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This is the final layout to be featured: West End Drift An EM Gauge Model Railway Winner of the EMGS Chairman’s Challenge 2022 This layout was built to use the new ready to lay track and points introduced by the EM Gauge Society recently. It was awarded the above trophy at EXPO EM held in Bracknell in May 2022. It features a small drift mine colliery with a working loading screen facility under which trains of hopper wagons are filled before despatch to the main line exchange sidings. There is also a narrow gauge section which emerges from the drift entrance. The period portrayed is from 1950 to 1970 with both steam and diesel traction in use.

Today's featured layout was to be 'Wepre Park', however yesterday I received word from owner Ken Gibbons that he is forced to withdraw it, due to resons completely beyond his control. With time being so short before the expo, we are not replacing 'Wepre Park' with another layout. However John Phillips has accepted the invitation to step into the breach. John will be demonstrating the buildings and structures being constructed for his EM layout of Doncaster. We thank John for helping out at such short notice.

Sheepcroft by Stu Davies (EM) This is a first attempt at building an EM layout, as well as being an example of what can be done with limited space and resources. Whilst the plain track is by C+L the points are handbuilt using bullhead rail and copperclad sleepers, with cosmetic chairs added. The templates used to build them were created by using Templot. Point operation is by wire rod operated by a microswitch which also controls frog polarity. Control is DCC with a ROCO Multimaus the primary controller. The layout doesn’t require much stock, which is largely modified RTR plus some kit-built. It can be happily operated with a loco, brake van and a handful of wagons. The stock uses 3-link couplings, so if the operators are looking a bit stressed, please bear with them! A freight only line, it is set in the south west with stock mainly from the late 60s/early 70s and is very loosely based on a real location.

Minimis 4mm scale: EM gauge Peter Fletcher This compact layout represents part of a fictitious engineering company, the site of which extends well beyond the side and rear of this small corner of its northern works. It was designed for simplicity, using the Peco 18.2 mm gauge track commissioned by the EM Gauge Society, but with the additional intent of tempting others to ‘have a go’ at building a small layout of their own in EM gauge. There are no points; instead, route selection is made via a pivoted sector plate that accommodates a small tank locomotive and two wagons. A slightly larger sector plate, that overhangs the footprint of the layout, can be substituted for the occasional use of a Type 2 diesel locomotive. The more usual motive power, however, is drawn from an industrial lank locomotive, two Sentinel Class Y shunters and a Class J72 tank. The structures are deliberately intended to overshadow the railway so that the track fits unobtrusively within the scene. All were built from plywood and embossed plastic card, with each component brought close to completion before the parts were assembled like a large kit. One of the four tracks is hidden, allowing trains to have an origin or a destination in a very limited space. The layout was constructed for analogue control, but digital can be substituted simply by changing the controller and turning on all nine of the sector switches.

Kyle of Macallan Locomotive Shed Adrian Walby Welcome to the locomotive shed at Kyle of Macallan, somewhere in the North West Highlands of Scotland in September 1966 and steam has been gone from the area since June 1962. Where the steam locomotives were once serviced, diesels now rest between duties though not for long as the writing is on the wall for the somewhat derelict shed. The layout is based on but is not an exact copy of the shed at Kyle of Lochalsh and coincidentally the shed lost its roof in a fire shortly after the end of steam, remarkably similar to events at Kyle of Lochalsh. The layout is built to 4mm:ft scale EM gauge and is DCC controlled. The locomotives are r-t-r models converted to EM gauge and all are sound fitted.

