This was the last exhibition at Bradford Cathedral Community College Lister Avenue Bradford; BD4 7QT Admission was- Adults £3.50,  Concessions £3.00, Child £2.00 and Family 2+2 £9.00

Bradford City Road (4mm/00 DCC)   Click for plan

By Neale Burrows

British outline, Circa 1970-74 . The layout is a fictional representation of what might have been the Great Northern Railways Main terminal in Bradford if it had not shared the Exchange Station. It is the terminal of the line from Halifax over the Queensbury route to Keighley on the Bradford side of the triangle, and along with the City Road goods sheds represents the Great Northern's own passenger terminal in the valley of Bradford's city centre, thus City Road.  

The period being modelled is the last days of this terminal before redevelopment clears the way in the name of modernisation for city developments and the rail service is cut back to a minimal service if any, There is evidence of neglect and decay of the infrastructure and the survival of a parcels service to the end.

The main traffic on the line is mainly DMU units but the occasional loco hauled service makes an appearance and sometimes a special working shows up. Freight workings are at a minimum to the goods shed but still hang on for some of the local merchants who have not yet switched fully to road. The main stay is the parcels service that conveys the traffic for the local mail order outlet and British rail parcels,

Carters Dock (4mm/00 industrial mid 60's) Click for plan

 By Graham R. Hand

Carter's Dock is set in the north-east of England in the mid-1960s and is essentially a minimum-space shunting layout. It is assumed that the dock area is part of a larger rail network, the visible portion having transhipment facilities for fuel, timber, steel, coal and general merchandise. Warehouses, a gantry crane, an oil terminal and a chemical discharge point provide for a variety of traffic and wagon types.
Trains are normally operated in short cuts or rafts of wagons, having been split from the complete train at the (off-scene) transfer yard. Sometimes the British Railways locomotive will work through with these, but usually it will be one of the dock company's own industrial shunters.
Hopefully the layout gives a flavour of what the rapidly-dwindling dock traffic was like in the north-east at the time I remember it, when I was "nobbut a lad".
Please feel free to ask questions; we might even know the answers

Dutch River Dock(7mm/O Gauge finescale). Click for plan

By Ralph Nuttall 

 This model is loosely based on the dock railway, that still operates today albeit it in a curtailed form at the Port of Goole in East Yorkshire. It is depicted as it might have been around 1960, a time when the steam locomotives were being replaced by diesels, so both types can be seen shunting around the layout.

The Dutch River is a man made waterway, that allows goods to be taken to inland cities, from the River Humber, although it sees little commercial use today. A feature of the docks were three overhead railways that were used to allow coal exports to be tipped directly into the hold of ships.

Almost everything on the model is hand built, the locomotives are constructed from brass, the wagons from balsa wood or plastic card, the buildings from cardboard with plastic brick facing.

The layout was built to this size in order that it would fit in my car for transportation to exhibitions.

G-scale Demonstration layout

A made on the spot G scale demonstration from Mike Humphirs (Keighley Model Railway club) 

Hoyd (3.5mm:ft HO American) Click for plan

The layout depicts a fictional American switching yard set during the transition from steam to diesel era. It is designed to give maximum operation in a minimum space using short freight cars and locomotives. It is operated as a shunting puzzle using a random card system.

Track is Peco streamline code 100 and control is normal DC via a Gaugemaster hand held unit.

Melton on the Hill (00-9) Click for plan

Freelance 009 narrow gauge, with kit built locos scratch built & RTR models and rolling stock.  Peco 009 track with assorted  N gauge track for storage loops and sidings at the back.  Scenics – twisted wire trees, Woodlands foliage and grass also Nock scenic materials on plaster Polyfilla and old net curtain base.  Ratio, Wills & Airfix kits etc.  Figures from Merit, Preiser and Dapol.  Continuous running and point to point operation of trains.

