Select the scale that you are interested in - 'EM' '00' 'HO' '009' 'N' 'TT' 'O' & '0-16.5'

These are short descriptions of the layouts, to see more details, including where the layout is next being exhibited, and pictures click on the name of the layout.(please note that pictures are not yet available for all the layouts) If, as an Exhibition Manager, you would like to book more than one of our layouts for your next Show we are often able to reduce the transport costs. Please ask to see what we can do.

('EM')Scale: 4mm/ft. Gauge: 18.2mm top of page

GOX HILL QUARRIES: Owner: Peter Leadley, Size: 16ft x 6ft (4.8m x 1.8m) (size includes operating area), Operators: Four, Transport: Two cars, The layout represents a fictional location somewhere in Oxfordshire served by a branch of the old GWR. A 2ft 3ins narrow gauge line serves a local quarry and the quarried stone is transhiped at Gox Hill. Ref: Railway Modeller September 2005. Hornby Magazine January 2009.

LAPFORD ROAD II: Owner: Ken Gibbons, Size: 14ft x 5ft 6ins (4.2m x 1.45m) (including operator space), Operators: Two, Transport: One car. An 'interpretation' of the real Lapford station in North Devon, set in the BR Blue Period.

PEN-Y-MADOC: Owner: Steve Farrow, Size: 16ft by 2ft (4.8m x 0.6m) (plus operator space), Oporators: Three, Transport: Van hire. A 1938 North Wales might have been, the layout represents the terminus of a branch off the Cambrian Coast line. Ref: Railway Modeller April 2008..

STONE: Owner: Ken Gibbons, Size: 9ft 6ins x 4ft (3m x 1.3m) (including operator space) Operators: Two, Transport: One car. A small 'vignette' of a layout set on the North Devon & Cornwall Junction Railway, normally running in the 1980s but with the facility to wind back the clock to to the late 1960s. The layout is in the style of Col. H F Stevens with the traffic mainly being Ball Clay trains plus some milk and fertiliser traffic.

WINTRINGHAM HAVEN : Owner: Hull MRS, Size: 18ft x 2ft (5.4m x 0.6m) (plus operator space), Operators: Four, Transport: Van hire, The layout represents what might have been if the North Lincolnshire Light Railway had actually been not only built as far as Barton-upon-Humber from Scunthorpe, but had actually survived into the 1980s. Ref: Railway Modeller June 2006.

('00')Scale: 4mm/ft. Gauge: 16.5mm top of page.

BUXTON TMD: Owner: Stephen Fields & Arthur Robson, Size: 16ft by 6ft (4.8m by 1.8m). Operators:Three, Transport: Two cars. A modern image layout based on a station and motive depot area at Buxton in the Peak District.

DRIFFIELD. Owner; Hull MRS. Size: 24ft x 10ft (8.0m x 3m) Operators: 4, Transport: Van hire plus one car . This layout shows the station at Driffield in Yorkshire as it would have been in the late 1960s until the late 1970s. A variety of trains operate using both steam and diesel power. Ref. Railway Modeller July 2009.

HOLCOMBE BROOK and TOTTINGTON. Owner: Steve Grantham. Size: 20ft by 20ft (6.1m x 6.1m) 'L' shape (plus operator space). Operators: Five. Transport: Van+ one car. The layout represents the terminus and one through station of the Bury to Holcombe Brook Branch. It assumes that the branch was not shut in 1963 but kept open and the third rail system upgraded.

HOWDUN Owner: Hull MRS. Size 12ft x 1.5ft (plus operator space). Operators; Two. Transport: One car. An innovative, hands on, demonstration layout with baseboards built mainly out of transparent plastic enabling the visitor to see a wide variety of construction techniques.

MIDDLESEA: Owner: John Brien, Size 29ft x 2ft (8.7m x 0.6m) (plus operator space), Operators: Four, Transport: Van hire + one car. A BR Southern Region layout based on the Hampshire Coast about 1962. Ref: Railway Modeller November 2002.

ROWLANDS CASTLE: Owner: Peter Goss, Size: 15ft x 9ft (4.8m x 2.8m). Opereators: Two. Transport: Van Hire . During the second world war around the time of the Normandy landings, Rowlands Castle (Southern Railway) was used as a detraining station for troops and equipment. The model depicts the country station and yard, village green and buildings, and adjacent forestry areas as would have been seen during 1944. Trains include local stopping and semi fast Waterloo-Portsmouth first generation EMU services, general goods, government pooled goods and troop trains. All based on written and first hand reported accounts. Ref: Railway Modeller November 2008.

('H0') Scale: 3.5mm/ft. Gauge 16.5mm top of page

DUNCAN'S MINE, Owner: Steve Grantham, Size: 4ft 4ins x 8ins ( 1.32m x 0.2m) (plus operator space). Operators: Two, Transport: One car. The layout is set in Chippewa County, Michigan and represents a small, but busy, operation loading "Jennies" for transportation further down the line.

