Oxford and District Model Railway Club Exhibition - Oxrail 2023 - Sunday 17th September 2023

[Chris Chewter]

Oxrail 2023 is coming

 

For 2023, we'll be back at Cherwell School, Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, OX2 7EE on Sunday 17th September between 10:30 and 16:00.

 

The team have been working hard already, and booked layouts are:

 

• Abbots Morton A OO layout representing one of the proposed lines from Broom Junction to Worcester.
• Billton Goods A 3mm layout portraying a typical LNWR/LMS goods depot in the 1950s
• Bossington A OO layout of a small GWR terminus built back in the 1950s
• Carterton A OO representation of this wayside halt on the Fairford branch line.
• City Basin Goods An N gauge layout representing a goods and marshalling yard
• Cynon Valley A modular layout inspired by a wartime evacuation to Mountain Ash in Wales constructed in N gauge
• East Quay A OO finescale representation of a great western quay side.
• Edrom Built in N, this layout represents Edrom station on the Berwickshire line between Duns and Chirnside in the Scottish Borders.
• Exebridge Built in 3mm scale, this layout represents a small West Country cross country railway line based around the River Exe.
• Freshwater 2mm scale layout of the terminus of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway on the Isle of Wight.
• Hook Basin A model of British 18 inch rural tramway set in North Oxfordshire.
• Kruzweg A Swiss metre gauge layout in HOm
• Lindon Road This small layout represents a fictional Southern Region branch line through station located in the River Medway area.
• Memory Lane A Hornby Dublo 3 rail layout showing model railways of times gone by.
• Randolphs Yard A small shunting yard in OO
• Stonewaite and Bainrigg Railway Set in the 1930’s, this 0-16.5, 7mm narrow gauge layout depicting a narrow gauge line originally built in the 1870’s to transport stone from Bainrigg Quarry to the canal wharf at Stonethwaite on the outskirts of a large Yorkshire town.
• Trifoulou Z scale metre gauge
• Tetsudo-Sankei Japanese Z scale layout
• William Street Yard A small marshalling yard set somewhere just off the GWR main line between Reading and Didcot between 1947 and 1953 in OO

 

As always, please note that layouts and attractions are subject to availability and last-minute changes may occur.

 

As part of the exhibition, the Oxford and District Model Railway Club shall also be running a tombola raffle. 

 

The usual selection of traders will also be available for you to purchase supplies for your next project, plus representation of clubs and organisations in the area.

 

More information can be found on the Oxford and District Model Railway Clubs website at: 

https://www.oxfordmrc.org.uk/exhibitions/