Model Railway Exhibition 2010 Pt 6

The 33rd model railway exhibition by the Mid Essex Model Railway Club on the 18th Sept 2010 at Shenfield High School.

Exhibiter 29 is "Widnes Road" by Paul Smith in 4mm scale.
"A finescale DCC layout, set in the North-West during the mid 1980's.
Although a fictional scene, the concept is based on a small fuelling point, shed & small P-Way yard.
Built to serve an off-scene marshalling yard for Runcorn & Widnes industrial complexes including ICI chemical works: inspired by visits to Warrington Bank Quay in the late 80's & 90's.
The layout features scale length hand-built C&L turnouts & trackwork, with extensive use of model lighting.
Stock is typically from the early 80's up to the introduction of 'large logo' blue & much is either resprayed or weathered; detailed & all stock is Kadee fitted."

Exhibiter 30 is "Horsted Keynes" by Alan Brewster in N gauge.
"A junction station on the line originally built from Lewes to East Grinstead, operated from 1882 by LBSCR up to 1923 when it became part of the Southern Railway.
In 1948 it along with the rest of the UK was nationalised to become part of British Railways.
Taking 10 years to build, the layout represents life in the 1950's & the atmosphere of that part of Southern England.
The station now forms part of the Bluebell Railway.
Stock is being developed to give a more accurate collection of that run on the line during the time modelled.
Special trains run as part of the operations, depicting the latter days of the line before final closure to steam on 15th March 1958.
However, the electric services via Ardingly & Haywards Heath continued until October 1963."

Exhibiter 32 is "Stepney Down" by Owen Hayward in OO gauge.
"Owen started the layout in late 2007, when he was 14, with construction lasting until around March 2009.
The layout is the terminus of a preserved line, set deep in the countryside rather than a town or a city.
Being a preserved railway allows a vast variety of locomotives & rolling stock to be made use of - including Thomas & Friends.
Of the 5 baseboards 3 form the scenic - on show - sections, with others holding the fiddle yard.
Please do not hesitate to ask questions (StepneyDown), as this is my first attempt at a model railway.
I hope that it will inspire others to see what they could achieve."

Exhibiter 34 is "Holmhurst" by Ipswich RMA in O gauge.
"Holmhurst was originally built & exhibited as a GWR branchline terminus in post WW2 period (pre nationalisation), by a former IRMA chairman.
The layout was subsequently donated to IRMA, where it is now operated as a preserved line.
A fictitious layout, but incorporating all the key elements of a small GWR branch terminus, including station with bay platform, small goods shed & loco shed.
The actual position of buildings etc was determined to allow the layout to pack in a minimum space.
Trackwork is based standard Peco points & track, with electric point motor operation & standard analogue control.
The layout is now operate as a preserved line (hence modern cars & people), allowing club members to show the wide variety of stock they have.
To add a bit more variety for operators & the public we do run a number of specials, including brake van rides & freight demos, as well as the more normal passenger shuttles."

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[MrMuddshovel]

Nice , what do you use to control the turnouts ?

[TimBrown59]

@MrMuddshovel You would need to contact the makers of the layouts, some of them do have YouTube accounts, I know little about the technical side of modelling.

[CHR652]

In which scale was this in?

[TimBrown59]

@CHR652 Depends what bit you are reffering to?

I know little about model railways & copied the notes from the programme, which explains each exhibit, so see notes above attached to the video, hopefully that has the info you want.

[CHR652]

@TimBrown59

Oh! So you mean each layout was in different scales?

[TimBrown59]

@CHR652 Yes!

[MrComedy01]

OMG! I saw the Hornsted Keynes layout in the Railway Moddeler August 2009 magazine!

[TimBrown59]

@loghead19 Thanks!

[loghead19]

nice :D

[TimBrown59]

@StepneyDown Yes a lot of my filming is about happy accidents, trying to catch things as they happen.

Just have to hope the smaller children don't make a grab for him!