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BRADFORD MODEL RAILWAY CLUB

A N N U A L

M O D E L R A I L W A Y

E X H I B I T I O N 2 0 1 3

AT THE

NEW BRADFORD ACADEMY 4

th and 5

th May 2013

Sat 10:00am – 5:00pm & Sun 10:00am - 4:00pm

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Hello and a very warm welcome to our annual exhibition for 2013.

This year our exhibition team have been working hard and have brought

together a larger selection than ever of quality layouts in all the popular

scales and gauges, both standard and narrow.

Our model based on Oxenhope returns due to it continuing appeal on the

exhibition circuit.

Each year it is noticeable that the proportion of DCC control is increasing

and we have some examples using this system and now the addition of sound

brings another dimension not know before.

We again have a wide selection of trade stands providing everything you

may need for your model railway building.

Also the demo team are all here showing their skills and as usual consuming

the necessary huge amounts of tea! This leads me on to inviting you to visit

our snack bar where you can have a bite and a drink during your stay.

Please use the voting slip to pick out your favourite layout and add any

comments you may have regarding the show. We hope these are good and

that you enjoyed what you have seen today. We thank you for supporting us

and hope to see you again next year.

Have a safe journey home

Thank you

Donald Swires

Awards (Don’t forget to vote).

The Ray Pennock cup will be awarded to the layout voted by the public as best

in show. Last year’s winner was Grange over Sands from Blackburn Model Railway

club

The Arthur Towers shield (Chairman's choice) will be awarded to the best

layout as judged by our Chairman Ian Atkinson. Last year’s winners was Dudley

Moore from Keighley Model Railway club

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Traders

B & C Transport C. Hobson; Sheffield. 0777 8614395

Country Scenes www.facebook.com/CountryScenes 01484 340132,

Inexpensive bespoke light weight scenery pieces, made by a retired hobbyist.

D and M video www.dm-dvds.com.

Elmet Images www.elmetimages.co.uk 07564 249 029

Going Loco www.railway-models.com/ 01924 824748

Grosmont bookshop ; www.grosmontbookshop.co.uk/ 01947-895170

Hoyles Models Chorley 07583 757772 www.hoylesmodelrailways.co.uk/

Specialists in Goods, industrial and small layouts.

Keiths Model Railways 0116 2778634 Quality second hand railways

M A and D pictures email burrowsdave@live.co.uk 01756 749833.

Millennium Models www.millennium-models.co.uk See separate AD Morley

0113 218 9286

Model roads and tramways www.modelroadsandtramways.co.uk Ron Boxhall

Fleetwood

Nick Tozer Books www.railwaybook.com Church Street, Paddock,

Huddersfield, HD1 4UJ: 01484 518159 - Huge selection of second had books

Penketh Model Rail Centre www.penkethmodelrailways.com 01925 488595

Railbus Gavin Bairstow; Halifax 01422 249961 Transport books, videos, models

Road and Rail Collectables 07763 001243 See separate AD

Todmorden Model Supplies www.todmordenmodelsupplies.co.uk 01706 812871

We aim to supply you with everything that you need to get your models running from

the smallest nut to the largest bolts We can also supply you with a variety of modelling

media with everything from poly blocks to sheet brass

Demonstrations and Stands

Bob Dawson will be demonstrating model building construction .

Modellers Workshop Bob and Garath Rowlands are experienced modellers who

will be demonstrating how build a model railway. Our work have been featured on

television, in magazines and exhibitions. On display will be a selection of models we

have built. We can also show you how to make buildings from photos.

Neil Moxham will be demonstrating 2mm scale modelling;

AZG (ALTE- ZEIT - GRUPPE) Historical German Railway Society

Peter Goss Model figure painting demonstration and a display of model buildings

Lancashire and Yorkshire Society www.lyrs.org.uk/

Middleton Railway www.middletonrailway.org.uk/.

NER Autocar trust www.electricautocar.co.uk- Project to restore a N E R Autocar

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Bradford Model Railway club (BMRC) Award winning layouts available for your exhibition

Aldington On sea N .BMRC 8ft by 3ft Our newly refurbished N gauge

layout (4 operators fits in 2 cars).

