Rochdale Show 2010

[Leander]

ROCHDALE 2010

Model Railway Exhibition

Oulder Hill Leisure Centre,

Hudsons Walk,

Rochdale,

OL11 5EF

 

3 miles from M62 - Junction 20

Direction signs on all major routes. Large FREE car park on site.

 

There is a spacious, FREE car park available on site

 

Saturday 6th February & Sunday 7th February

 

The exhibition will be open Saturday 10am to 5pm & Sunday 10am to 4-30pm

 

Adults ??4.00, Over 65s ??3.00, Children ??2.00, Family ??10.00

[Leander]

Poster published in MMRS Exhibition Guide now added.Manchester Advert.doc

[Leander]

Details of the Layouts appearing are as follows:

 

15 Layouts in all the popular scales, featuring

 

O:

Oldham (King Street) by David Hampson

A 7mm scale DCC layout, representing a small fictional station in the North West of England.

http://www.freewebs.com/oldhamkingstreet/

 

 

O-16.5

Pen y Bont by Geoff Lord

A freelance layout based on the narrow gauge lines in North Wales.

http://www.hmrg.co.uk/membersmodels/pennybont/penybont.htm

 

O-14

Dinas 1869 by Paul Holmes

Set in October 1869 and representing the original upper terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway, features kitbuilt 7mm scale locos and stock running on hand-built 14mm gauge track. Control is by DCC and features sound.

http://www.narrowgaugenorth.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86:dinas-festiniog-railway-1869&catid=43:past-exhibitors&Itemid=71

 

S4:

Western Road Diesel Depot by Mike Anson

Set in the long hot summer of 1976 and based on a Western Region diesel depot (featured in Rail Express Modeller and Model Railway Journal. DCC control with sound.

http://www.scalefour.org/layouts/Westernrd/Western.htm

 

Wheal Elizabeth by Andrew Ullyott

A BR (WR) Cornish China clay branch inspired by the former dries at Wenfordbridge and Carbis Wharf with a rolling period from 1958 to 1988.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=22332&sid=2f3dfe749372c1d337b27f240ae090cc

 

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Blackmill by Blackburn & East Lancashire Model Railway Society

Portrays the privatised railway operations around the North-West of England in the last couple of years. DCC control with sound.

http://s261615416.websitehome.co.uk/belmrs_site/blackmill.html

 

Dewsbury Midland by Manchester Model Railway Society

The multi-award winning finescale 00 gauge layout representing the Midland Railway??™s projected but not built line from Royston to Bradford, operated in the BR steam era at this show.

http://www.mmrs.org.uk/layouts/Dewsbury.htm

 

 

Eskmuir by Tony Bucknell

RMRG member Tony Bucknell??™s latest exhibition layout is based on Brechin in Scotland between 1958 and 1964. Operation is based on a passenger service still surviving along with branch lines to Arbroath, Forfar, Edzell and Montrose, with Brechin being a major centre for splitting and onward movement of goods.

 

Midhurst by Tony Bates

An ex-LBSCR station, situated in the South Downs, on the West Sussex/Hamp-shire border. The chosen period is 1930-1939. Steam traction as well as third rail electrics are both featured. The layout is fully semaphore signaled.

 

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Glendale - Railroad Town by Roger Nicholls

A portrayal of a small Canadian Prairie railroad town, dominated by its grain elevator in the 1967-1973 time period. Featured in the June 2008 ???Continental Modeller??™.

 

2FS:

Niddbeck Bridge by Edward Sissling

Conceived as a small test-bed layout to assess DCC operation in 2mm Finescale, an minor imaginary station on the ex-NER Pateley Bridge branch is modelled in the BR(NE) 1955-1965 period. Steam and diesel traction is featured.

http://neag.2mm.org.uk/search/label/Niddbeck%20Bridge

 

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Stoney Lane Depot by Grahame Hedges

Set in the 1980s, Stoney Lane Depot represents a London theme and is inspired by the viaduct level lines that dominate just south of the Thames, with a touch of Stewarts Lane TMD thrown in to increase operational interest.

http://www.farnhammrc.org.uk/StoneyL.htm

 

Woods Sidings by Rex Ashton

This small American layout uses the ???Inglenook Sidings??™ design to generate maximum operating potential in a small space. There are eight different cars (wagons) on the layout and the object is to make up a five wagon train using random selection.

