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Welcome to our 2005 Exhibition from the Alsager Civic Hall.
(Simply scroll down the page, includes contact & website details
where available)
We have included the Stand Number / Trader
Letter where available.
(Please note: There are over 90 photos on
this page, so it may take some time to load, even if you are on
broadband)
Click on any of these:- BEST IN SHOW -
THE
TRADERS - MODEL BOATS -
RACING CARS -
THE MEAL
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A FEW GENERAL
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HALL AND EXHIBITION |
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STAND 1 - TINEVALE 'N' GAUGE |
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Tinevale is a fictitious
location depicting a small country station with both goods and
coal yards to serve the local community surrounding areas. Walk
through the village and you pass a garage and old cottages, on
your way to the blacksmith’s forge and the mill.
All buildings and trees
are scratch built, the track is Peco Finescale and the points
are electronically operated.
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Rolling stock is Bachman,
Graham Farish and Minitrix, this is the initial appearance of
Tinevale, built by Gwyn and Phillis Addis from Ludlow.
We
are greatful to the new owner Martin Bourne for stepping in at
the last minute to replace a layout which could not attend.
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STAND 2 - CHAPEL BLAENAU '009' SCALE |
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Chapel Blaenau is a
fictitious location situated in North Wales on the edge of
Snowdonia. The narrow gauge railway was originally built at the
start of the 20th century to serve the local slate quarries in
the region, though timber, and increasingly passengers formed
the mainstay of its traffic. As elsewhere in the region these
fell into decline in the in the mid 1920’s and winter passenger
trains were discontinued from 1932. The line closed during the
Second World War and reopened in 1947, and survived thanks to a
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The period depicted is
prior to closure with the quarries still in operation. Traffic
on the line consists of local passenger services, together with
slate and other mineral traffic. Because of under investment in
the line motive power has to be hired in other nearby railways
including the Ffestiniog, Taliylyn, and former GWR.
No set
sequence is run, and the operators will be glad to run Trains to
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STAND 3 - CHIPPED LANE '0' GAUGE
- (ARA MEMBER) |
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This is the first public
showing of this layout despite its having existed in one from or
another for many years, currently this layout is used as a
terminus for a garden railway, but has been constructed so as to
be transportable. The layout represents a fictitious small
branch line terminus set in the North West of England, with
local passenger and freight trains that have long since passed
into history.
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Many such branch lines were swept away in the
1960s. The railway company modelled is the London Midland and
Scottish Railway, and the era represented is mid 1920 to mid
1930. Most of the rolling stock is hand made, having been
constructed over many years, but demonstrates that O gauge does
not necessarily need a large space or a lot of expenditure. |
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STAND 4 - HARTSHILL BANK 'N' GAUGE - (ARA
MEMBER) - (MEMBER'S DETAILED WEBPAGE) |
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Hartshill Bank is a
modern image Layout. It features a double track mainline with a
Station and a Town Scene, which is made up of Pola Kits and
Scratch built buildings. From the station to the old Traditional
Market and Bus Station the layout contains in the region of 360
people including 2 mounted police horses if you can spot them.
Also look out for the deer on the hillside by the station.
Moving down the layout we come to the Diesel Depot and on top of
the tunnel is the Leisure Centre. Also notice the canal scene in
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Whilst the layout belongs
to myself, the other three operators contributed their own
skills to the Construction.
All the Track work is
PECO fine scale, which was supplied by Kenwater Rail-ways; the
scenic materials were supplied by Greenscenes.
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Rolling Stock is mainly C.J.M. locos and resprayed locos by
Steve and Myself. |
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STAND 5 -
HORNBY-DUBLO '00' SCALE, 3 RAIL
(ARA MEMBER) |
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This is a typical
tabletop model railway layout from the 1950s. Everything you see
is all from HORNBY-DUBLO the only maker of 00 Gauge Model
Railways in England at that time. The manufacturer was MECCANO
LTD, LIVERPOOL.
All the track, buildings
and rolling stock are now no longer available.
Many of the items on
display have been collected since I was about 6 years old after
I had my first Train set for Christmas.
Most of the items are now
collectables, some being quite rare. |
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If you are interested in
Hornby-Dublo, there is an Association H.R.C.A. (Hornby Railway
Collectors Association) who have a worldwide membership of over
5000. It consists of both O and OO gauge enthusiasts who collect
Hornby and Hornby-Dublo.