Osgiliath (4mm/00 DCC)    Click for plan

The track plan is based on the St David's West Wales plan by Ken Gibbons in the book layout planning and design by Santona publications. I changed it slightly by omitting the engine shed in front of the fiddle yard and incorporated an extra siding to act as a bay platform.  
Track work is Peco code 75 with Peco pint motors. Control is by Lenz 90 or 100, DCC system. Buildings and structures include Skaledale north eastern station building and Wills goods store, the coal staithes and office are made by Dave Hewitt of Unit Models, the road over bridge is another Hornby SkaIedale item and there products also appear with the dry stone walling, signal box and terrace houses. Scenic work has used Woodlands Scenics products and sea moss, trees by Auhagen and Faller premium range.
The layout is based in the years 1969 - 1972 so the diesels appear in both green and blue with and without the D prefix. You will see Bachmann classes 20,24,25,37 and occasionally Hornby’s class 31. DMUs are in the hands of Lima/ Hornby 101 and Bachmann class 108. All the locos and units will hopefully be fitted with sound by Southwest digital. All stock is fitted with Kadee couplings and are uncoupled with magnets between the rails, Wagon stock is a mixture of Bachmann, Dapol and kit built items.
The name comes from Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ books. If you have any questions about DCC or anything at all please feel free to ask, we will try to answer them the best we can.

Oswaldtwistle Town (O gauge)  

 Oswaldtwistle Town is a model of a typical Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway  branchline built in the late nineteen century to serve a rapidly growing area. It is a fictitious line which never existed.
However, it could easily have been built.  Light railways had already been proposed in the area - plans had been placed before Parliament for a Clayton-le-Moors Light Railway - but the arrival of the tramway from Accrington put paid to the proposals.  Oswaldtwistle Local Board (the predecessor to the Urban District Council) had, in 1892, suggested to the L&YR that a line be built to serve the fast growing township.  The Urban District Council appealed again in 1916 for a railway, but the electric tramway from Accrington had been operating for 9 years and little passenger traffic would have been generated.
The line would have terminated at a place called Smithy Brook, approx 150 metres from the tramway terminus at the Black Dog Inn.  This area of the town is known locally as ‘Gobbinland’, ‘gobbin’ being mining slang for waste from mining operations.  Many coal mines and quarries existed locally and mineral tramways could have connected with the railway network at Oswaldtwistle Town.
The layout assumes that this light railway was built from a junction near Church station (renamed Church & Oswaldtwistle by the L&YR in 1895) on the Rishton side of the brick Church Viaduct.
The line is single track throughout and a single platform station, which also handles freight traffic, and a goods yard are the main features of the branch.  The station and part of the goods yard are modelled here.  Passenger services to Church and Accrington operate, albeit infrequently, and are usually push-pull operated with a single coach.  
The period modelled is the late 1930’s (ish…with a little modeller’s licence).

Oxenhope (O gauge Bradford MRC) (see layouts for pictures)   

This is the club's first attempt at 7mm O gauge modelling depicting Oxenhope in the 50's era. 
Oxenhope is the final station the Keighley & Worth Valley branch and runs 5 miles up the from Keighley.  
The line was built in 1867 by local mill owners and operation given to the Midland Railway then the London, Midland and Scottish Railway In 1924 and British Railways in 1948.
British Railways economy drive closed the line in 1962 but local people decided to buy the line and formed a preservation society. Without this precedented move, we would not have this heritage steam railway to enjoy today.  
Our layout was 32’ now extended to 40’ ft long and is made on plywood baseboards. The track work is PECO ‘0’ gauge track, on a cork base. Remote point operation is provided by Tortoise slow motion point motors.
We are currently in the process of fitting stock with Dingham auto couplers. Landscaping is formed by polystyrene covered by ‘one strike’ filler and the usual scenic materials are being used to complete the layout and, of course, we are still working on buildings and some of the detailing of the layout

Penny Lane (4mm/00 Gauge)    Click for plan

A layout built and operated entirely by a group of students from Immanuel College in Bradford using their own rolling stock. The layout depicts a small suburban station in Liverpool, where the ends of two branch lines meet. Goods trains can be seen around the station, loading, unloading and being re-shunted by the resident shunting engine to carry on their journey down the other branch or on their return journeys. Regular suburban passenger trains can also be seen operating on both branches being handled by a variety of small steam engines, diesels and multiple units. A narrow gauge railway operates just outside the station taking passengers on a ride around the terraces and through the public park delivering house coal to the houses along its route.

Ride on Railway; 7.25” gauge  1/5 scale 

Probably the simplest layout at this exhibition, not even a point in site!  But this is one layout that children of all ages can RIDE ON.

Usually to be found in Thompson Park, Burnley, together with a selection of other trains, including steam.

If you require any further details on 7.25” gauge in Thompson Park or general information please ask one of the operators.  (Brian Howorth).

