We are pleased that for 2026 we will be showing 22 quality layouts
| 7mm Scale | Wolfe Lowe | The Yard | Bowaters Paper Mill | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Scale | Arcadia | Blakey Rigg | East Lyn | Trowland |
| P4 | Caldershaw | Clarenden & Scrubbs Lane | Eccleston | Pwhelli |
7mm Scale
Wolfe Lowe
Wolfe Lowe is a small terminus station, somewhere in Staffordshire Moorlands and includes a small sandstone quarry and iron ore mine; the latter with a computer-controlled mine train. The era is LMS pre-grouping with Midland, LNW and North Staffordshire stock. Control is DC, with servos operating the points and signals.
Exhibited by Shaun Horrocks & Stephen Moore
The Yard
Built to 7 mm scale, track gauges of 32 mm and 16.5 mm. An entirely freelance industrial type railway, featuring standard and narrow gauge trains fitted with sound, radio controlled gantry crane and lorries. All the buildings are scratch built from MDF, cut on a laser cutter.
Exhibited by Martin Coombs
Bowaters Paper Mill
An O16.5 layout. All buildings are scratch built, all locos are scratch built or modified brass kits, and all rolling stock is 3D printed. Control of locos and turnouts is DCC, and route selection is via a mimic diagram on touchscreens, phones or tablets.
Exhibited by St Neots MRC
S Scale - 1:64 (3/16" to the foot)
Arcadia
Arcadia is fictitious but inspired by the 1900 Rother Valley Railway, later the KESR. Stock is from parts supplied by the S Scale Society, from etches or 3D prints and with some items scratch built. With the carriage and locomotive sheds accessed from the fiddle yard, the visible section is just over 4 feet.
Exhibited by Richard Barton
Blakey Rigg
Blakey Rigg straddled Rosedale and Farndale and was the site of Blakey Junction high up on the North Yorkshire Moors on the NER’s Rosedale Branch.
Exhibited by Paul Greene, SSMRC
East Lynn
The late Trevor Nunn’s East Lynn and Quayside is making a rare appearance as part of the S Scale MRS’s 80th anniversary. Set in the late Victorian era and located somewhere on the Great Eastern Railway network along the north Norfolk Coast it is largely built from scratch.
Exhibited by Simon Dunkley (S Scale MRS)
Trowland
Trowland is a small corner of the North Norfolk coast at the end of the Nineteenth century modelled in 1/64th scale, commonly called S Scale. Built by the noted S Scale master, Trevor Nunn as a more portable successor to his superb East Lynn and Nunstanton layout, Trowland is now being slowly updated and detailed to demonstrate the possiblities of S in a compact format.
Exhibited by Robert Rayner (S Scale MRS)
P4
Caldershaw
Caldershaw shows an imaginary secondary line, in the north of England in the late 1960s. There is steam and diesel, some passenger and lots of freight, all DCC with sound and lights. There is also a private industrial line in the foreground. All built to P4 standards.
Exhibited by Graham Broad (Carshalton and Sutton MRC)
Clarenden & Scrubbs Lane
The terminus Clarendon was conceived as a spur off the West London line in Edwardian times served by four companies. Scrubbs Lane has carriage sidings, small coal yard, goods loop and exchange sidings with a private line to an off-stage gasworks. The operation of the layout is designed around separate drivers and signalman.
Exhibited by Leamington and Warwick Model Railway Society
Eccleston
The layout is set in the Pre-Grouping period c.1910 when the line would have been busy with frequent passenger services to Preston, Through Goods workings to Lostock Hall and Pilot Goods workings to Croston for Liverpool traffic.
Exhibited by Martin Neald
Pwhelli
Locos and rolling stock are based on prototypes recorded as running on the Cambrian line during the period modelled. These are predominantly RTR models from Bachmann, Dapol, Heljan and Hornby, converted to P4 by replacing the wheels with either Black Beetles or the appropriate Alan Gibson conversion set.
Exhibited by Jonathan Buckie
EM
Grimesthorpe, Exhibited by Tony Gee The layout represents a small terminus set in the outskirts of Sheffield around the year 1907. It is built to the original EM gauge of 18.0mm to give me somewhere to run my collection of carriages and wagons that came from the late Sid Stubbs.
Llawryglyn, Exhibited by Richard Loydall A fictitious (but plausible) station serving Llawryglyn (a real village in rural mid-Wales). My model represents the station at Llawryglyn in the years around 1910 – 12. Passenger services terminated here, while the line continued a further ¾ mile to a lead mine.
Wainthrop Bridge, Exhibited by Simon Howard The layout depicted here is an imaginary single track branchline of the LYR based around the late 1920’s; this gives the excuse to run both L&Y and LMS liveries at the same time.
OO
Greenbooth, Exhibited by Andy Cooper Greenbooth is based upon a proposed L and Y line branching off the Rochdale to Bacup line. Loosely modelled on the industrial exchange sidings at Heap Bridge with an added branch line terminus, the layout strives to capture the Rochdale industrial outskirts in the late 1950s / Early 60s with a mix of textiles and quarrying industry.
Roshven, Exhibited by John Noorani and Joe Marsella A West Highland line worked by RETB where you hear the radio conversations between the driver and the Signalman at Banavie and see the Token shown in the Driving Cab display. Some buildings are models of, or inspired by, originals in Mallaig. The model depicts trains from 1987 to 2003.
Rossiter Rise, Exhibited by Terry Tew Rossiter Rise will be making its final exhibition appearance before retirement and a new private home. Depicting 1950’s Northwest London, LMR DC Line Electrics, LMR push/pull, London Underground Sub-Surface, Tube and Engineering stock can all be seen…as well as the odd visiting interloper!
OO9
Devil's Bridge, Exhibited by Andy Cundick Devils Bridge was the terminus of the Vale of Rheidol Railway. A two foot gauge line running from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge. Built in 1902 it was subsequently owned by the Cambrian in 1913, the Great Western in 1923 and then British Railways in 1948 becoming the last BR operational steam line until sold to the present owners in 1988. The model is built to 009 scale and is modelled to full scale size. The rolling stock being all kit built.
Penorwic Quarry Exhibited by Craig Owen ‘Penorwic’ evokes the rich character of narrow gauge systems that once threaded the great slate quarries of Penrhyn, Dinorwic, and other dramatic North Wales locations - featuring ‘lower’ and ‘upper’ narrow gauge levels, an incline with working winding house, and standard gauge interchange sidings, all housed in a ‘picture frame’ case.
2mmFS
Bath Queen Square Engine Sheds, Exhibited by Jerry Clifford A chance to see Jerry's exquisite 2mm finescale engine sheds before they are permanently placed on his home based layout of Bath Queen Square (aka Bath Green Park). Jerry is also always willing to discuss any questions you have about 2mm FS or modelling generally.
Burnham-on-Sea, Exhibited by John Perrett The model was made (to 2mm finescale standards) and exhibited by the late Denys Brownlee. I'm tidying up above and making some correct rolling stock (a big job!). It is intended to depict the S&DJR scene in the 1920’s – 1930’s and rolling stock is being made to show this. Current stock is mainly kit built or adapted “N” gauge.
N Scale
James Street, Exhibited by Steve Wright James Street is an unusual exhibition layout, with no fiddle yards and all round viewing. N Gauge allows a lot of space for realistic length trains and six stations, so there is always something for exhibition visitors to see. 25 years in the making, it’s worth a watch!