DIESEL ELECTRIC MODELLERS (DEMU) SHOWCASE -- 2/3 JUNE 2018

Showcase 2018
DEMU Showcase is the premier UK exhibition dedicated to diesel and electric modelling and will be on the weekend of 2/3 June 2018.

Opening Times
Saturday 2nd June  10.00 - 17.00
Sunday 3rd June   10.00 - 16.00

Venue
Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, 
Burton upon Trent, DE14 2EB. 

The venue is situated a very close to the railway station in Burton upon Trent (about a 5 minute walk). However there is now very little/no parking at the Town Hall so would recommend parking in the station car park (between the Travelodge and the railway lines) or in Derby Street car park (in front of the Travelodge opposite the station). The organisers politely request that the street parking spaces in front of the Town Hall be left free for exhibition staff and exhibitors.

Tickets
All tickets are valid for the whole weekend to allow you enough time to see all the exhibits.

Ticket prices are:
  Adults   £9
  DEMU members / children (U16)   £6
  Families (2 adults and unlimited children)   £22

Layouts

ALDERFORD OO GAUGE MODERN IMAGE

  Alderford (4mm OO, above) 
  Burton on Trent (2mm N2)
  Deadman's Lane (4mm OO)
  Devonport Road (4mm OO)
  Ebsworth Street (4mm OO)
  Farmer's Drove (2mm N)
  Friday Bridge (4mm EM)
  Fryer's Lane (4mm P4)

Longcarse West (4mm P4 - Right)
Longcarse West is based on a few run down sidings in the Alloa area of Central Scotland in the period 1975/6. This was once a busy area with both the Caledonian and North British Railways building lines to tap into the local coal, glass making, brewery and distillery business. 

  Oil Drum Lane (4mm OO)
  Sandiacre (4mm OO)

Stapleforth St Stephen's 
(2mm N below)
The layout is a ‘N’ gauge mainline of freelance design, with a track plan designed to provide train movements which are entertaining and hopefully appreciated by those watching and a headache to the operators if they make a mistake. Stapleforth St Stephen's is normally set at the time of the Privatisation Era (1995-present) and you will see representations of all locomotives and stock which have run during the period. 

This layout is 15ft x 3ft and provides continuous running to and from the fiddle yard accommodating 21 full length trains (mostly freight) and as an end to end - fiddle yard to terminus station and return for 9 passenger trains. As you can see from the image below it is very busy, plenty for the visitor to enjoy and also for the operators too.