Cale-Rail model railway exhibition 2023 - Gartell Light Railway - Saturday 11th February 2023

Cale Rail is a model & railway society located in the Blackmoor Vale of England, on the Somerset / Dorset border. Each year - well not when the Country is in lockdown - the society hosts a small model railway exhibition at the Gartell Light Railway near Templecombe. This was the first time I had visited this show and I hadnt been to the GLR for about 25 years, so was looking forward to a train ride - unfortunately, the Northern extension wasnt open, but the class 33 inspired diesel loco was working.
Layouts on show were as follows:
Downsview Preserved Railway - 4mm scale oo gauge layout, controlled by dcc with the locos featuring dcc sound.
Norge - a 3.5mm scale HO layout featuring a Norwegian branchline. This layout features many animations, dcc sound and some beautifully modelled buildings.
Highfield Road - A 4mm scale OO gauge layout, which is still under development. Controlled by dcc with wi-fi control - the very latest in technology.
Myra Canyon Railroad - a 7mm scale layout, running trains oN30 & oN18. The layout was destined for demolition before being rescued by the new owner, who is slowly restoring it to full working order.
Watershoot Bay - a 4mm scale OO gauge layout, based on a fictional branchline on the Isle of Wight. Southern Railway rolling stock features.
Lattiford End - 7mm scale O gauge branchline, set in the transition period of British Railways, when black steam locos and green diesels tussled for our affections.
Four Bridges - A layout featuring narrow gauge trains running amongst scenery featuring both 4mm and 7mm scale elements. Confused? Somehow, some of it actually works and the modelling is really good too - if a bit barmy!
Wyvern Wharf - another 7mm scale O gauge branchline terminus. Set between the 1930' and 1950' the layout features GWR rolling stock. For a small country terminus, the branch is well facilitated with a goods yard, loco shed and wharves.
West Hill - a 4mm scale OO9 narrow gauge railway based layout. Having served its time with an industrial operator, the line has now been taken over by a preservation group. Again, more impeccable modelling.
Kinale Works - a 2mm scale N gauge layout - a very compact layout that contains so much in a 3'6" x 2'6" space. A single loop line with sidings runs through a built up factory and industrial setting.
Forest of Arigonne - a layout that isnt a layout! Originally built as a diorama during lockdown (in a hotel room) this is another World War 1 based creation from Railway Modellers own Callum Willcox.
The final part of the film is of train operations on the GLR.
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best wishes and thank you, Iain