Royston - St Davids (0-16.5)

This is a club layout of the RAINHILL MODEL RAILWAY CLUB and is operated at exhibitions by club members & friends. The layout is freelance but is set somewhere in the midlands in the summer of 1960. The railway connects the town of Royston with the market and GWR rail interchange at St Davids. Only the Narrow gauge has been modelled, the GWR standard gauge is assumed to be off scene.

The layout is built to a scale of 7mm to 1 foot (1:43) The track and point-work are Peco 0-16.5 representing a gauge of 2'-3".

The layout has been constructed by club members over a period of 3 to 4 years. It is expected that the outstanding detail work will take a further 2 to 3 years.

Stockbridge Wharf (EM)   Click for plan

This layout was built for all, young, old, male and female to enjoy and have a little fun. It is a light-hearted look at transport encouraging the next generations and inspiring those with lack of space or confidence in building a layout.

Loosely based around West Yorkshire, Stockbridge Wharf is a fictional village with a transport network which is unusual. Firstly the canal came, bringing goods and coal; today we can see a celebration of the waterways of northern England with restored barges, canoes and entertainment. As we know the railways followed close to the canals and in Stockbridge there is no difference the railway cuts through the other side of the village, with traffic from the bigger towns and cities passing through with passengers, goods and coal occasionally stopping at the mill and station.

The layout has been designed to be a little different and with the help of careful thought, the stock can be any thing from steam to diesel. In the garage can be seen one of the most versatile vehicles in the world today, being built in 1948 and still in service today in its original form, we can see one of these vehicles being repaired there. Everyone in the village seems up beat due to the festivities, the kids are swinging in the trees; fishermen (and women) try their luck on the water. Look out for other small scenarios and details on the layout taking you back in time to your childhood.

The base boards are hand built, with SMP track work and hand built points, stock is mainly RTR converted to EM. The Buildings are either kit-bashed or Hornby Scaledale conversions.

Please feel free to ask any questions I will do my best to answer, most of all have fun and enjoy yourself.

Tickhill & Wadsworth (EM) Click for plan 
(WINNER Chairman's and voted best layout by the public)

By Tony Gee & Ken Hill
After the urban sprawl of Narrow Road, what next? . Tickhill is about as far removed from Narrow Road as it is possible to get,  Instead of a London mainline terminus, we have a passing place on a rural branch line.
Also, it is the first time that we have based a layout closely on a real place and has a continuous run instead of fiddle yard to terminus. The real station was located on a country road a mile or so from each of the places on the name board.  What makes it interesting as a subject to model is that it was on a minor line called 'The South Yorkshire Joint Railway’.  There were many joint lines but how many give the opportunity to run trains belonging to no less than 5 pre grouping companies without cheating?  
So we have set the layout in the year 1913, when traffic from the local collieries was on an upturn due to impending war. The passenger service is worked by the GCR with possible appearances by a GNR workman's train. The GCR and the Midland run pick up goods and these three, along with the L&Y and the NER operate services to the collieries.
Although shortened and curved, the track layout is a copy of the original and the buildings are fully accurate copies based on photographs.

Thomas 00;   Bradford Model Railway Club (00)

ASHTOM is a little known intermediate station on the coastal branch line on the Isle of Sodor. So little known that hardly anyone has heard of it, even Thomas gets mixed up when he is sent there.  You’re not likely to see the Fat Controller at ASHTOM so anything goes and quite a lot STOPS.

The only visible industry is the Sodor Kipper Company, which was built after the first catch of smoked kippers, was landed on the quay on the 1st April 1900 and something or other. So much far the serious stuff.  So - the layout was built with our younger visitors in mind and they are invited to take the controls and have a go...

  Anyone get the anagram?

Upper Benllech (4mm/00 57 model railway group)   Click for plan

Upper Benllech is a fictional station set on the Isle of Anglesey. In reality the line ran from Holland Arms to Red Wharf Bay/Benllech, about a mile short of the intended destination. We have on the model continued it all the way to Benllech. The line was run by the LNWR, later the LMS. The layout is modelled on the period between 1940 to 1950. In the later days of the LMS. The buildings are modelled in the LNWR style. Rolling stock is a mixture of kit built and ready to run. The cassettes in the fiddle yard are our own design and have been seen on several of our previous layouts. The track plan is based on Llangefni with a few minor adjustments. We have used PECO code 75 track throughout.

The layout, unlike the real one will definitely operate on Sundays!

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