Chisel Exch O (Chris Towers/ Ian Atkinson) 16; x 2’ (2 ops large car)

Featured in Hornby Magazine

Dalry Road O (Ian Atkinson) 24ft by 4ft (4 ops and a Jumbo transit)

Dolly hill N (Chris Towers) 6ft by 1ft (2 operators fits in a car)

Fry up OO9 (Chris Towers) 8ft by 2ft (2 operators fits in a car)

Glen Bogle O (Chris Towers/ Ian Atkinson) 14’x2’ (2ops fits in a car)

Grassington OO BMRC 28ft by 3 ft (4 operators requires a medium

transit van). Featured in Hornby Magazine

Tomas OO ‘6x4’ Children's layout fine for parties fits in a large car.

Oxenhope O BMRC 38ft by 3 ft (5 operators requires a Jumbo transit

van) Featured in Hornby Magazine

Ullerpool O (Ian Atkinson Chris Towers) 14’ x 2’ (2ops fits in a car)

Victoria Road OO BMRC 24ft by 12 ft (5 ops requires a Jumbo transit

van) Multiple trophy winner featured in Hornby Magazine

ROAD & RAIL COLLECTABLES

Model Railways and old toys always wanted Hornby Bachman, Dapol, Lima, Hornby-Dublo, Traing

ALL GAUGES O, OO,and N

TOP PRICES PAID Corgi, Dinky, Matchbox 1:75, Spot-On, Budgie, Britains, Solido

CORGI OOO and , EFE buses also British Corgi Classics, any Oxford Diecasts,

ANYTHING CONSIDERED Singe Items or Whole Collections

TEL 07763 001243,

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VISITORS AND EXHIBITORS INFORMATION

This is an impressive new school please help us to leave it in

the condition we found it.

Especially take care not to damage the walls/ floors etc and especially avoid sticking pamphlets anywhere.

Please do not drive or park on the grass

A strict no smoking policy operates within all the buildings and grounds of the exhibition venue.

In the event of a fire the alarm will sound continuous and you are asked to leave the building by the nearest exit.

If you require First Aid please contact a club member wearing

a badge.

Toilets are adjacent to the Ground Floor entrance.

A lift is available for disabled visitors.

If you wish to take photographs or videos (especially flash photos) please ask first.

Sorry no pets (except guide dogs)

Bradford Model Railway Club BMRC Why not come along a give us a try

New members are made very welcome whether to learn new skills or just

drink tea.

All materials, tools and some OO rolling stock provided

All for just £2 a week.

We meet every Monday and most Thursdays at 7:45pm

The Club is presently starting a comprehensive DCC layout based on

ILKLEY Come help us build it.

Introductory offers available

Sedbergh Club, Huddersfield Road, Bradford BD6 1DJ.

For further info contact Mr Kevin Jagger (Secretary)

email bradfordmrc.sec@virginmedia.com

telephone 0774 5268960

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Layouts (A-Z order)

Bolton Priory O (Skipton MRS) (18ft by 3ft)

www.skiptonrailsoc.org.uk

A LNER, 1937 terminus

of a fictional branch

from Ilkley to Bolton

Priory with a private

line to a sawmill and

quarry on Devonshire

estate.

More details, photo

album and layout plan

available on Skipton

MRS website .

Clun OO (Ian Wheelock) 20' by 18"

This station is the terminus of 2 rural branch lines. Trains are typical of the

former GW LMS joint lines in the Welsh marches border area and operation

represents the connection of services between the two lines. There is even

occasional coach workings.

A local colliery sends loaded

wagons to the yard for

collection by a main line engine

and trains of empties are

worked back in return.

Code 75 track and point

motors are Peco and buildings

are a mix of ready made, kits

and hand built structures, much

use being made of Metclafe embossed sheets. The majority of rolling stock is

proprietary ready to run.

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Waterhume OO9 (Ian Drumond) 3m by 820mm

OO9/OO gauge layout of a preserved NG line in the 1960's with a standard

gauge feeder line loosely based on the Leek and Manifold Light Railway

The Ashbourne and Bakewell Railways was one of England’s least known

narrow gauge lines, and although a Preservation Society saved it, now nothing

of the line remains. Waterhulme was one of the main stations on the line,

forming an interchange with a BR branch line, which ran to the main Buxton to

Ashbourne line.

The year modelled is 1967, the last year of the line’s operation, and is based on

the railway’s steam gala weekend. Most of the line’s rolling stock is in use, and

the BBC are making a live outside broadcast from the line.

