This afternoon I travelled five miles down the road to Corsham to visit the model railway exhibition ‘Trainwest’ which is held annually at the Springfield Community Centre in Corsham, Wiltshire.
It was a large exhibition of displays and trade stands. There were a couple of N gauge layouts to take my interest, but for me the major attraction was an OO layout of Moor Street Station, Birmingham. The layout is able to display different eras; the one I watched was set in the late 50s/early 60s and had running DMUs and a few steam locomotives from the same period as my layout. In fact I mentioned to one of the modellers that some of his trains were setting off in the direction of my GWR station!
The trade stands were interesting and there were a few items that I purchased. I was rather pleased to buy three GWR weathered coal wagons that were sitting in a large box of other second hand N gauge wagons – all priced at £6.50. They will be ideal for my exchange sidings.
Model of 1960s Leamington Stations 