Hope-under-Dinmore South Hants Model Railway Club In 1862 the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway was jointly leased by the London & North Western Railway (LNWR), the Great Western Railway (GWR) and the West Midland Railway (WMR). By 1871 the WMR had amalgamated with the GWR, so the LNWR and the GWR jointly acquired the Shrewsbury & Hereford line. In 1887 the traffic levels on the line were increased by the opening of the Severn Tunnel and in May 1892, the conversion of the broad gauge lines to standard gauge to the west of Exeter meant even longer distance through services on the line. A station was built to the south of Dinmore tunnel, Dinmore, which was closed in 1958. The layout is based on a fictitious station that is assumed to be at the north end of the tunnel, close to the village of Hope-under-Dinmore. Track is to EM gauge (18.2mm) using a mixture of C&L plain track and hand built turnouts. Turnouts are operated by “Tortoise” point motors. Signals are based on LNWR design and are operated by “The Bouncer” system which utilises programmed model aircraft servos. There are two signal boxes that are based on the signal box at Leominster. The station building is a mirror image of that at Dinmore that still exists as a private house. The layout is set in the pre-grouping period 1904 to 1920. Trains are operated to a schedule and are a mixture of LNWR and GWR.

Grimesthorpe (for Attercliffe) - EM (18mm gauge) Tony Gee It has been a while since I built an exhibition layout but I was prompted into producing another one when I came into possession of a number of superb carriages and wagons, which belonged to the late Sid Stubbs. He and his colleagues at Manchester Model Railway Society developed their own set of standards way back in the 1940s, which are quite a bit finer than what have become the norm in EMin recent times. The layout is set in the Sheffield area. The real Sheffield District Railway was a branch from the LD&ECR and joined the Midland line at Grimesthorpe Junction. It ended in a goods facility at nearby Attercliffe. They intended to build a passenger station and had started work but then they were granted running powers into Sheffield Midland and it was abandoned. In my world, that didn’t happen and the station was completed. The layout will run a mix of MR and GCR services, as the real line did just after the GCR took over the former LD&ECR. Much remains to be done and the layout is very much a ‘work in progress’ but it is advanced enough to allow me to showcase the work of Sid Stubbs, and to demonstrate the practicalities of using the original 18mm EM gauge.

Dewsbury – Great Northern Railway Presented by Geoff Tiffany, Brian Eves and David Carter The Great Northern Railway reached the small West Riding town of Dewsbury in 1874 and constructed a large goods yard and a single platform passenger terminus at Railway Street before extending the line through a new passenger station and on to Batley in 1880 and it is this station and its environs that we have chosen to model. The layout is to scale, emerging from Leeds Road tunnel, running either side of the island platform, over Crackenedge Lane and exiting into Batley Carr tunnel. A tighter than prototype curve at the Batley end is the only compromise from the prototype. The GN passenger service consisted of local trains between Wakefield Kirkgate and Bradford and a Leeds Central to Leeds Central ‘circular’ service. Bradford portions of Leeds/Bradford to London expresses also called at Dewsbury before combining at Wakefield Westgate. There was also an L&Y Bradford to Barnsley service that ran under L&Y powers. Goods trains consist of mainly ‘trip’ workings between Wrenthope yard and Batley and/or Laisterdyke. We assume that the small station goods yard catered for the nearby fruit and vegetable market located (unmodelled) opposite the Station Hotel as well as traffic for the end loading dock and coal for the station coal shed.