Items on display can be
purchased from collector’s fares and from specialist auctions.
Hornby-Dublo was
manufactured by Meccano Ltd, from 1938 to 1964. |
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STAND 6 - LOUGHLEY '00' GAUGE |
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So successful was the
original formula that the new layout had to follow the same
pattern. Narrow boats glide along the canal around the edge of
the town before turning sharply into the wharf, from where their
cargo is transferred to horse drawn or motor transport for
delivery around the area. The tramcars trundle along bringing
people from various areas around the town to the centre, where a
bustling market is in full swing. |
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The layout certainly reflects the influence
and experiences of my younger days in Loughbrough, although I
had to travel by train to travel the trams around the clock
tower in Leicester, or on the 78 Route to Short Heath in
Birmingham. Loughborough did have strong connections with the
tramcar however, for it was the Falcon Works on the edge of town
where various designs were built for many towns up and down the
country. |
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STAND 7 - THE LANE 'N' GAUGE |
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This small layout is a
counterpart to my main Stonebrigg layout that has been on the
show circuit for 3 or 4 years now. The aims in building it were
to produce a layout that was small enough to be easily
transported and operated by one person, so extending the range
of exhibitions I would be able to attend, and to provide a
showcase for my ever growing stud of present day freight
locomotives. To this end it represents a small
servicing/refuelling facility located beside a twin main line in
an urban setting. The track layout includes two fuelling roads
with space to store a couple of fuel tank wagons and a stabling
road with direct access to the main lines and a headshunt that
gives access to a single road servicing shed plus two additional
stabling sidings. Construction uses Peco finescale track with
small radius points operated by electric point motors. Buildings
are a mixture of plastic kits for modern depot structures and
card kits for the stone terraced houses and shops that form the
backdrop. Electrical control is via a single hand held unit. |
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Locomotives to be seen range from the latest
GM class 66 and 67’s, through the British Rail Type 5’s of
classes 56/58/60, Type 3 and 4’s in the form of class 37 and
47’s to some of the last remaining first generation class 20 and
31’s. Although operated by EWS, locomotives belonging to other
operators such as Freightliner, GBRailfreight, DRS and Fragonset
also visit for refuelling and stabling between duties. ‘The
Lane’ itself is the local name for a public footpath that runs
from the depot approach road past the serving shed and
refuelling point before turning left and crossing the main line
via a footbridge to join up with the high level street
beyond-where the viewer stands at an exhibition. |
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STAND 8 - OULTON TMD '00' GAUGE |
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Oulton TMD is a “corner
filler” which forms part of my main model railway. The main
railway is fixed but I wanted a small portable section I could
transport. The TMD covers an area of 2ft x 6ft and will have an
extra 2ft show area and a 4ft fiddle yard attached when showing.
Stock is modern image and
I run anything from BR Blue to he latest EWS etc. Classes run
are 08,20,31,40,44,47,50,57,60 and 66, when they come out. Locos
are mainly detailed but not weathered (they maybe when I pluck
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Fuel tankers, the odd
stock van and an engineer’s train arrive occasional to provide
interest.
Occasional the depot
becomes a RES coach repair works with loco refuelling area.
There is still a lot of detailing I can do and this will
continue over the next few months. For further details please
ask. |
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STAND 9 - PRIORY HILL 'N' GAUGE |
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Priory Hill is a
freelance branch line terminus station and goods yard handling a
wide range of goods traffic. The period depicted is in the last
years of steam and early Diesel traction.
The line in its early
years was very busy moving coal to, and removing stone from the
‘Green End Quarries’ further down the line.
As the quarries became
exhausted the line suffered a serious set-back in its revenue
earning capacity and became a prime candidate for the ‘Beeching
Axe’.
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The line survived the axe, as a mole who
worked in the British Railways office and lived in the village
of Priory Hill realised that if the line was axed he would have
no job, and as work was already scarce in the area he could see
difficult times ahead finding alternative employment. He managed
to shuffle documents around in the inner sanctum of British
Railways and succeeded in getting the main line axed and the
‘Priory Hill’ branch saved, hence the raised track bed on the
viaduct. |
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STAND 10 - SEAHOUSES '0' GAUGE -
ALSO VOTED THIS YEARS - 'BEST IN SHOW' |
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In 1898 a small company,
the North Sunderland Railway, opened a line to run from Chathill
on the main North Eastern line to Seahouses, a small fishing
community on the North East Coast.
