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Wigan Model Railway Exhibition Robin Park Arena & Sports Centre Loire Drive Wigan WN5 0UH Saturday 10th December 2011 - 10am until 5.30pm Sunday 11th December 2011 - 10am until 4.30 Adult entry cost - £10 including exhibition guide Accompanied children free of charge We are still in the same venue and the same two halls as last year, which are flat and easily accessible for wheelchairs, mobility scooters & prams. We now have an Exhibition of 31,000 square feet, this has enabled us to alleviate the problem of overcrowding and equally important we have a Coffee Shop / Refreshment Area within the larger LTA Hall. The Licensed Bar serving hot food will still be available in Cafe Life (formally Champions Bar), this has been totally refurbished and now has seating and tables for 60 people. 38 layouts 1. Abhainn an Scail/Annascaul OOn3 Light Railway in S.W.Ireland by Stephen P Titmuss from Oldham. 16’6”x1’6 2. Barmouth Bridge O Barmouth Bridge in North Wales from 1911 to 2000 by Barrie Kelsall of Shrewsbury.46’x3’ BRM Sept 2000 3. Burntisland 1883 P4 North British Railway in 1883 by the East of Scotland 4mm Group 32’6”x12’8” 4. Carreg Lwyd Wharf OO9 Welsh Narrow Gauge by Roy Fair of the OO9 Society. 12’x2’ 5. Cripps Bottom Yard OO BR/ex LMS by Keith Armitage of Seaham Co Durham. 18’6”x2’6” RM 6. Crumley & Little Wickhill OO9 Narrow Gauge Railway in Lancs/Yorks 1930 by Hull MRS. 12’x12’ 7. Eaton Gomery Cambria Railway 1908 by Peter Thomas Wigan Finescale Railway Modellers BRM 44’x1’6” 8. East Lynn & Nunstanton S GER [exM&GN] North West Norfolk 1890’s by Trevor Nunn. 31’8”x6’ BRM 9. East Rode TT BR North West England in 1950/1960 by Macclesfield MRG 12’x6’7” 10. Engdorf [Engertalbahn] O DB Germany 1969/1970 by Peter Wurcbacher & the Norton Cross MRG 20’x2’ 11. Foston Mills O North Holdness Light Rly, East Yorkshire 1950’s by John Buck & David Rees. 26’x3’ RM Jan 2008 12. Gardiner Junction N BR 1955/60 North West England by Ian F Wheelock from St Helens. 8’6”x6’6” 13. Gifford Street O BR/LMR 1960 John Emerson & the 127 Group 46’x10’. BRM various articles 2008/2009 14. Grathwaite OO BR 1970/80’s DCC Sound 1st Show by Graeme Marriott of Cumbria. 20’6”x8’6” 15. Guisborough in Preservation OO NE Terminus by David Lloyd of North Yorkshire. 24’x2’8” RM Oct & Nov 2009 16. Hospital Gates O Private Light Rly by Neil Ripley & the East Riding Finescale Group 20’x2’6” BRM 17. Iron Street, Board Mills EM Industrial Mill Scene in Lancs 1959 by Andrew Wright 4’7”x1’4” 18. Kepier Colliery OO NCB Colliery in Co Durham by John R Cook 18’x2’ BRM 19. Kingsfield OO Oxfordshire in 1958/1965 by Barnhill MRC RM 2005 layout of the year & Hornby Dec 2009 20. Langholm N BR [ex NBR] Scotland 1950’s by Dr Stephen Fairlie from Newcastle-upon-Tyne 14’x2’ 21. LNWR Steam Shed 1901 OO “The Premier Line” by Roger Stapleton of Washington Tyne & Wear. 12’x8’ RM Sept 2003 22. Loch Oran N West Highland Line by David Harrison of Bridlington East Yorkshire 16’x6’ RM Dec 2009 23. Marsh Chipping N BR [WR] in the Cotswolds by David Westwood of Leicester. 