Many of the locomotives comes from the private collection of Mr. Alan Bolt,

who had been the driving force behind the formation of the Preservation

Society, and had collected locomotives form many British and Overseas

Narrow Gauge lines as they had closed. A special visitor for the weekend is

‘Peter Sam’ from the Skarloey Railway. In truth the layout is loosely based on

Waterhouses Station on the Leek

and Manifold Railway. Many of

the features of the Leek and

Manifold line are modelled,

including a transporter wagon

demonstration train carrying a

standard gauge wagon.

The line is true to its setting in

the Derbyshire Dales, with

limestone cliffs a feature of the

layout, also note the river which

disappears down a ‘sink hole’

leaving a dry river bed. Many

animals and birds are also to be seen around the layout. The layout featured in

the December 1997 issue of ‘Model Railway Enthusiast’

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Toms Shed OO micro layout (4ft by 1ft) Martin Gajos York

Toms shed is a four track layout set in the 60's depicting that part of a large

steam shed which replenishes coal water and sand as well as providing ash

disposal facilities.

The coaling tower

and ash tower in

this model (based

on the still extant

towers at

Carnforth in

Lancashire are one

version of a wide

variety of designs

utilised by railway

companies from the 1930’s. A digital frame display shows some examples of the

design variants, as well as general views of steam depots and locomotives

The period of the layout is set in the 1960’s, mainly steam outline loco’s are

displayed and some diesels from the period. Pre-nationalisation loco’s and post

steam era diesels “visit on

special workings” to add

interest.

The layout illustrates what

can be achieved in a very

small space portraying a

substantial number and variety of loco movements. Photographs of “Toms

Shed” and other of our current and past exhibition and older layouts are on

flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/85298810@N07/sets/

Whits End OO 50/60 steam diesel (John Whitaker) 6ft by 1ft

After reading the book building micro layouts by P Lunn and buying an AC

Railcar I decided to make a small layout based on the retro railcar plan. It is

based on Devon and Cornwall, on a GWR/SR junction in the 50's 60's. Point

work is Peco setrack as is the track with the points operated by Gem switches.

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Cromford and High Peak OO (John Holroyd)

The model is based on the Cromford to Sheep pasture section at the southern

end of the C & HPR which opened in 1830 to link the canal at Cromford with

the Peak Forest canal at Whaley bridge. Built to canal engineering principles

there were horse drawn level sections with rope hauled inclines where a flight

of locks might be considered. The northern portion closed in 1892 but this

southern part worked until 1967. Its course is now a footpath and cycleway

known as the High Peak trail. Most of the buildings still survive including the

Middleton top winding engine and Lea wood pumping engine.

The incline is correctly pitched at 1 in 8 but lacks the catch pit which was

installed to halt runaways. On the real incline wagons were laboriously

tethered by lengths of chain plaited around the haulage cable but on the model

each truck carries a magnet which sticks to a small spring spliced onto the

winding rope.

Short wheelbase locos where needed on the sharply curving route and features

most of the short wheelbase classes used in BR days.

Old tenders carried water up the hill for domestic and locomotive purposes.

Limestone and Galena (a natural mineral form of lead) were the principle loads.

A display panel will help describe the finer points of the line's history and

questions are welcome.

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Colyer Street OO DCC (Roger Epps Shipley MRS) 15' by 2'

www.shipleymrs.org.uk/colyerst.php

Set in the heart of industrial

Tyneside, the layout imagines

that the former North British

Railway managed to build a

station in Newcastle. A former

through station, the line was truncated to

a terminus, and that is what has been

modelled. Passenger services are in the

hands of DMUs although a loco hauled

service still runs as does an occasional

parcels train. Freight serviced are limited

to serving a brewery and yard. Other

trains run as required. Track is Peco code

75 and Peco point motors are used to

change the points. The layout is controlled

by an N.C.E Power Cab DCC system.

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Sheaf Valley (N DCC) (Oliver Reading Sheffield)

The Sheaf Valley Railway is a small fictional preserved railway in South

Yorkshire. The layout depicts

one terminus of the line with

the intermediate station(s)

represented by the fiddle yard.

The layout measures 12’ x 1’

and is free standing on its own

set of legs. The layout is run

using DCC and uses the

Bachmann Dynamis controllers

for the wireless function it

allows.

The area represented on the layout has a scenic section of 8’ x 1’. This is

classed as the main station on the line as it is where the loco depot, carriage

shed and carriage &wagon works are based. There is a terminus which can hold

a 4 coach train in the main platform and a 2-car DMU in the bay so allsorts can

be seen departing up the line.