This line was to be used
primarily for the transportation of fish, coal, livestock and
other commodities and so increase the prosperity of Seahouses
and the surrounding villages. It was originally proposed that
the railway ran right up to the harbour, but in reality, the
line terminated in Seahouses village itself, and was never
extended. The last train ran in October 1951 and the company was
wound up in 1952. |
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This
layout is designed to show how the line might have looked if
completed to the harbour and depicts a scene on Race Day in the
1920’s. All the buildings are copied from the small number of
pictures available and are as authentic as possible, the signal
box being the one exception. All rolling stock used on the
layout is prototypical of this line and period. The whole layout
including buildings, rolling stock, boats and scenery has been
built by Kevin, who hesitates to say it is now complete!. |
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ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF THE 'BEST IN SHOW'
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STAND 11 - CASTLEFIELDS '00' GAUGE |
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Castlefields layout is
presented by Shrewsbury Past & Present M.R.S.
The period coved is
diesel, from the blue to present day, with a verity of rolling
stock.
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The layout does not
depict any particular location. Present size is 12ft by 20ft,
which can be viewed from three sides.
Built in 00 gauge, 4mm,
with 4 main lines operating and a branch line to the forefront,
feeding small oil/loco storage sidings. |
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At one end we have
located Castlefields station and in the background a stone yard.
The opposite end is of countryside with a couple of storage
sidings.
Overall there is
approximately 27 foot of viewing area.
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STAND 12 - SKIP HILL MINERAL
RAILWAY - '00' GAUGE |
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This little layout was
inspired by, but is clearly not a model of, the Cromford and
High Peak line in Derbyshire. Powerful tank engines charge the 1
in 14 Gradients with short trains of empty mineral wagons.
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After shunting the wagons on the summit, the
loaded wagons are carefully (very carefully!) taken back down
the gradients to the exchange sidings. Steep gradients short
headshunts, automatic uncoupling and numerous isolating sections
make for interesting operation in a small space. The name is
derived from where I found the baseboard, in a skip! |
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STAND 13 - STOKE FLEMMING '00' GAUGE |
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This minimum space layout
depicts a small part of the fictitious attempt by the
disgruntled businessmen of Dartmouth to build a railway to
Plymouth as an alternative to the GWR line from Kingswear,
Devon.
When funds ran out a
terminus was established at Stoke Fleming in 1870. Not until
1879 did the line eventually connect, with its old enemy, at
Kingsbridge. No longer a terminus, the station continued to
service the increasingly popular Blackpool sands.
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Virtually destroyed when
the surrounding area became a training ground for operation
Overlord c 1943-44 no trace of the lime exists save for the
station at Dartmouth.
Baseboards and integral
legs made almost entirely of scrap plywood can be
erected/dismantled in approximately 5 minutes.
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STAND 14 - UNFORTUNATELY - THE
SCENERY & TREE MAKING WERE NOT AVAILABLE |
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We understand George (Skippy) Nutter had an
accident that prevented him from attending. |
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We all wish him a speedy recovery and look
forward to hopefully seeing him again next year. |
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STAND 15 - WILTON '00' GAUGE |
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Although Wilton used to
be served by the Great Western this layout is purely fictitious
creation. It is an example of where a large town was served by
two railway companies in this instance the LMS and GWR, the
model depicts the GWR station. Originally intended to be a
through station by the Great Western on a line that branched off
in a triangular shape, circumstances prevailed that the line
never progressed further than Wilton.
The model is intended to
create a typical scene in the 1930’s. It is a busy station both
with passenger and freight workings due to its easy access to
the main line in both directions.
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Many of the workings are
comprised of the odd coach or wagon(s) arriving that have been
taken off a train from the main line, some you would not
normally expect to see on a branch working in the same area.
We have added many
details to add further interest to the layout e.g. Interior of
the signal box, delivering coal etc.
I hope
you enjoy looking at the layout as much as we have in building
and running it. |
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STAND 16 - ZILLER VALLEY '009' GAUGE |
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WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THIS YEARS SHOW FOR ONE
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WE HOPE THEY WILL MAKE IT NEXT YEAR |
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STAND 17 - THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF ROAD TRANSPORT MODELLERS |
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FOR FURTHER DETAILS : CONTACT MR.ERIC ECTOR, CLUB
SECRETARY, ON 01782 562233
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Crewe and District Model
Boat Club was formed in the mid 1980’s.