 

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Crumley & Little Wickhill

The Roth Valley Tramway (RTV) is a fictitious 2'6" gauge railway serving several small communities high in the Pennines around the Lancashire/Yorkshire/Cumberland border area. The model depicts this section of the RVT in the early 1930s. The best days are gone but traffic remains reasonably heavy.

Layout of the Month in Railway Modeller, January 2009

http://www.hullmrs.org/crumley.html

 

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Children can play on our special layout with a certain Tank Engine and his Friends.

[ullypug]

Oooh, that's quite an impressive line up (apart from that dodgy Cornish thing! )

[Andy C]

Oooh, that's quite an impressive line up (apart from that dodgy Cornish thing! )

 

Now its that Cornish thingy I am really looking forward to seeing at long last - mind you thats if I get chance to get away from "official" duties as the stand in Tony dishing out the exhibitors lunches etc!

[Leander]

The Rochdale MRG website is now 'live'

 

http://www.rmrg.co.uk/Links.aspx

 

Enjoy!

[Leander]

Trade and demos are:

 

Traders:

 

A1 Models http://www.mgsharp.com/A1_Title_Page.htm

 

ALL Components http://www.allcomponents.co.uk/

 

BH Enterprises (NEW) http://www.bh-enterprises.co.uk/

 

Cheltenham Model Centre http://www.cheltenhammodelcentre.co.uk/default.asp

 

Bill Hudson Transport Books http://www.billhudsontransportbooks.co.uk/

 

Gordon Coltas Photographic Trust

 

H&A Models http://www.hamodels.co.uk/

 

Model Depot http://www.modeldepot.co.uk/

 

MTFG Hobbies http://www.mtfghobbies.co.uk/

 

NK Collectables http://www.nkcollectables.co.uk/

Pennine Models

 

Todmorden Model Supplies

 

Unit Models http://www.unitmodels.com/

 

Videoscene/Train Crazy http://www.train-crazy.co.uk/shop/

 

 

Demonstrations

 

The Rassbottom Brow Group

Locomotive, carriage & wagon construction in 4mm scale EM gauge

 

Mike Hayward & Derek Mundy

Mike is modelling in 4mm scale E.M. these days; he will no doubt bring London Transport models, which is what he is working on at present.

 

Derek will have a selection of 7 mm scale, signals, Welsh locos etc and probably some buildings too.

 

Dave Hewitt

Mending broken layouts

[Andy C]

and Leander forgot to add that the Rassbottom brow group will also be demoing synchronised tea drinking..... in between spells of gassing with anyone who will pass he time of day with them!

[MartinWales]

the Rassbottom brow group will also be demoing synchronised tea drinking

That alone would be well worth the admission fee!

[beast66606]

The WFRM boys will be manning the S4 Society stand.

 

This is always an excellent show and once again looks to be well worth the visit, and not just because we are there

[Leander]

Beast beat me to it. He will indeed be attending on the S4Soc stand along with:

 

Society Stands

 

Cumbrian Railways Association http://www.cumbrianrailwaysassociation.org.uk/

 

Great Western Society http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/

 

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society http://www.lyrs.org.uk/

 

Scalefour Society http://www.scalefour.org/

 

The 2mm Scale Association http://www.2mm.org.uk/

 

West Lancashire Light Railway http://www.westlancs.org/

 

New to the show this year is the Cumbrian Railways Association. With the West Lancashire Light Railway attending for the second year. We look forward to additionally welcoming back the East Lancs Railway stand in 2011 but space is a bit tight at the 2010 show.