('009')Scale: 4mm/ft. Gauge: 9mm top of page

BARROWFLEET: Owner: Hull M.R.S. Size: 14ft x 2ft (4.2m x 0.6m) (plus operator space), Operators: Four, Transport: Two cars. Narrow gauge operation in the thriving brick/tile manufacturing industry of the Humber Estuary in the early 1970's. Ref: Railway Modeller Feb 1993 & April 1995, Model Railways Illustrated Jan 1995.

BRIDING NOORA: Owner: Peter Leadley. Size: 4ft x 2ft (1.2m x 0.6m) (plus operator space) Operators: Two, Transport: One car. Minimum space layout built on an ironing board. The line represents a 1960's narrow gauge feeder somewhere on the East Coast of England. Ref: Railway Modeller May 2000.

CRESSINGTON LIGHT RAILWAY: Owner: Peter Leadley. Size: 10ft x 2ft 6ins (3m x 0.8m) Operators: Two. Transport: One car. A fictitious narrow gauge railway supposidly built on the old track bed of a disused line somewhere in England.

CRUMLEY & LITTLE WICKHILL: Owner: Hull MRS, Size: 16ft x 16ft (Corner layout), (4.8m x 4.8m), Operators Four, Transport: Van hire + One car. An essay in scenic modelling representing a narrow gauge line in the Yorkshire/Lancashire/Cumberland border area, in the early 1930s, that serves two communities, designed to give the viewing public a unique aspect with two different views of the line, both up and down the length of a valley. Ref: Railway Modeller January 2009.

GOX HILL QUARRIES: Owner: Peter Leadley. Dual Guage layout 009 and EM, please see details in the EM section above.

MOORTON BOTTOM YARD: Owner: Paul Windle. Size: 5ft x 1ft 8ins (1.5m x 0.5m) (plus operator space). Operators: Two. Transport: One car. The layout is based on the cramped little goods yards that were once a common feature of urban railways, it is set in the mid 1930's with traffic from various warehouses in the area. A wagon lift is a feature of the layout to allow wagons to reach the warehouses at street level. Ref: Railway Modeller May 2007.

(TT) Scale: 3mm/ft. Gauge: 12mm & TTn3: Gauge: 9mm top of page

We regret that currently our 3mm scale layouts are not available for exhibition purposes. We are keeping the situation under review and will advise when we will again be able to offer a layout in this scale. However: We do have a layout in TTN3

LARPOOL & EASINGTON Owner: Stephen Pugmire, Size: 2ft 6ins x 2ft (0.8m x 0.6m), Operators: Two, Transport: One car. The layout was originally built by J Allan Patmore in the early 1970s, a small layout that is a bit of fun and was built for that reason. All Allan's layouts were called 'Larpool & Easington so why not this one?

('N')Scale: 2mm/ft. Gauge: 9mm top of page .

HOGLINGTON: 0wner: Ray Hogben, Size: 15ft x 10ft (4.6m x 3.0m) ('U' shape) Operators:Four. Transport: Two cars. A fictitious seaside town somewhere on the East Coast of England, based in the early sixties so that both steam and diesel is seen. Ref. Railway Modeller March 2009.

RED WHARF BAY: Owner: Paul Derrick. Size 10ft x 2ft (3.0m x 0.6m) (plus operator space). Operators Three. Transport: Two cars. This represents the terminus of a branch line which left the Anglesey Central Railway at Holland Arms. The model portrays the station as it would have been through most of its existance. Ref. British Railway Modelling April 2003.

WILLERSLEY: Owner: Chris & Steve Berry, Size: 5ft by 2ft 6ins (1.5m x 0.8m) (plus operator space) Operators: Two, Transport: One car. A fictional market town on the South Yorkshire - Derbyshire border set in 2004/05 mainly diesel motive power with steam on the small preservation line and the occasional special train.

('T') Scale: 0.667mm/ft. Gauge: 3mm

CLIFFTON: Owner: Charlie Lickiss. Size: 17.5ins x 13.5 ins (450mm x 340mm) (plus operator space). Operators: One [plus relief from host club]. Transport: It fits on a pushbike but a car is more practical. A tiny layout that is fitted in a brief case and represents a fictitious railway line somewhere!

('O')Scale: 7mm/ft. Gauge: 32mm(SG) - 16.5mm(NG) top of page

RHEILFFORDD CEFN GAM: Owner: Mike Cook, Size: 24ft x 14ft (7,4m x 4.3m) (as an inverted 'L', plus operator space). Operators: Seven. Transport: Van hire + one car. A 'might have been' Welsh narrow gauge line in 7mm '0.16.5' scale/gauge based on a real location to the north of Mawddach Estuary. Ref Railway Modeller August 2003.

WESTWOOD PARK: Owner: Hull MRS, Size: 24ft by 13ft (7.4m x 4m)(including operator space). Operators: Three, Transport: Member's van. The layout represents an area in Derbyshire during the mid 50s and early 60s with a through station that is used as the fiddle yard with the main line running over a three level viaduct, allowing rail, road and river to cross at the same point.

We do have a number of layouts under construction details are available here