Our aim is to encourage
all model boaters both young and old. We sail every Sunday
afternoon at Reaseheath College Lake, near Nantwich. We welcome
visitors and new members.
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All the models on display have been built by
our members and include models built from kits and scratch built
from plans. Club members will be in attendance to discuss the
models and modelling in general. |
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RACING CARS -
(Display by Alsager Toys & Models Ltd.) |
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Digital Racing Cars, multiple cars on one
track, complete with automatic lap counting of individual cars,
and more than one car on one track at a time, with individual
control of each car. |
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TRADE STAND B - HASLINGTON MODELS -
Contact 'Les' on 01270 589079 |
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TRADE STAND 'C' - BOOK LAW
PUBLICATIONS - Contact 0115 961 1066 / Website:
www.booklaw.co.uk |
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TRADE STAND 'E' - MODEL SCENE - Contact
'Bob' on 01270 610628 |
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TRADE STAND 'G' - DAVE'S RAILWAY
VIDEOS - Contact 01729 840884 |
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TRADE STAND 'H' - (Details to follow
...) |
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TRADE STAND 'I' - SOUTH TYNEDALE
RAILWAYS - (Trader: Please send details to our
Webmaster) |
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TRADE STAND 'K' - WARRINGTON TOTEMS
- Contact Colin Daintith on 01925 245029 |
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MEMORIES OF THE PAST - A SELECTION
OF PHOTOS OF A BYGONE AGE |
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Keith and Carol Wood once again brought the
display of photographs and artefacts to the 2005 show. This
feature has it’s roots way back in the history of the
Association when Keith (a founder member and the Association’s
first Secretary) was involved in a arranging a number of events
which met with the stated ambition of the group to look at
various aspects of Railways. These events included trips and
visits, lectures and more significantly slide shows.
The slide shows in particular attracted much interest from
members and guests so when an odd corner needed to be filled at
one of the early open days (the title of exhibition was felt to
be rather too grand for the then embryonic group) an informal
photo display was mounted. |
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The then exhibition manager – the late and much missed Peter
Hallam – took the view it had become something of a talking
point and surprisingly well received by the visitors leading to
the “suggestion” that Keith may wish to develop the idea!
So it began, and Keith made a number of
appeals via the local press for photographs etc which drew quite
a few responses. This was tied in with obtaining a few
commercial prints until by the 1986 Exhibition this previously
small ‘filler’ feature was formally included in the programme
for the first time, and provided a suitable surround to the
celebrated Station Bell which the Association was fortunate to
obtain around 1981. |
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Since then Keith and Carol have continued
to pursue and purchase new material, which combined with the
help of well-wishers and some notable sponsorship has enabled
around 100 prints to be assembled. Some well known figures and
organisations have been willing to provide prints so that the
work of such luminaries as E R Morten, F W Shuttleworth and
Ken Nunn is now included.
Keith
tells us that 2005 has been a particularly interesting year with
the loan for the first time of a genuine Alsager LMS lamp, and
drawings relating to the Princess Elizabeth Society’s (very
nearly successful) attempt to purchase the old Loco shed in 1970
having made available for display by permission of that Society.
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This last and rather remarkable discovery proves that even now
new information can continue to be unearthed and we can but
imagine how different things may have been – Alsager was, it
seems very close to becoming a major preservation site.
Looking ahead Keith has also told us that
he has just (on the day of the exhibition, in fact) received
almost 30 new high quality prints of the railway between Crewe
and Etruria, including a number of Loop line shots, from a well
known regular photographic contributor to the historic Railway
press. These should provide a considerable enhancement for
future exhibitions.
Clearly, from almost accidental beginnings,
this particular show -with it’s two intentionally informal
historians - goes on ! |
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Keith and Carol would be very
pleased to hear from anyone who feels that they may have either
pictures or items of memorabilia which could possibly add to the
future of this display and contact via e-mail is invited at:
lms6201@btopenworld.com
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VERY MANY
THANKS TO ALL EXHIBITORS AND TRADERS WHO SUPPORTED US THIS YEAR
AND NOT FORGETTING ALL THE CLUB MEMBERS AND THEIR PARTNERS FOR
ALL THE EFFORT
THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN TO MAKING THIS YEARLY EVENT SUCH A SUCCESS.
WE AT ALSAGER RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU
ALL AGAIN
AT OUR 2006 EXHIBITION AT CREWE (SEE OUR EXHIBITION PAGE FOR
DETAILS)
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