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de Havilland Model Railway Society
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The Society's 2008 exhibition took place on Saturday 26th April 2008. Layouts that appeared were Bash Street :- "0" Shunting puzzle by Burgess Hill MRC Beg Steal and Borrow Light Railway :- "009" Narrow gauge layout by Simon Auger (009 Soc.) Foss Landing :- "H0" American railroad in the 1920s by Dave & Midge Grassing Havilland City :- "G" by Albanrail Havil Junction :- "00" DHMRS's main layout (see link below) - Model Rail Spring 1998 Johannesdorf :- "0/16.5" Peter Smith Warley MRC - Continental Modeller, Nov. 2007 Kings Green Wharf :- "N" St Neots MRC - Railway Modeller, May 2004 Miclav :- "TT" East German with overhead catenary by Mike Hillman (DHMRS) Minories :- "EM" City of London BR in the 1970's from The Model Railway Club - Railway Modeller, Aug. 2007 Nevercreech Junction :- "N" S&D 1950's by Bill Shackel (Stevenage & Dist. MRC) The Broadway ;- "2mm" East Anglian trams in 1920's by Alan Lawrence (2mm Soc.) The Whitsend Tramway ;- "009" coastal NG railway by Graham & Caroline Watling - Railway Modeller, Jan. 2008 Tram Test Track :- "00" fully automatic test track with demonstration by Chris Cornell of Cornell Models Vintage Hornby Dublo :- "00" DHMRS's new layout Wantage :- "0" light railway by Dave Cox (Crawley MRS) World War 2 Railway Study Group :- "00" military railway by Tony Cane Zevendaal :- "H0" Dutch freight yard by Tom Nicholls (Carshalton & Sutton MRC) - Continental Modeller, Feb 2006 - due to appear Model Rail spring 2008
Abbey Road :- We apologise that unfortunately the Abbey Road layout was withdrawn after the closing date for railway magazines exhibition calendars had passed. The owner has withdrawn the layout from the exhibition circuit as it was no longer capable of reliable operation and requires extensive rewiring.
---<<>>--- Traders who attended Albanrail - G Gauge Chris Cornell - Etched brass tram kits Deltic Preservation Society - videos, etc. Geoff Gamble - Transport books Jo Lock - Second Hand John Dutfield - ready to run, kits & bits Plus displays from LCGB, 3mm Society and Benelux Railway Society ---<<>>--- Please note that due to the premises, certain exhibits were upstairs. A video link was provided permitting our Havil layout, based upstairs, to be seen in operation by any people unable to manage the stairs. Additonally a pricing concession was available for any affected disabled people. This exhibition was held with the assistance of our landlord the Ludwick Way Methodist Church and part of the proceeds from the event are going to boost their funds to provided disabled access to the upstairs rooms.
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