11’x3’ 24. Millwall Goods & Arnold Lane O London Docks Circa 1910 by Peter A Thompson of Somerset RM 25. New Mills OO WCML 1960’s by Francis Gomme of Princes Risborough 36’x8’ BRM 26. Murrayville Yard HO USA near Chicargo in the 1970’s by Pontefract & Normanton RMS 20’6”x3’6” 27. North of England Line N Steam & Early Diesel by Scarborough & District RMC 18’x4’ Hornby March 2010 28. Oldham King Street Parcels O BR DCC North Manchester 1960/70’s by David Hampson/Keith Harrison 20’x2’ 29. Otterbridge EM Southern Rly 1930’s by Peter Bailey of Havant Hampshire 14’x2’ 30. Pempoul French Meter Gauge Reseau Breton in the early 1960’s by Gordon & Maggie Gravett CM & MRJ 20’x10 31. Poole-in-Wharfedale OO BR Wharf Valley Yorkshire in 1950/55 [ex MR & NER Line] by Harvey Whitmore 16’x6’6” BRM 32. Purbeck OO9 Isle of Purbeck Ball Clay Lines by John Thorne of Dorset 11’x1’8” RM Oct & Nov 2008 33. Purgatory Peak On30 USA Mining in the 1930 by Shaun Horrocks & Macclesfield MRG 27’x9’ 34. Rea Bridge OO9 Scotland 1910/25 by Ted Polet of The Netherlands 10’2”x3’4” CM 35. Striven EM Lancs & Yorks LMS in the 1930’s by Val & Colin Ashby 13’6”x10’ RM Nov/Dec 2010 36. Tetfield-under-Bolt N BR 1958/62 [WR] by Bob Rowlands of Liverpool 10’x1’ RM late 2011 37. Torcy [sud] HO Haute Normandie SNCF by John & Peter Smith of Birmingham 22’6”x2’ 38. Untermutten HOm Switzerland in 1989 by Dave Howsam of Manchester (All images copyright and courtesy of Tony Wright and British Railway Modelling) 52 Traders 1. A1 Models, Doncaster 2. Bachmann Europe Plc. 3. B. H. Enterprises, Birmingham 4. Bill Hudson Transport Books, Matlock 5. Black Cat Baseboards, Hull [new to Wigan in 2011] 6. Booklaw, Nottingham 7. British Railway Modelling, Lincolnshire 8. Buzz Models, Birmingham 9. Ceynix Railway Trees, Northolt [new to Wigan in 2011] 10. Cheltenham Model Centre, Cheltenham 11. Churchward Models, Birmingham 12. C & L Finescale (new to Wigan in 2011) 13. Comet Models, Herefordshire 14. Contikits, Tyne & Wear 15. D & E Videos, Leeds 16. D.C Kits, Leeds 17. Darlington Railway Modelling, Co Durham [new to Wigan in 2011] 18. Dean Sidings, Gloustershire 19. Digitrains, Lincoln (new to Wigan in 2011) 20. Eileen’s Emporium, 21. Exactoscale Ltd, Essex 22. Flangeway Models, Kidderminster 23. Footplate Models, Kidderminster 24. Going Loco, Wakefield 25. Green Scene, Worcester 26. Grimey Times, Warrington, 9new to Wigan in 2011) 27. Hobby Holidays, Doncaster 28. Invertrain Model Railways, Dunfermline, Scotland 29. Judith Edge Kits, Barnsley 30. Kytes Lights, Bognor Regis 31. Layouts4U, Cambridgeshire 32. London Road Models, Watford 33. M & B Models, Nottingham 34. Modelex, Birmingham 35. Nairnshire Modelling Supplies, Nairn, Scotland 36. P & H Models, Lincolnshire 37. Parkside Dundas, Fife, Scotland 38. Penketh Model Rail Centre, Warrington 39. Plus Daughters, Essex 40. Realtrack Models, Leeds 41. Roger Carpenter (Photographs), Birmingham 42. Rural Railways, Shropshire [new to Wigan in 2011] 43. Santona Publications, Nottingham 44. Shawplan Model Products, Nottingham 45. Stevenson Carriages, Chesterfield, (new to Wigan in 201) 46. Syktrex, Loughborough 47. Ten Commandments, Fife, Scotland 48. The P4 Track Co, Essex 49. TMS Models, Manchester 50. Todmorden Model Supplies, Lancashire 51. Wiganfrm Sales Stand 52. ZTC Controls (2009) Ltd, Somerset