Chatsworth Road - A P4 layout by Allan Atherley set in the late 60s early 70s. Inspiration for this layout came from Bill Hudson’s book ‘Through Limestone Hills’ where I found photos, detailed drawings of buildings and a track plan of Rowsley. I was looking to build a terminus layout and as a former member of the Scalefour North organising Team it had to be P4. The original station and goods yard was chosen, although this was to become just a goods depot in real life. The track plan was designed using Templot and printed out onto A3 paper. The length of the layout was determined by the length of my shed and more importantly the length of the loop around the goods shed using a minimum of 5ft radius curves. This meant that a couple of sidings were omitted as was the point work that reduced the remaining sidings to the two lines that went under the bridge carrying the A6. Because of these changes I really couldn’t name the layout Rowsley. Construction began when a good friend and superb modeler Martin Smith built two baseboards for me each being 1.1m in length. This is my third 4mm layout, two in EM and this one and I have used steel rail, Exactoscale or C&L chairs and plywood sleepers from the Scalefour Society on all three. The track was laid in situ directly onto the plywood top and ballasted with Woodland Scenics material. An NCE DCC system is installed together with Tortoise point motors. The stock is mainly ready to run with P4 wheelsets. Lead has been added to the wagons to give better running and the locos fitted with sound chips and weathered with an air brush and weathering powders. The station building is listed and extant, being used as a charity shop when I last visited, forming part of a modern single story shopping development. The original railway staff houses opposite the station are occupied. All other railway buildings have been demolished, there being no trace of the bridge carrying the A6. The station building and the half relief houses were drawn and laser cut for me by Gavin at Stoneybridge Structures. He was able to scale the stonework from various photos I had taken and so produce accurate models. All remaining buildings were scratch built by me to the plans in Bill’s book. The typical Derbyshire bridge was scratch built from ply and covered with Slaters stonework. The stone loading shed, which is based on the one which was located at Sproxton near Grantham is constructed of Wills Corrugated Sheet with brass supports and provides a screen blocker which allows operators to load stone off scene.

We'll feature all the layouts appearing at expoEM summer over the few days, including colour photos where they're available. The expo Guide will be in monochrome. The first layout to be featured is our Guest from Paul Greene of the S Scale Society. Blakey Rigg – S Scale (1:64, 3/16”2o the foot) Paul Greene Blakey Rigg (or ridge) was between Rosedale and Farndale and was the site of Blakey Junction high up on the North Yorkshire Moors on the Rosedale Branch of the North Eastern Railway. The branch reached the tops via an incline and was built to transport the considerable quantities of ironstone mined there and move it down for smelting in Teesside into iron and steel. The busy junction saw branches going off to the East and West sides of Rosedale plus another branch into Farndale. On my layout in S Scale, it is assumed that the Farndale branch brought in both ironstone and potash. Together with the Rosedale Ironstone, the Junction was a busy but isolated and windswept place. Please do not hesitate if you want to ask questions about the layout, prototype or S Scale. Blakey Rigg (or ridge) was between Rosedale and Farndale and was the site of Blakey Junction high up on the North Yorkshire Moors on the Rosedale Branch of the North Eastern Railway. The branch reached the tops via an incline and was built to transport the considerable quantities of ironstone mined there and move it down for smelting in Teesside into iron and steel. The busy junction saw branches going off to the East and West sides of Rosedale plus another branch into Farndale. On my layout in S Scale, it is assumed that the Farndale branch brought in both ironstone and potash. Together with the Rosedale Ironstone, the Junction was a busy but isolated and windswept place.

The bus services have been amended to include the up-to-date information regarding the services running on expo weekend (see Post #1).

Unfortunately, CM3 Models have decided to withdraw from the expo. Post #1 amended accordingly.

