station, with a sidings for a small factory.
   
   4. Cannon Bay
   4mm Scale, OO Gauge
   Jamie Grainger
   
   Cannon Bay is fictitious layout, lots to see and plenty happening that the public especially the children can have a go at. On Cannon Bay trains and buses run very frequently and will be able to get people easily to the local shopping centre down the road.
   
   5. The Stonewaite and Bainrigg Railway
   O-16.5 Narrow Gauge
   Middle Barton MRC
   
   This is the first phase of a modular layout using 7mm Narrow Gauge otherwise known as O-16.5.  It is set in the 1930s and is based on a fictional mineral line linking a quarry to a canal basin.  Over the years the line has become more successful and is now carrying passengers and general freight, but cash is still tight on the line.  This 1st phase of the model depicts the Wharf at Stonethwaite in North Yorkshire, complete with warehouses, a station, loco shed and canal wharf.  The model has a mixture of DCC sound fitted Locos, extra sounds and a host of operating accessories and parts, including working canal boats. So keep your eyes peeled and ears tuned in.
   
   6. Reely Grate, Muck Work and Primrose Hill
   7mm Scale, O Gauge
   Ken Jones.
   
   This trio of micro layouts were originally the work of Mike Bragg and latterly owned by the late, Tim Johnson.  Mike in his building of the layouts was highly creative in both his modelling skills and in developing a back story for each section of the line.  The first section to be built was Reely Grate which operated independently with its own traverser storage yard.  It was later joined by Primrose Hill, forming the other end of the line, and again capable of being operated on its own, before the two were finally separated (in distance at least) by Muck Works.
   
   7. Grange Aggregates
   2mm Scale, N Gauge
   Solihull Model Railway Circle
   
   Grange aggregates started up many years ago. The canal was cut in order to transport the stone out instead of using horses and wagons. The narrow gauge railway was then laid to take stone to the crushing plant. Steam engines were introduced on the narrow gauge in the 1800s. When the main line railway was built, the loops and sidings to the quarry were also put in. All these forms of taking the stone out are still very much in evidence, with stone going out by canal, road or by rail. If you have any questions please ask the operators.
   
   8. Avonbridge
   7mm Scale, O Gauge
   Solihull Model Railway Circle
   
   This layout is a 30 feet by 13 feet, three track, continuous run with station and storage loops. Early in 2013, we widened two of the front boards to provide some space to allow for shunting.
   
   The boards are made from 9mm exterior plywood with some aluminium box section bracing and steel box section legs with rubber door stops as feet. Peco code 124 bullhead track is laid to a minimum radius of 6 feet. Points are operated from the main panel using Hammant and Morgan motors.
   
   The buildings are based on local Midland railway prototypes and therefore the layout represents a busy MR branch line somewhere in the midlands, although the stock run, is from a variety of companies and eras to suit our varying interests. Most buildings are scratch built from a combination of plastikard and wood. The main station building is a model of Northfield and the small shelter on the opposite platform is from Moseley. The signal box is modelled on Luffenham, with Marton Junctions coal bunker. A scratch built scale model of the goods shed at Eckington on the Birmingham and Gloucester railway is at one end of the station and future developments will probably include a footbridge between the platforms, back scenes and possibly a small engine shed.
   
   At one end is the road over Rail Bridge at ripple, near Tewkesbury and at the other end a section of the 1816 Edstone canal viaduct from Bearley, near Stratford upon Avon.
   
   People and accessories are from various manufacturers, including Peco and Preiser.
   
   9. A Scottish Branch
   4mm Scale, OO Gauge
   Solihull Model Railway Circle
   
   A new end to end branch line club layout based on Scottish practice, displayed here partly built to give an insight into layout construction. It is 16 feet long and just over 2 feet wide and we are using SMP code 75 bullhead plain track and handmade Marcway points. It has been constructed to run with either dcc or traditional control. There is a terminus station at one end and a hidden 'fiddle' yard with a traverser at the other, with a scenic section in between. A major part of the concept is the use of very deep baseboards, with the railway running through the middle, allowing greater depths and heights of scenery for a more interesting appearance. The major architectural feature is the curved viaduct based on Killiecrankie.
   
   10. Cherwell
   4mm Scale, OO Gauge
   Solihull Model Railway Circle
   
   A scenic OO gauge, 26 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6 inches, four track mainline with an integral branch line. It features working automatic signals and has largely scratch built buildings with a local theme, e.g.: the manor house, the masons arms, the George hotel and the fat cat cafe from Solihull; Kings Heath library; Tyseley station; and Water Orton station. The layout was built mainly to display scale length mainline trains, those being run reflecting the varying interests of the membership. Trains run are usually British outline, but can come from any part of the UK mainland and from any date between about 1900 and the present day. If you look carefully you can see pigeons roosting under the station bridge, foxes using the track bed as a shortcut and one fox eyeing lambs, gulls eggs and the shepherd on the upper pasture, cats watching building work in the arch from the platform and gulls above the sea and on the cliffs with a lonely cormorant.
   
   Traders Attending:
   
   Keiths Model Railways
   Steve Currin Book Sales
   Elaine's Trains
   Baz's Model Rail - 12 Volt DC
   Helen's Model Trains
   

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