 

Most of the demos and society stands will most likely be in Hall 2, along with the Refreshments and Exhibitors' Catering, so they won't have far to go for a brew. The 'scale' societies (S4 & 2FS) will be adjacent to the layouts in those scales (Niddbeck Bridge and Western Road / Wheal Elizabeth respectively).

[Andy C]

The new website seems to be working well - we had someone looking at the exhibition pages from Vietnam yesterday!

 

I suppose we can expect someone tunneling in then!

[DerekEm8]

and Leander forgot to add that the Rassbottom brow group will also be demoing synchronised tea drinking..... in between spells of gassing with anyone who will pass he time of day with them!

 

Come on Cooperman - I drink coffee

[Andy C]

<br />The new website seems to be working well - we had someone looking at the exhibition pages from Vietnam yesterday!<br /><br />I suppose we can expect someone tunneling in then!<br />

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And now someone in Israel looking at the exhibition pages! We certainly could hit our diversity targets at this rate.

[peterl]

Looking forward to this Show, flying in with the 'bomber' crew!

Peter

[Leander]

We'll arrange to have the landing lights turned on!

[grahame]

..... in between spells of gassing

 

Oh no, not gas!

 

I'm looking forward to this show. I don't think I've ever been to Rochdale before. I presume it's another of those Norvern dark and dank satanic mill towns - so we're going to need some decent pub recommendations.

 

Anyone?

 

G.

[Mucky Duck]

I will seriously try to make this one. It's about time I visited my old stomping ground of the late '70s??¦ when my Oulder Hill school was in the town centre and the infamous Yates's Wine Lodge was still around ??“ strange that I can't even remember the names of any of the decent pubs! I would imagine too, that most of them old mills will have been pulled down by now.

[Andy C]

Oh no, not gas!

 

I'm looking forward to this show. I don't think I've ever been to Rochdale before. I presume it's another of those Norvern dark and dank satanic mill towns - so we're going to need some decent pub recommendations.

 

Anyone?

 

G.

 

Grahame

 

I can thoroughly recommend the Cemetery Inn on Bury Road ( I kid you not). Its about 5 mins walk from the show (at the corner of Bury Rd and Sandy lane) and has a fair selection of real ales to choose from, all well kept.

[70000 Britannia]

Always a good show - some excellent stuff on the list.

[Leander]

Bad news on New Years Eve was that Jonathan Clay (Transport Artist) won't be able to make the show because of family commitments. Jonathan's been exhibiting at Rochdale for a good few years now, maybe ever since the move into Oulder Hill Sports Centre so will be missed this year.

 

As the halls were both 'a bit tight' for space, it looks as though we'll be moving the Gordon Coltas Photographic Trust into the Main Hall from the Gym to give a bit more room in there. I'm afraid the Exhibition Management team were a little over-enthusiastic with their booking policy so much so that we've had to cascade several projected layouts from 2010 into the 2011/2012 shows' line-ups.

 

Who said that there was a shortage of quality exhibition layouts out there?

[Leander]

The plans of the Halls are now finalised and the Exhibition Guide is approaching completion.

 

Less than three weeks to go now.

[Leander]

The Exhibition Guide is now finished apart from a trial print and then proof-reading. I just don't spot typos on the screen - occasionally see them on the printed page and infrequently on the printed page when it's my own work!

 

We give (not sell) a Guide to each group of visitors coming into the show so that hopefully the costs of production will be covered by the admission charge and a small amount of revenue generated by adverts. It'll be a 12 pager this year (A5 size) and will include Hall Plans, together with trackplans of most of the layouts; as well as the usual layout descriptions and lists of trade, demonstration and society stands.

[Leander]

The Hall Plans (& exhibition stands) should be attached.

Hall Plan.doc

[Andy C]

Its certainly attracting attention from all over the place - someone from the Ivory Coast spent a fair bit of time on the web site looking at the exhibition pages this week!