10th HUCCLECOTE MODEL RAILWAY SHOW - SATURDAY 15th JUNE 2019

ADDRESS:
Hucclecote Methodist Church,
Carisbrooke Road, Hucclecote, Gloucester,
Gloucestershire GL3 3QP

OPENING TIMES:   10am- 5pm
ADMISSION:    Adults £5.00     Children - Free

Organised by local modellers and church members, this is their tenth annual show. Visitors who attended in previous years could confirm the warm welcome and the quality of the refreshments. It's expected that the 2019 show will be no different! Similarly, the range of exhibits at this charity show will appeal to both keen modellers and local families.The range of exhibits will appeal to both keen modellers and local families. Various layouts are booked in scales from N to OO including one for children to operate, also note that accompanied children are admitted FREE.

It is a charitable show and proceeds will be divided between the church and a local charity. Our previous shows have been enjoyed by all, not least for the excellent buffet. The show is located on the Number 10 bus route from Gloucester to Cheltenham. All aboard!

List of Layouts Attending:

Oily End - N Gauge, (below) Oily End in the Bushey Area was prompted by a desire to display 1/144 scale model aircraft alongside N gauge railways from the 1940s onwards rather than just being limited to 21st Century trains with a separate airport hard standing area.
Similarly, being more modular in nature, Oily End in the Bushey Area’s constituent parts can be deployed as a simple test track for N gauge trains or as non-scale specific scenic backgrounds for other models.  At the heart of the new diorama though was an oil tank farm made from components from a previous layout Church Hislop. This provided a focal point for the custom built and numbered oil tank wagon rakes as well as a number of other 1960s locomotives, wagons and other rolling stock.

Somerset Lane - O Diesel Depot (Above) and is a play on Devons Road, in Bow, east London – Which was the first British Railways depot to be built for solely diesel traction. The period chosen for the layout is late 1950s and early 1960s and the stock of early BR diesel shunting and mainline locomotives reflects what would have been found in east London at that time. Despite the layout only being just under 9ft long, the aim is to always have something moving to maintain both operator and viewers’ interest. There is a small yard in front of the motive power shed to allow shunting with goods shed and loading docks.

Dock Street Sidings - OO
Dock Street Sidings is a self-contained micro layout built quickly as a test track, it is a simple set of sidings which can be used as an “Inglenook” shunting puzzle using wagons if required. It is loosely based in the 1960/70s and depending on the stock used can be located on the BR Western Region somewhere in the Gloucester area or in the North Wales or Merseyside area on the London Midland Region. Both Blue and Green diesels are used.



Riddle Town - N Gauge
Riddle Town is set in the 1960s / 1970s era. DMUs serve the station and run to Old Town, where a small refuelling depot is situated. 



Blenheim Road - OO Gauge BR/SR. (Top of page)
Blenheim Road is a fictitious terminus Station set in South West London. This allows a variety of rolling stock from other regions to access Blenheim Road via the West London Line through Kensington Olympia. 

In this picture (right), a multiple unit wired Class 33/1 stands with a rake of maroon carriages across a platform from a 2BIL electric multiple unit.  In the nomenclature of the Southern Railway – and later British Railways Southern Region – 2BIL indicated a two car unit with both carriages including lavatories.  They were eventually to become known as Class 401 under British Rail’s TOPS renumbering and were in service from 1935 to 1971.

Little Aller Junction - N Gauge WR 1960s
The real Aller Junction is located a short distance west of Newton Abbot station on the Western Region main line to the South West. It is where the quadruple track from Newton Abbot splits into two double track lines. One track is towards Plymouth and Cornwall while the other is for Torbay and Kingswear. Both lines handled express trains and large locos. It is set in the summers of the 1960s when diesel hydraulics were in command. The exact time period can vary from between 1962 and 1967 so, whilst most locos are maroon or green diesels you might see the odd steam hauled train or a rail blue loco.


St Bridgets - N Devon / Cornwall
A Western Region country terminus on the Devon/Cornwall border. The local creamery provides milk for Bristol and the small but busy goods shed keeps inward and outward traffic moving. The local coal merchant also has a siding. 
Three Acres - TT WR Branch
Three Acres is based on the station that was at Dymock in the Forest of Dean on the Gloucester to Ledbury line as it was when the line from Dymock to Ledbury had been lifted. Although the station area and yard is a good representation of the site it is not totally accurate so hence the name change. Three Acres has been chosen as there is a similar named place, Five Acres, close to Coleford and the area modelled is approximately three acres. Dymock itself at this stage, from July1959, had no passenger service being goods only, but Three Acres retains a service to the community as a rural terminus.  
Winterwell on the Fosse - TT Mswjr

Bilston Road - 1960s WR Shed
Journey's End - OO9 Necropolis
Glb Bitterfeld - HO German
Crossways - A Static Bus Display
Gloucestershire Road Haulage (Static)
Joint Harrier Strike Force (Static)
Barnwood Halt - Interactive layout designed to allow children to operate and enjoy.
Nearest Railway Stations:
Gloucester  [2.55 miles]
Cheltenham Spa  [4.66 miles]
Stroud (Gloucestershire)  [7.63 miles]
Stonehouse  [8.44 miles]

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