Below you can see what we have booked for our 2024 exhibition! We have over 30 exhibits and 20 traders, with one or two more to add! There is a fantastic mix, we are hoping something for everyone! The date for the 2024 exhibition is September 14th & 15th at Leigh Sports Village. Get the date in your diary!
Layouts in Attendance
N Gauge
Ballykeale – 7ft x 6ft analogue, Irish diesel layout
Abbotsford – 9ft x 8ft, analogue, BR Steam & Diesel, 1940s – 1970s
Millhouses – 12ft x 5ft analogue, midlands, Eastern and LMS during the 1960 – late 1970s
Boston and Maine – 8ft x 8ft DCC, American freight yard with working container crane, 2000s
Coketown – 19ft x 9ft, DCC Sound, 2000s
Earby – 22ft x 12ft, analogue, BR Steam, 1950s
Dyna Hyfryd – 30ft x 14ft, Analogue, 1995 onwards plus branch line with steam heritage shed & narrow gauge railway
OO Gauge
J Tracy & Sons – 12ft x 5ft analogue, steam industrial complex run similar to how the Inglenook shunting puzzles are run with loads and wagons being selected via cards being drawn.
Deadmans Lane – a 32ft by 12ft, DCC Sound, 1995 onwards, midlands
Great Endon – an 18ft x 11ft DCC sound, 2000s, fictional Lancastrian location
Rainy City – 11ft x 4ft analogue, Trams, 1920’s Manchester
Midhurst Road Junction – 15ft x 5ft, analogue, BR Southern Steam, 1950s with real working interlocking point levels & signals
Edgworth – 17ft x 5ft, DCC Sound, 1970s onwards, North West Manchester area
Appledore – 18ft x 5ft analogue layout, 1960s North Devon based on a fictitious history where the LSWR built a new line from their Bideford station to Westward Ho! and Appledore to tap into the ship building traffic
Talywain Loco Shed – 8ft x 4ft, analogue/bluetooth, 1970 BR industrial steam
Kids Drive It – Leigh Model Railway Society (layout kindly built & supplied by Sawyer Models of Leigh), analogue 6ft x 4ft, Thomas & Friends
O Gauge
The Little Western – 18ft x 6ft DCC Sound, GWR, station & yard with high level railway in the back ground (based on Oliver & Duck’s railway in the Rev W Awdry’s Thomas books)
Bury, Thorn & Sons – 12ft x 6ft, DCC Sound, industrial tar distillery 50s/60s East Riding of Yorkshire
Inglebrookes – 10′ x 2′ DCC Sound, Steam & Diesel, shunting puzzle for big kids & little kids
New Millshaw – 20ft x 7ft, analogue, BR 60s -70s station & yard
HO Gauge
29th Street Wharf – 20ft x 8ft DCC Sound, West Coast USA sea front, 1970’s to 1990’s
Parazare – 13ft x 6ft analogue, France, Steam Diesel & Electric, 1960s plus working Faller road system
OO9 Narrow Gauge
Silff Ffesnestr – 11ft x 4ft DCC Sound, 2015, Ffestiniog Railway
Lancaster Yard – 6ft x 6ft analogue, WWI British Army base, Belgium
Fallgate – 13ft x 6ft analogue, Fallgate station and yard on the Ashover Light Railway, 1930’s.
Tan-yr-Allt & Dyffyr Uchaf – 17ft x 4ft analogue, based on the Tan-y-Bwlch station on the famous Ffestiniog railway
Clogher – 16ft x 5ft analogue, Irish steam
Mynydd Tatws – 6ft x 8ft DCC Sound, layout inspired by holidays riding the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland railways
Large Scale
Tramway Avenue – 36ft x 22ft analogue, trams, old street scene, end to end tram service and depot at one end, plus a display of trams in various scales from Tramway & Light Railway Society
Legomas – 12ft x 6ft Lego trains & more!
Other Exhibits
Veteran Modellers – display of kits, dioramas etc made by the Veteran’s Modelling Club
North West Scale Model Boat Club
Scalextric – back by popular demand! Compete with friends & family to see who will take the chequered flag first!
Brian Davies Wagon Loads – come and watch Brian’s magic hands as he constructs wagon loads out of everyday objects. Ask questions, Brian likes to talk
Finnegan Brookes – come watch & ask questions as Finnegan builds and paints various plastic kits showing you how easy they are for kids to build
Traders
Leigh MRS Club Sales Stand – always a bargain to be found on the club stand so come and take a look!
Leigh MRS Raffle – Fabulous prizes up for grabs kindly donated by… (To be announce!)
Sawyer Models of Leigh – new, pre owned, Modelu, TT:120, scenics, diecast, weathered, renamed, renumbered, accessories, mystery bags etc
North Western Models – accessories, tools, glue, kits in a variety of scales including PD Marsh, Expo, Rusty Rails & more
Aire Valley Model Railways – pre owned railways, diecast & more
Nick Tozer Books – a huge variety of books covering all manner of transportation including hard to find books
Lancashire Mining Museum – support the museum by purchasing one of their limited edition wagons in N, OO or O gauge
1039 Models – pre owned model railways specialising in larger scales
MMR Models – lazer cut kits focusing on railway related buildings & lineside
JS Models – lazer cuts buildings specialising in warehouses, canals, mills & industrial
SMTF – new & pre owned railways in all scales
Leigh Models & Hobbies – light up vehicles, pre owned & plastic kits
Rail Advent – cups, badges, clocks & keep up to date with the latest happenings in the world of transport
Coastal DCC Sound – DCC specialist, sound decoders for all scales, digital controllers, standard decoders, advice on DCC
Powerbond Glue – glue, glue and more glue
Sweetilicious – sweets for little kids & not so little kids
Along Classic Lines – new & pre owned model railways in a variety of scales. They also carry a range of Hornby Dublo 3 rail items
Loco Fleet- cups, bookmarks, flasks, badges, pens, pencils & more
Mount Tabor Models – continental & narrow gauge specialist with some of those harder to find items
Thunderbolt Models – pre owned railways, scenics & kits
Treemendous – scenics, grass, trees, scatters
L&Y DCC Model Railway Club selling a sadly deceased members items
LMS Patriot Project – New & pre owned items plus badges, pens etc all raising money to help restore the loco ‘The Unknown Warrior’
Enwin’s 3D Models – 3D printed models, Rapido stockist, scenics, loco kits, lineside accessories & more
MTFG Hobbies- railway spares, hard to find plastic kits, wargaming, paints
WELCOME 