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Wow.. Outstanding Bro.. Love it

Painted maroon with green sign writing, the little blue Morris Commercial truck could easily be Claud Greengrass from the television series “Heartbeat”.

Excelent.

Nicely done,,excellent work and great details,,thanks for sharing..😊

Some really lovely layouts here but yet let down by appalling operating probably through ignorance of how the real railway operated back in the day. Steam locos cannot reverse without the drivers operating the revering gear and it's certainly not as quick as flicking a switch on the controller. Locos do not buffer up to stock without stopping first and then easing up. They don't run into coaches or wagons and continue to push the stock down a platform. There are so many other poor examples! Sad really as there are loads of books out there and you can still see it done properly on numerous preserved lines.

Backscene is amazing.

Great series of layouts in these clips, well filmed

I love both the KingsField and Hazelbury Junction layouts because I love all the steam hauled and diesel hauled passenger trains!

The Freshwater layout to my mind is brilliant, a level I would love to aspire to. Are there any show dates for this layout in 2024 please?

Yet again i have seen only one train with driver in cab and guard in brake van, others are a waste of space, with empty ghost trains. Disgruntled retired BR train driver.

By far the best filming of layouts that I have seen. Thanks for sharing. Pete.

Opening shows for once realistic colouring.....old steam locos are always captivating...always had great holidays Dawlish Warren so this is a great video throughout...

Excellent layouts. Shame they were having trouble with the third exhibit. Abergavenny I thought outstanding in build and operation.

I'm puzzled: how did the locos at Abergavenny Blackbrook manage to couple/uncouple?

PASSENGER TRAINS & GUARDS VANS. Again too many modellers today, with exhibition layouts, seem totally oblivious to the complex rules applicable to EVERY aspect of of Railways. Until the Law was changed in 1978 ALL passenger trains had to include a Guards Van (with a Guard in it) as the LAST passenger carrying vehicle. Any passenger carrying coaches behind the Guards van had to be locked out of use. In 1978, the LAW was changed, relieving GUARDS of their GUARDING LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. So the Law had to be changed & this had to pass through Parliament !!! Up until this change Guards were legally allowed to restrain passengers "endangering the train or other passengers" in any way the Guard saw fit. Including using his "Bardic Lamp" to thump you in the face, if you broke Railway Law. Indeed this is another reason for the existence of the Transport Police, as the Law even today on Railway Property is NOT THE SAME as elsewhere. Civil Police forces therefore have NO legal rights on Railway property, unless requested by Transport Police to aid them. The change at BR's behest, allowed Guards to leave the Guards van area, to go and check tickets. Which allowed more expensive Travelling Ticket Inspectors (TTI's) to be abolished. NOTE: Included in the passenger vehicle fleet were vehicles such as Horse Boxes, Parcels vans, Mail vans, Newspaper vans & BG's. These were NOT wagons, so due to various other Rules could not normally be included in Freight trains.

ARE YOUR FREIGHT TRAINS CORRECT ? - VACUUM BRAKED FREIGHT UNTIL 1970 ! It always amazes me that so few modellers today, understand even the basic rules of freight train operation in the age of the vacuum brake !!! BR from 1948, basically painted "unfitted" wagons pale grey to indicate the wagon had NO BRAKES other than a handbrake. It painted BR wagons fitted with vacuum brakes in addition to a handbrake "brown". Which means that all the brown wagons have to be at the front of the train coupled behind the loco, while all grey wagons should be behind the "brown" ones. A Brake van was of course required at the rear of ALL freight trains. And only had to be a "brown" brakevan if the train was "FULLY FITTED", otherwise a Grey one could be used. If the train included only brown wagons it was a "FITTED" freight. If the train included brown & grey (behind the brown), it was a "PARTLY FITTED" freight. If the train contained only Grey wagons it was a "UNFITTED" freight. FULLY FITTED freight trains could run at a maximum 60mph, assuming no speed restricted wagons were included. PARTLY FITTED freight trains could run at 45mph; 40mph; or 35mph; depending on the percentage of "brown" braked wagons there were coupled to the loco. UNFITTED freight trains were restricted to 30mph, as obviously only the Loco had controllable brakes ! Each of these types of freight trains had different Headlamp codes Classes 5-9. Class 0 was a light loco or loco & brake van. Wagons (Brown) marked "XP" (eXpress Passenger) indicates the wagon could be included in a passenger train (normally behind the loco) up to a maximum of 3 such wagons. But the passenger train is now limited to a maximum 60 mph. This speed restriction meant they were rarely included in Top Link Express trains due to the speed limit imposed. Privately owned wagons of course, could be painted in any livery ! So the Guard had to identify every wagon in the train, and ensure the wagons were marshalled correctly. With "FITTED" wagons in front of any "UNFITTED". Which is the main reason there was so much shunting of wagons at virtually every "Goods Yard" in Britain !!!! Hope that little lot helps those "befuddled" modellers currently unaware of some of the basic Freight train RULES.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE BOOK MATERIAL IS NECESSARY FOR LAYOUT CONSTRUCTION !!! Shame "Gara Bridge" doesn't understand signalling, as some signals are incorrectly placed, or include incorrect signal arms. There is a very good reference book on "GWR Signalling", explaining the methods of Absolute Block & Single line Token Block signalling. With many photos, written by an ex WR Signalman. From memory it was published by OPC, & has been around for Decades !!!

