Category Archives: The trade

A second batch of photos from the excellent York show, this time without all my potificating! North 9th Street Terminal (P87 – HO but scale track and wheels, like P4.) Beijao, Chinese HO, and always brilliant.  The street scenes in … Continue reading →

Our ESNG northern outpost, Paul Rowlatt went to the York Easter show.  I went many years ago and would love to go back, but it’s not worked out – not least this year as I was leading our Easter services … Continue reading →

Before I post pictures from “up t’ north” with Dave’s north-east holiday, and Paul’s visit to the York Easter weekend exhibition…..  Here are a couple of videos of NCI modular layouts. The first is the ‘official’ NCI video of last … Continue reading →

Little trains today.  Just a few layouts that caught my eye from all Allan’s photos.  Typically, I’ll start with a little N gauge layout, Settrington.  Based on part of the Yorkshire Wolds railway, this line shows that you don’t need … Continue reading →

Allan had a long trip last weekend to help Nigel from West Sussex at the Shildon exhibition. After a long journey up to Locomotion NRM Museum at Shildon. We are already to go for this morning. Stand could not be … Continue reading →

The last selection of layouts from the show. I’ve still got pictures of 19 layouts, but I’ll just post my preferred selection.   Starting with an industrial interlude.  Fen End Pit (16mm NG) is well travelled, but I always enjoy the … Continue reading →

I think that I may get four posts from this show – there was such a good number of fine layouts to see. It’s interesting to see people’s reactions in the forums. Some thought it quite average – just shows … Continue reading →

We’ll start today with a couple of very large, and actually quite old, layouts.  Like Copenhagen Fields, these things take time to mature, and occasionally need a refresh.  Bournemouth West (OO) spent some time off the exhibition circuit, changing ownership … Continue reading →

Once again, it was Ally Pally time.  I do like the venue, and I had a complementary ticket for being a member of World of Railways.  Even better, I arranged to visit with my old work colleague, Malcolm.  That made … Continue reading →

I didn’t get to this one, but Allan did and sent me some photos.  Descriptions (where available) are from the Berkshire Bagladdies website. T-Track Modular layout Red Rock is a US based layout set somewhere in rural Oregon Forest Park, … Continue reading →