Model Railway Exhibition 2009
Our 29th annual model railway exhibition was held on Saturday 3rd October in Sudbury. More information about the
layouts that attended, including a photo gallery of the event can be found here.
30th Exhibition 2010
Our next annual Model Railway Exhibition will be held on Saturday 2nd October 2010 at St. Peter's Church,
which is located on Market Hill in Sudbury, Suffolk.
This year will see our 30th exhibition and to celebrate this milestone, we plan to have more layouts exhibiting than usual. If you are
wondering where we are going to put them all, we have issued a challenge to club members and local modellers, who live within an hour of
Sudbury. The rules are as follows:
- The layout must not have an area bigger than 10 square feet. For example, if a layout is 5 foot long, it cannot be
more than 2 foot in width.
- The layout must not be longer than 5 foot in length.
- There must be something moving, not necessarily a train.
- It must be finished, ie. track ballasted, scenery, etc.
- Can be free standing or require a table.
- Any scale or gauge.
During the exhibition in 2010, the visiting public will be asked to judge the layouts and the winner will win a prize.
Layouts taking part in the challenge include:
'Ramblers Halt'
A 10 square foot 00 gauge layout by Paul Sumption.
"This compact layout represents a short single-track end-to-end privately owned railway line in a remote rural setting.
It only operates during the summer months to provide tourists with a quick alternative route from the (fictitious) rural village of 'Deepcut Vale'
rising up to the wonderful hill-top walks that the surrounding countryside offers.
The line twists its way up from 'Deepcut Vale' station on a steady incline, passing through cuttings and tunnels, until it emerges at the hill-top
terminus 'Ramblers Halt'.
At each end of the line, the single track branches into two, allowing a regular shuttle service to be maintained by two trains (i.e. one based at
each station). The line operates both steam and diesel trains (purchased from BR and lovingly restored)."
Note: This layout will be offered for sale following the exhibition.
'Dingle Depot'
Peter Worton's entry for the layout challenge is described as follows:
"This is a model of the tram depot at Dingle in Liverpool. Trams operated until 1957 and some of the trams operated by Liverpool
Corporation can be seen."
'Up and Down'
A working model of a cliff railway that could be seen on the coast in the UK.
'Kouigwasser'
A 2' 6" (760mm) gauge railway to HOe scale, which is based in Austria.
'Chapel Crossing'
Chris Martin gives the following description of his layout:
"The layout is OO modern image. It has a few sidings where some engineers wagons are loaded and stabled. Somehow this small backwater has
been overlooked in various reorganisations. It also shows that even in a micro layout of three square feet it is also possible to have a
continuous run. Built with Peco Finescale trackwork."
'The Ashurst Brickworks Light Railway'
This is a 009 narrow gauge layout by Peter Rednall and members of All Saints Middle School Model Railway Club.
"Ashurst is an imaginary village nestled alongside a narrow estuary on the Sussex coast. The availability of good quality brick making clays
in the local area stimulated the building of a narrow gauge light railway to transport the handmade bricks to the awaiting coastal ships.
Shortly after its opening the railway management decided to open the line to passengers to serve local isolated commmunities. Time has moved
on and we view the railway as it is in the 1950s. Trains continue to run in their time honoured way, but for how much longer before it succumbs
to the lorry and a possible future in preservation?"
The closing date for applications was at Easter 2009, with 15 people expressing an interest in participating in the event, though
if you feel that you would still like to enter and can have a layout ready in time, please contact the club secretary, Peter Worton at
secretary@sudburymrc.org.uk.
However we are still looking for other layouts to attend our 2010 and future exhibitions. If you feel that you have a layout,
which could be of interest, please contact Chris Martin at the e-mail address below.
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| 2007 Exhibition at St. Peter's Church in Sudbury |
Contacts
For more information about our exhibitions, please contact Chris Martin on (01284) 830086,
or send an e-mail to exhibitions@sudburymrc.org.uk.
To contact our exhibition manager, James Tibbetts, please send an e-mail to
exhibitionmanager@sudburymrc.org.uk.
We are looking for layouts to attend our exhibitions. If you feel that you have a layout, which could be of interest, please contact
Chris Martin.
Previous Exhibitions
Information and photo galleries from the previous exhibitions are available by clicking on the links below:
Downloads
Programmes and information on the layouts from the previous exhibitions are available to download:
To be able to view these PDF files, you need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. The latest
version of Adobe Reader can be downloaded for free, by clicking on the image link below. The site will open in a new
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