We recently went to the Yorkshire 16mm Railway Society show, which was being held over the border at the Barrow Hill Roundhouse. Years ago, this show used to be held at Elescar, in Sheffield, but when that attraction fell on it's backside, they moved the show elsewhere. Some years ago, we attended one run at the Richard Dunns leisure centre in Bradford (another venue that also fell on its backside due to be killed-off by the owning Local Authority... sensing a theme here?). Having done the superb show at Llangollen in the Spring, we were keen to do another garden railway-specific exhibition this year. Plus, it allowed us to nail several birds with one stone, as we needed to recce the place for a visit we're doing at the end of October, and get some pics for an upcoming Hornby article.
Nice first loco to to greet visitors, a Class 02. I have a feeling this one used to work on the industrial branchline near where I grew up.
These pics are for the Hornby article; top-and-tailed train on the demo line.
Detail pics in the yard.
Nice old buildings.
Inside the goods van.
Texture shot on an old Speedlink wagon.
Cabbing a Deltic.
Love those old dials and switches.
The garden railway show itself wasn't too bad. Small compared to Llangollen, but a lot going on, fit in around the full-sized locomotives. It was a little difficult to get decent pics with all the background stuff though.
Yep, I know I was drooling over this at Llangollen, and I still am.
Though this comes a close second... if I had a spare 2 and a half grand.
A rather nice Ffestiniog England, though the ex-Groudle loco is more the right proportions for our own garden line.
Overall, a nice day out- different atmosphere to Llangollen, the only other garden railway only show we've done. Lots of interesting bits and pieces picked up too for the next lot of projects, and a jolly chat over lunch with the editor of Garden Rail.
Looking forward to coming back here in late October for a shoot; more on that later in the month...
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