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See our Smallwood layout at the Stafford Model Railway Exhibition over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd February 2020 at the Stafford Show Ground 

We realised  whilst operated the layout at the Gresg Electric Train Show that having three three way points on the lower section of the layout was causing us reliability issues so in readiness for the next outing to Stafford Show in February we have relayed much of the track work on the lower section to remove the three wah points as the pictures show

Thanks Phil

the layout has created much interest today with many visitors enjoying to be taken back to the 1970's

All the best from the Smallwood team

We are all set up and ready to go at the Great Electric Train Show

Dont forget you can see Smallwood at the Great Electric Train show this weekend - see you there !!

Mike Wild from Hornby Magazine photographed the layout last Thursday evening for a forthcoming article on the layout in the magazine

46th Redditch Model Railway Exhibition with working layout, trade stands and railway modelling demonstrations. The exhibition has the repetition of being a friendly show with good quality layouts and a wide variety of trade support.

A special offer this year if children bring an adult with them they can get in for FREE.
Our prices also include a free guide book. There is free on site parking - by road follow signs for Town Centre and then it is Access one off the town centre ring road
Venue 10 minute walk from the rail and bus stations. Map of route can be download from our web site

All set up at the Pop up show and ready to open at 0900 in the Kingfisher Shopping Centre view shows one of the layouts Arrowmouth that will be on show - see you there

Preparations are well advanced for our Pop Up Model Railway Show this weekend at the Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch town Centre

Work has started preparing the otherwise empty shop unit for the exhibits to arrive  

Door open at 9am on Saturday for this two day event

The Redditch Model Railway Club's model of Chilcompton Station on the former S&D is very much still alive and available for exhibition.

Stock includes many scratch built items including some of the former 7F locomotives that predate the ready to run ones

Details at www.redditch-mrc.com

The Shop was called Linden Studios and was basically a camera shop that also sold model railways. David Brazier who owned the shop was  a founder member of Redditch Model Railway Club back in 1967 but stopped being a Club member in the late 1970's . I understand David passed away a number of years ago

Smallwood will be appearing at the Great Electric Train Show in October at the Milton Keynes Arena  

2nd Pop up Model Railway Show in the Kingfisher Shopping Centre on the 17th and 18th August 2019 in Unit 24 Walford Walk of the Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch town centre

This will be open from 0900 until 1730 on Saturday and 1030 until 1630 on Sunday

This totally free event makes use of an otherwise vacant shop unit in the Kingfisher Shopping Centre and will feature a number of working club layouts including one the visitors can operate. There will also be displays on club activities. As it is a free event there will not be any trade support.

There are plenty of car parks accessed from the ring road for the shopping centre and is right next to the town centre rail and bus stations.

Kingfisher Show Poster.pdf

Thanks for the positive comments on our layout.

The next planned exhibition is the Stafford Exhibition next February

There might be an opportunity to see the layout if all goes to plan in Redditch in August but unfortunately I can safely say we are very unlikely to at an exhibition anywhere near Bogie in Australia

From the Smallwood team - www.redditch-mrc.com

A view down the layout

All set up and ready to go at the Engine House at Highley on the Severn Valley Railway - The layout will be operating on Saturday and Sunday this weekend

See you there !!

Don't forget you can see our Smallwood layout in action at the Open House Event at the Severn Valley Railway over the weekend of the 6th and 7th April

The layout will be in the Engine House at Highley

See you there !!

Link to the SVR web page on the Open House weekend

There is also a few more people in the town

In recent days we have added about 20 Brut trolleys onto our Smallwood layout mainly in the parcel depot  

Hi All,

You will be able to see Lymebrook Yard at the Redditch Model Railway Exhibition - 21st & 22nd September 2019

Details at www.redditch-mrc.com

Thanks Steve for your continued support of our exhibition

Over the Christmas period we have added some safety fencing for the Shunter's cabin and for the fuelling area for DMU's. The laser cut timber fencing has come from the Model Railway Scenery .com range   

We have made use of the free grounded wagon body kit that was included with December edition of the Railway Modeller. Our wagon body has been suitably weathered with a damaged roof and is now next to the signal box at Smallwood 

A few recent views of Smallwood

Thank you Keith we look forward to your continued support of our events 

The 45^th annual Redditch Model Railway Exhibition takes place on 15^th and 16^th September 2018 at the Trinity High School, Grove Street, Redditch Town Centre B98 8HB. The venue is off access one on the Redditch Town Centre Ring Road and is a 15 minutes drive from Junction 2 of the M42. There is a large free car park at the venue. The Town Centre Bus and Rail stations are a 10-15 minute walk. There are three trains an hour directly to/from Birmingham New Street station on Saturday and two an hour on Sunday.

There will be at least 15 working layouts of scales between 7mm and 2mm scales many of which are well known and featured in the model railway press, together with 12 sales stands The show is open from 1000 until 1700 on Saturday and until 1630 on Sunday. Admission prices are Adults £5.50, Children £2 & Senior Citizens £5.and Families (2+2) £14. 

The venue is wheelchair friendly Further information can be found on the web site at www.redditch-mrc.com or email enquiry@redditch-mrc.com

Layouts on show will include:

Brynllwyd - presented by Dave Forshaw, Liverpool MRS 

Welsh narrow gauge layout – 7mm scale

Buckshee - presented by Members of Redditch MRC

4mm Scottish Region layout – 4mm scale

Charlton The Strand - presented by David Boot 

New 4mm Western Region layout– 4mm scale

Eu (Le Treport) Depot - presented by Peter and John Smith

1950's French locomotive depot – 7mm scale

Farmers Drove - presented by Steve Farmer

Modern image layout – 2mm scale

Hounslow Sidings - presented by Ray Norwood

South London in the 1960’s

Morfa Mawr - presented by Ian Sandell

Modern image layout based in Wales – 4mm scale

North of England Line - presented by Scarborough and District Railway Modellers

North east of England based layout – 2mm scale

Oakenshaw - presented by Redditch Model Railway Club 

West Yorkshire in the 1960's – 4mm scale

Smallwood - presented by Redditch Model Railway Club

Modern Image layout based in the 1970’s – 4mm scale

Studley and Astwood Bank by Steve Monk

Layout of the prototype station – 4mm scale

Su and St Paul - presented by Doug Grazier

American modern image HO scale layout – 3.5 mm scale

Trinity Dock Street Bridge - presented by Gavin Rose

Dock yard set in 1939 – 4mm scale

Plus at least one more 7mm scale layout that is so new it has yet to be named