Sat 19th - Sun 20th August 2023 Kettlethorpe High School, Standbridge Lane, Sandal, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF2 7EL OPENING TIMES: SAT 10.30am to 5pm, SUN 10am to 4pm ADMISSION: Adults £11.00 The flagship event of the EM Gauge Society in the north of England will take place at its now established venue of Kettlethorpe High School, near Wakefield. On display will be at ten finescale layouts representing the best in 4mm scale railway modelling. As usual the EMGS Trade Officer will be there with the stand, however he will not be able to bring all the items stocked because of transport Logistics. He will be happy to bring along any pre-ordered items for payment on the day, BUT these must be ordered with a deadline to reach him by 7 days prior to the show. He is able to take cash, cheques and cards as payment at the show. The EMGS Membership Secretary will be in attendance ready to take early cash subscripons for 2023/24. Adjacent to his stand will be Steve Young ready to sell you EMGS badged polo shirts, sweatshirts and aprons. Each purchaser will receive an EMGS china mugs (While stocks last). Admission Prices (Valid for both days): 2-Day visitor ticket - £11.00 EMGS Members - £9.00 Layouts Attending : Blakey Rigg - Paul Greene (S Scale - Guest Layout) - NER Rosedale Branch Chatsworth Road - Allan Atherley (S4) - BR(LMR) Derbyshire - Late 1960s/early 1970s Dewsbury G.N.R. - Geoff Tiffany, David Carter & Brian Eves (S4) - Gn/LNER/BR (NER) - 1880-1965 Kyle of Macallan Locomotive Shed - Adrian Walby (EM) - BR (SCR) - September 1966 Grimesthorpe (for Attercliffe) - Tony Gee (EM/18mm Gauge) Sheffield District Railway - 1908 Hope-under-Dinmore - South Hants Model Railway Club (EM) - LNWR and GWR Joint - 1904 to 1920 Minimis - Peter Fletcher (EM) - Industrial - Late 1950s/early 1960s Sheepcroft - Stu Davies (EM) - BR(WR) - Late 1960s/early 1970s Wepre Park - Ken Gibbons (EM) - BR(LMR) - Mid 1960s West End Drift - Graham Hudson (EM) - Industrial (Colliery) - 1950 to 1970 Traders Attending: 247 Developments Alan Gibson Model Railway Products Bill Hudson Transport Books Brassmasters CSP Models Dave Bradwell Kits in 4mm Scale EBMA Hobby & Craft High Level Kits London Road Models Nick Tozer Railway Books Pre-Grouping Railways Squires Model & Craft Tools. Stoneybridge Structures & Model Sounds Demonstrations : Timara Easter - Weathering and Conversions Vernon Harrod - Kit and Scratch-Built Coaches and Other Rolling Stock Pete Hill - Converting R-T-R and Scratchbuilding Locomotives John James - Split Chassis Loco Construction Geoff Kent - Modelling Using Plastikard Mick Moore - Scratchbuilding Wagons & Wagon Loads John Phillips – Progress and other developments on his Doncaster layout Peter Sutherland - Building Plastic Coaches Specialist Society Stands : Cumbrian Railway Association North Eastern Railway Association Great Central Railway Society Great Northern Railway Society Signalling Record Society S Scale Society Catering: For your convenience we will have a range of tasty sandwiches, freshly made by Hidden Gem Catering, available for visitors to purchase at lunchtime on both days. Teas and coffees, plus soft drinks will also be on sale In addition there are also catering facilities at the nearby Asda superstore (with café) and a number of small restaurants, including Square Pizza, Rinaldi Restaurant, Pagoda Cantonese, and Mumbai Boss. The Walnut Tree pub a short distance along Standbridge Lane serves food. Alternatively you could bring your own lunch, seating will be provided. Getting there: Public Transport Bus times for services from Wakefield Bus Station on the weekend of 19th & 20th August 2023 (updated 04.08.23) Arriva Yorkshire Service 106 Wakefield-Hall Green https://bustimes.org/services/106-hall-green-wakefield Saturdays: Wakefield Bus Station Stand 11 Departs every 15 minutes at 00, 15, 30 and 45 minutes past the hour. Alight at Bus Stop: “Kettlethorpe, at High School”. Return from Bus Stop: “Kettlethorpe High School Stop K1” at 04, 19, 34 and 49 minutes past the hour. Sundays: Wakefield Bus Station Stand 11 Departs every half hour at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour. Alight at Bus Stop: “Kettlethorpe, at High School”. Return from Bus Stop: “Kettlethorpe High School Stop K1” at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour Arriva Yorkshire Service 107 Wakefield-Kettlethorpe https://bustimes.org/services/107-wakefield-Kettlethorpe Saturdays (only): Wakefield Bus Station Stand 17 Departs hourly, on the hour. Alight at Bus Stop: “Kettlethorpe High School Stand K1”. Return from Bus Stop: “Kettlethorpe, at High School” at 32 minutes past the hour. Note there are no fewer than three Bus Stops in the vicinity of Kettlethorpe High School, so it would be advisable in particular for your return journey to check that you have the correct one. The nearest railway station is Sandal & Agbrigg (Northern Rail) followed by a short walk to Barnsley Road, then take the bus service 106 to Kettlethorpe High School. Failing that it’s about a 30 minute walk to the school. It would be wise to check with both Arriva for the buses and Northern Rail for the trains, as weekends often means route maintenance work resulting in reduced or diverted services. Travel by car Satnav: WF2 7EL. The venue is with easy reach of the M1 (Junction 39). Follow the A636 towards Wakefield for about ¾ of a mile then turn right into Asdale Road, A6186. At the roundabout by the entrance to Asda’s carpark turn right into Standbridge Road. From Wakefield follow the A636 signposted to the M1 and on reaching the A6186 turn left and follow the directions above. The entrance to expoEM will be on your left. There should be adequate parking on the sports centre site, which is on the right hand side of, and opposite the school. Cross Standbridge Lane by means of the traffic light controlled crossing and enter the school through the pedestrian gate. If parking here is not available, there is plenty of on-road parking in the vicinity of the school, but we would ask that you respect driveways to private houses if parking there. Disabled parking is available on the school site amd access should not pose problems as there are no stairs to negotiate. Assistance, if required, is available upon request at the entrance to expoEM. Contact: Email: exponorth@emgs.org Website: www.emgs.org N.B. Information correct at time of preparation, all exhibits subject to final confirmation.

