20 January 2008 - Beds & Bucks NG Modellers Members Open Day, Barton Le Clay

The second area group narrow gauge event of the year, a week after the SWOONS event, and this one followed the same successful formula - an excellently equipped village hall, a splendid array of refreshments provided by the hard working support ladies, Brian Guilmant and his team with the 009 Society Sales and this time 7 excellent narrow gauge layouts which covered the full spectrum in 009 - vintage 009 with Varikits and Jouef Decauville locos with Talybont Junction, fully up-to-date DCC-equipped locos on the Isle of Mudd, heritage 009 in the form of Upton Dale which featured in Railway Modeller and the late lamented Model Railway Constructor in the 1980's, a current "celebrity" layout straight from a recent appearance in Railway Modeller in the form of the Whitsend Tramway, and exquisite little industrial locos on the Holbeach Estate Railway.

All in all it was an outstanding day out, well worth the trouble taken to get there and all of the 90 or so narrow gauge enthusiasts who made the effort, some travelling considerable distances, (only 130 miles each way for me - almost a "home event"!), enjoyed yet another warm, friendly and informal narrow gauge modelling experience.

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