This is designed as the scenic end of the line being located within the sheaf

valley itself. All track is Peco Code 55 and points are electrically controlled

through the probe and stud mechanism. Signals are the motorised examples

provided by Dapol and the layout also makes use of the company’s Magnetic

couplings.

The layout was built using the maximum space available in the rather compact

room University Accommodation provides. It was also built to a budget by

using as many bits from the ‘spares’ box as possible.

Tomas (Bradford Model Railway Club

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.

Anyone get the anagram

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Rose Cove 7mm NG (D Burrows Skipton MRS 5' by 2' 6"

http://www.skiptonrailsoc.org.uk.

A continuous loop 7mm = 1ft Narrow gauge layout running on OO track. The

location is fictitious and incorporates a Harbour wall, Station and Blacksmith

shop. Stock includes Locos from heavily modified Hornby 4 wheelers and a

bogie coach made from an etched brass kit.

Shasta Z DCC (1:220) 1.4mm/ft Kevin and Andrea Smith Mardy

MRS 10' by 2' 6" The Sacramento River Canyon in Z DCC.

The torturous

curves of Union

Pacific's former

Epsee line

through the

Shasta sub

division see long

and intermodal

and merchandise

trains with

multiple Diesel

locos on the

front grind round

the curves at Cantara loop and Shata springs with some pausing at the station

at Dunsmuir for crew changes.

This Z scale layout features modern locomotives and rolling stock from the

new generation of Z scale manufacturers like AZI, MTL, Full Throttle and

Robert Ray in which the running qualities and detail matches the best of any of

the larger scales.

The junction between the 2 main boards and the Shasta Springs board is built

using the Z-bend track modular interface. This popular system in the USA

allows the layout to be connected easily to any other layout enabling the

assembly of super-layouts at shows. This means that Shasta can be easily

extended in the future at the Z-bend joint by adding additional baseboards. A

consequence of the Z-bend approach is that both sides of the layout are

finished scenically.

Shasta features over 400 trees and scratch built structures

Pushing the limits of Z technology the layout features DCC control and super

elevated curves..

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Hebden Bridge OO (Huddersfield MRS);

http://www.huddsrailwaymodellers.co.uk/

A small town on the eastern side of the Pennines. Historically it was served by

two main transport arteries, the Rochdale Canal, linking Manchester with the

Calder Hebble Navigation, and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway’s

Manchester and Leeds main line. The town’s transport link and a plentiful water

supply gave rise to its once thriving textile industry. The town lies at the

confluence of two rivers, the River Calder and Hebden Water, both cutting

through steeply sided valleys, with the railway clinging to the sides of the

Calder Valley as it climbs towards Todmorden and Summit Tunnel

Now something of a dormitory town for the conurbations of Manchester,

Halifax, Leeds and Bradford, it is still served by excellent east west rail services.

Set in a very picturesque area, the town is a centre for the local tourist

industry and has the distinction of being officially the least cloned town in

England; it is also the home of the last clog factory in Britain.

The layout is an attempt to create an impression of the station, traffic and its

environs in the late forties, fifties and very early sixties. As a prototype for a

model, it was in many ways ideal for our needs. Being situated on a main line at

a point where the track quadruples, there is plenty scope for a wide variety of

traffic, including express trains from coast to coast, Newcastle, Hull, Leeds and

Bradford to Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool (many of them only 6 to eight

coaches long and in spite of this often double headed), a never ending

procession of coal trains from the Yorkshire coal fields and regular supply of

freight and parcels trains. In terms of locomotive power, most LMS standard

types, except the pacifics, were regular performers on the line; many BR

standards also used the line as did a smattering of ex LNER locos, to say

nothing of ex LYR types.

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LLanfair 009 (Blackburn MRS) 5.2 by 1.1m www.belmrs.org/

Opened in 1903 to link the market town of Welshpool to the rural community

of Llanfair Caereinion, this 2 foot 6 inch narrow gauge steam railway now

provides a tourist service. All of the trains are steam hauled, either by one of

the original locomotives or one from abroad. The carriages in regular use are

from Hungary and Austria with access to the enclosed seating area via an open

balcony. The journey begins in the town of Welshpool. From the start the train

battles up the notoriously steep Golfa Bank accompanied by the sound of the

locomotive echoing off the hills. Llanfair station was opened in 1903 and

operated by the Cambrian Railway, it merged with the GWR in 1922, and

subsequently by British Railways in 1948. Following its closure in 1956, it was

reopened as a preserved line in 1963, and continues today.