Hi Keith, we continue to have running (or operating days), in fact, the latest was today in almost tropical conditions. About five hours of the timetable were run in almost 'even time', covering the middle of the day. Scenically the railway hasn't developed any further but operationally it continues to evolve and become more refined. The role of 'Control' in particular has been better defined and the drivers' 'tickets' which specify which trains they are to work has been formalised and is now much less 'ad hoc' than it was previously. TheLaird is planning changes to the approach tracks and junctions on the approaches to and from the 'north' fiddle yard, both in the light of operating experience gained over the past few years, and to facilitate the changed demands which are envisaged when we 'roll back the clock' from 1962 to 1958. Karl Crowther has almost finished building two Mike Edge LMS 3MT 2-6-2Ts for members of the group. These will become 'signature' locos in handling the loal passenger traffic, in company with the existing 2-6-4Ts. We've discovered that we won't be able to bid farewell to the DMUs completely however.We're also awaiting the return to the layout of several LMS 4-6-0s which are receiving the 'Timara treatment'. Visitors are permitted but strictly on an invitation only basis. I suggest PM'ing John (TheLaird) if you are seriously interested in paying a visit, but if accepted as this would most likely be on a running day, be prepared to roll your sleeves up, get stuck in, and learn. Pete

You can always get to expoEM Summer, 19th & 20th August in Wakefield at Kettlethorpe High School.

Thank you gentlemen, Post #1 has been amended accordingly, though Mike King was already on the list Graham.

It is southbound and has just passed the site of of Cotes Park Colliery. It has also recently exited Alfreton Tunnel, and the Goods lines formerly occupied the space to the right of the Class 31 and its train.

We were taught 'Right, Left and Right again' before the squirrel came onto the scene.

So you can tick it off your list, here are a few examples of Pacifics converted to EM gauge by Karl Crowther (A3) and Timara Easter (the Standard 4-6-2s), for use on Leeds City North.

The EMGS Membership Secretary will be at theYork show this coming weekend. There isn't an actual EMGS Area Group based in Sheffield, the nearest on that side of the Pennines is Leeds/Harrogate. Peter

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That would have been Len Arnold, Tony. He scratch built exquisite 0 gauge locos, several of which won awards at the Manchester model railway exhibition; an ex-LNWR 8" Goods (Cauliflower) spring to mind immediately. Len was also a member of the West Lancs O gauge group. His locos were in a different class to Ken Longbottom's, which were also scratchbuilt but very much 'layout locos', in the parlance of this thread. I distinctly recall the the patina of dust and spider droppings which gave a rather natural weathering effect to the layout, and its locos and stock. I was fortunate enough to visit and to operate various boxes on the regular Friday evening running sessions when I was living at Broughton (near Chester) in the late 1970s/early 1980s. My abiding memory is if the all-day operating session which took place on a blazing hot day in 1981, on the day of Charles & Diana's wedding. It was my first encounter with a model railway operated prototypically, using correct signalling, and absolute block. I wish I knew then what I know now, as I regularly help to operate John Elliott's (The Laird on here) Leeds City North at least on one occasion per month, using absolute block between the various signal boxes, and (at the risk of kicking the hornet's nest over again) employing DCC to control the locos. Hence we drive the locos, not the track!