Great modelling....realism.

Some great layouts, expertly captured by you as always.

Outstanding attention to detail

Brilliant first model, so pleased to see both driver and second man in the cab. So many modellers do not bother to put crews or passengers in trains or cabs. ( retired BR train driver).

Great filming as always, thankyou

Nice to see Old Sarum again!! Last time I saw it, I was at the Alexandra Palace at the London Festival of Railway Modelling.

Nice to see a beach modelled on one of the layouts!!

I purchased my model railway a couple of years ago and between us my son and I have reconstructed it to depict the main location of the great television show Dad’s Army. Walmington-on-Sea is a great little layout. It’s run by DCC Sound with one or two visiting DC locomotives.

Grafty Green is a very attractive and interesting layout.

It just happens that I know the Great Western Railway reasonably well having been to boarding school just outside Wincanton and spent many years going off to Cornwall for summer holidays!!

I’m glad to see another selection of brilliant layouts!! A model railway exhibition is always welcome in this house!!

Loving the live loads on the USA silver layout

Anyone else spot the elephant on the platform in the Kensington layout? That's a lovely layout but some jerky operation now and again.

We've just stumbled across your channel, there's some great videos on there. My grandson is particularly interested as he's recently started a channel Dylington Model Railway, featuring his own model railway and some exhibitions and heritage railways. Right, just subscribed, off to make a cuppa, grab a biscuit, and enjoy somemore of your videos. Cheers James 🙂👍

Kensington is amazing! The attention to detail is second to none. Wow!

Very nice video again, really enjoyed the Kensington late Edwardian theme, the period I try to create for my self. Thanks for the lovely video

Great video. Not really my era but Canute Road Quay has a lot going for it, great shunting.

From music to dynamic art, the soul of British artistry lives on

Old elm park - great play on old oak common. Fantastic layout too.

Great layouts and great filming. Thank you. Too young to remember Thames Ditton at the time but I lived there in 1952!!

Old Elm park one of the best shed layout i have ever seen.

I can’t believe that any of these layouts could possibly be under 5” gauge. The place I remember is the Thames Ditton Miniature Railway Club.

What an absolutely gorgeous set of locomotives!! Would this be the old Thames Ditton Miniature Railway that my grandfather took me to visit a couple of times?

Excelent model railway video.

Exceptional filming, lots of time to absorb the atmosphere and fine detailing. Agree the roundhouse is something else. 🤓Eddie

By the way, was this show at Warley? If so, I might attend one of these years when I have the camper in which to overnight!!

Some attractive diesels on the second layout, but I can’t spot an approximate location. My two are The Epping Ongar Railway and the Dad’s Army layout, complete with Walmington-on-Sea Station.

And if you want to know what the REAL Pitchford Hall looks like now, I’ll email you my most recent photo of her when I have your email address.

Where is this layout kept? I’d love to bring my rather lovely model of Pitchford Hall to run on it.

Between you and me, this is just like Old Oak Common Roundhouse and the buildings all scream OLD OAK COMMON to me!!

Nice to see a roundhouse!!

And that’s just the first one!!

Gorgeous Great Western locomotives in a neat London landscape. What could be better to watch?