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Railway exhibition

THE Corris Railway Society’s Model Railway Exhibition will feature narrow-gauge layouts when it takes place at Y Plas in Machynlleth on 25 and 26 August.

Representing the most popular n.g. 009 scale will be World’s End and Hensbarrow Road, whilst the light-hearted Bumf Mine is built to 7mm standards.

Walmer Bridge flies the flag for the 16mm scale and demonstrates that smaller area layouts are possible in this “garden scale”.

O gauge features on four layouts. The Depot and Clough Street Sidings portray the ‘dieselised’ railway of today while nostalgia for days and toys gone by will be stirred by a visiting selection of Hornby clockwork and electric trains, and a layout featuring the 1960s Tri-ang Big-Big Train range.

More Tri-ang nostalgia from half a century ago will be represented by a TT gauge layout and there will be a trio of layouts in N, depicting a north German scene and two with a Welsh theme – Taste of Amlwch and Dora Slate Incline.

The most popular 4mm scale is represented by three very contrasting exhibits.

Westgate MPD is based on the one time loco shed at Chester Northgate.

An Underground Ernie layout features trains from the television series and children are invited to ‘drive’ them. And there will a layout designed to fit into minimum space – in this case a window sill.

Sales stands include a return of the jewellery and decorative items from Kate’s Glass, Railwayana, new and pre-owned model railway equipment, and of course fundraisers for the revival of the Corris Railway, including the construction of the new Falcon steam locomotive and a Corris Railway sales stand.

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