The fictitious history of our model is similar to the history above, but with a

number of differences. We have assumed that the line was more successful in

its non-preservation years. For our purposes, the operation of the line, from

about 1956, is jointly carried out by BR and the preservation company. BR

handles the freight and the regular passenger service. The period is around the

late 1950’s running into the 1960's. The track plan is similar to when the line

closed. The buildings are also generally as they were in BR days but some items

inc the river have been moved closer to the station to save space.

Johnstown N (Harrogate MRC) 20 by 8

Set in a fictional East Midlands location on the borders between the Eastern

and Midland Regions of BR in the mid 1960's Johnstown depicts a busy town

station with 5 platforms. The 4 island platforms serve the main lines with

platform 5 nearest the viewing side serving a single track branch line.

There is a small goods yard with town centre including a bus depot located

behind. The old loco facilities for the branch have become redundant and can

be seen in a state of disrepair.

The setting and period allow a wide selection of rolling stock both steam and

diesel from members collections..

Track is Peco with points operated by wire in tube and control is traditional

analogue via Morley Vortrack controllers.

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Oxenhope (0) BMRC 38ft x 3ft end to end

Oxenhope is the first O gauge layout of the Bradford

Model Railway Club and has featured in Hornby Magazine.

It is the terminus station of the Keighley and Worth Valley

Railway, loosely as it was in the period 1945 to 1965 and

consists of a single platform with run-round loop and

goods facilities.. This permits the running of both L.M.S.

and B.R. stock.

As a point of interest, the branch earthworks were

constructed to double track standards to allow a never

built extension via a long tunnel to Hebden Bridge.

The layout is constructed of screwed and glued 12mm

plywood baseboards 4' x 3' or 3’ by 3’ making a total

length of 38', which is the maximum that will fit in the

clubroom

Peco track and points are used with slow-motion Tortoise

point motors. It originally had magnetically operated

Dingham couplers but these have been replaced with

standard screw or 3 link. Scenery is mainly Woodland

Scenics.

Stock belongs to various members and includes DJH

Bachmann Connoisseur Oakville-Ace Prodducts Tower;

Anchorage; AceKirk, Sidelines, Slater's, Peco, and some

scratch built,

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Murphys Mining HOe (G Harrison Fylde MRS) 8ft by 28"

www.blackpoolandnorthfyldemrc.co.uk

Paddy Murphy had mined gravel and supplied it to the locals for years. He

hadn't made a lot of money but enough to cover his hobby of Narrow gauge

industrial railways. One day two geologists arrived to test his gravel looking for

a new super element called Thorium. Lo and behold large quantities were

found and Paddy

could now afford to

buy Narrow gauge

stock from around

the world.

This layout is my

excuse to run Roco,

Lilliput diesels and

stock plus some Faller road vehicles.

Murrayville Yard HO USA HO 16.5mm 20ft by 3' 6"

Pontefract & Normanton RMS www.nprms.org/

This is the clubs first venture into modelling the American HO scene and is a

fictional layout set very loosely around the Chicago area which allows us to

operate a great variety of members

stock from differing railroads.

The layout frame is constructed

from 6mm ply topped with 9mm

ply. All trackwork is the new Peco

code 83 with points operated by

Seep S3 motors using the built in

switches to change the frog

polarities. The backscene is a photographic

repro of city and industrial areas

which we purchased from the USA.

Buildings are mainly Wathers and DPM suitably modified to fit in with the

backscene. Locos and stock are owned by various club members. It is run by a

Lenz 90 DCC system with some locos fitted with sound. Throughout its

construction a few members lost interest but one member soldiered on and

finished the bulk of the work so we named the layout after him. If you have any

questions regarding the layout please feel free to ask.

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Loch Lochy N 10ft by 2ft oval Modern Pauline McKenna

Loch Lochy is a basic Up and

Down fictitious main line with

country station located in

Scotland in the 1974-1986 in the

BR blue period. To keep viewers

interested busy passenger and

freight services are run and are

using trains that ran in Scotland

during that period. These include

Class 24’s (withdrawn about 1975) up to the ‘large logo’ classes 37, 47 and

47/7’s into 1986. There are 6 fiddle roads which are split into 2 which allow up

to 12 different trains to be run.

Manygates OO (Sheffield

MRS) 10' by 1'

www.sheffield-mrs.com

A Small freight terminal based

in 1970’s East London, with

both BR suburban and London

Underground / BR joint lines,

and a peak-hour BR passenger

service.

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