expoEM Spring 2023 A Showcase of the Best in 4mm Railway Modelling The flagship event of the EM Gauge Society will take place over the weekend of May 13th/14th 2023 at the now well-established venue of Bracknell Leisure Centre. On display will be at least eight finescale layouts representing the best in 4mm scale modelling. As usual there will be plenty of opportunity to stock up on modelling supplies with a good range of specialist traders in attendance. In addition there will be a variety of ‘Show you how’ demonstrations and other special interest society stands. There will also be the EM and P4 test track, the EMGS trade stand - selling amongst other things, the Society’s range of EM track and points, in addition to the ever popular members’ second hand sales. Venue: Opening times: Bracknell Leisure Centre Saturday 13th May: 10.30am to 5.30pm Bagshot Road Sunday 14th May: 10.00am to 4.30pm Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 9SE Layouts include: Anglebank (EM) Clee Hill Tramway- Chris Hewitt Canada Street (EM) Dockside 1970's - Peter Johnson Church Warsop (EM) GCR pre-group circa WW1 - Tony Gee Eastwood (P4) LYR circa WW1 - South Hants MRC Hembourne (EM) GWR 1930's - Paul Ash Harkness (EM) Northumberland light railway 1950's - Tony Bucknell Kerrinhead (P4) LYR mid/late 1920's - Gavin Clark Leysdown (P4) SR early 1930's - Adrian Colenutt Oldshaw (EM) BR(WR) mid 1980's - Guy Molyneux, Mike Hale Tom Harwin Pulborough (P4) LBSC set in 1910 - The Depots, Rosedale East (EM) NER pre-group North York Moors Paul & Nicola Gallon Yard No2 (P4) LNWR inter war years - Dave Barrett Trade to include: 247 Developments Alan Gibson Bill Hudson Transport Books Branchlines Brassmasters Cambrian Model Rail Ltd C & L Finescale Track Building Systems Ltd Dart Castings Dingo Servo Mounts EBMA Hobby & Craft High Level Kits Isinglass Models London Road Models Mike King (Southern drawings) Nick Tozer Railway Books Nu-Cast Partners Prickley Pear Products Roger Carpenter Photographs Roxey Mouldings Steam Age Stoneybridge Structures & Model Sounds Wild Swan Books Ltd Harry Flatman (private sales) Demonstrators to include: Vernon Harrod Kit and scratch-built coaches and other rolling stock Geoff Haynes Painting and Lining Peter Hill Converting R-T-R locomotives and scratchbuilding John James Split chassis loco construction Geoff Kent Modelling using Plastikard Peter Sutherland Plastic Coaches Phil Tattershall Bull-head trackwork construction Graeme Vickery Architectural Modelling Visiting Model and Railway Societies: Diesel and Electric Modellers United (DEMU) Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Model Electric Railway Group (MERG) Missenden Railway Modellers Pendon Museum The South Western Circle Location Within easy reach of both the M3 (Junction 3) and M4 (Junction 10). Follow the brown signs for Bracknell Leisure Centre. SAT NAV - RG12 9SE Bracknell Railway Station is ¾ mile away. Free on-site parking, Catering and Level Access Admission Prices (valid for both days) 2-Day visitor ticket £11.00 EMGS Members £9.00 Accompanied children under 16 - FREE Contact Email: expoem@emgs.org Website: www.emgs.org N.B. Information correct at time of preparation; all exhibits subject to final confirmation. MRmagadvert93x1352023 (2).pdf