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Browsing this topic again, it occurred to me to wonder, just who inspired the builders of our inspirations. I reckon, if you could follow the line back, two names would stand out right at the beginning: Edward Beal and John Ahern. Any other thoughts?

Like many others here, I'd find it difficult to name just three layouts, but of those I first heard/read of way back when I first started, my main inspirations to 'get modelling' were probably Craig & Mertonford, Charford and Berrow, all from the pages of the Railway Modeller. Since then, there have been so many layouts that have, one way or another, inspired me. But those are the ones that I first think of, even now!!