John Poley, who built Abbey Road (OO), with the Keith Purbrook Trophy for the most appealing layout, as voted by members of the public. Voting was very close, with Abbey Road one vote ahead of Basingstoke which was one ahead of Hartsbridge.
A selection of the layouts at the 2006 exhibition. Many thanks to Michael Shillabeer who took the photographs.
John Poley, who built Abbey Road (OO), with the Keith Purbrook Trophy for the most appealing layout, as voted by members of the public. Voting was very close, with Abbey Road one vote ahead of Basingstoke which was one ahead of Hartsbridge.
Above and below, pictures of Abbey Road.
Above and below, our Club N gauge layout Basingstoke.
Above and below, Hartsbridge, an O gauge layout based on the LBSC.
The "Drive Your Own Train" DDC operated Albany Garden Railway was very popular.
Emsdale is a small N gauge layout set on a Midlands line near the GWR.
Above and below, Gas Works, an O gauge layout depicting a gas works and surrounding industry.
Above and below, Glyn Valley Tramway, a OO9 layout depicting Glynceriog station on the line between Chirk and the granite quarries.
Above and below, Kensal Green MPD, a OO gauge layout set in the 50s at a fictional West London (WR) motive power depot.
Kunze Brucke "somewhere in Germany".
Above and below, Leysdown, a P4 layout depicting the Sheppey Light Railway (one of Colonel Steven's) in the 1930s.
Sand Well County, set in Nevada.
Above and below, Sandy River Junction, an N gauge layout depicting the interchange between an interurban railway and the Great Northern Railway in Minnesota in the 1950s.
Above and below, Stoney Middleton, a 16.5mm Narrow Gauge layout set in North Derbyshire.
Above and below, St Peter's Road, an O gauge tram layout bult by the O gauge tram group.
A layout made up from Triang trains and Minic motorways with the cars stopping for the trains to go past, it got a lot of interest both from the young and those who remembered having Triang and Minic when they were young.
UK Train Sim whose stand featured the first UK demonstration of a new simulator, as well as several new routes for other simulators.
Above and below, Welton Down, a 2mm scale layout set south of London in the downs around 1995.
Above and two below, Winbury, an O gauge layout of a branch terminus, built by the REC club to allow a wide variety of member's stock to be run.
Above and below, WW2 Study Group, who collect and publish information on the operation of railways during World War 2 and show their OO models of military trains.
