Farnham & District Model Railway Exhibition 2023

48th Model Railway Exhibition from the Farnham & District MRC. Held at Alderwood Leisure Centre in Aldershot. Not easy to get to after the bus station closed. A good show and I looked at four layouts : COLLINGWOOD - KINGSFIELD - LAUNCESTON STEAM RAILWAY - HAZELBURY JUNCTION.

[@andyfiala7500]

Beautiful models of trains and landscapes. Great job!🚉👍

[@steffanmaximum]

4 really good layouts. I even enjoyed the modern image Collingwood.

[@SPRailways]

Me too, nice to see modern representation and the sound makes it.

[@AndrewG1989]

I do like model railways. I also do like the Class 450 in South West Trains livery.

[@davidtyler7265]

I also like the 450 class units in SWT livery . Waiting for the arrival of the N gauge models .

[@railwaymechanicalengineer4587]

IGNORANCE IS BLISS ???
At 6:31 an impossible train !!!! The first two coaches are BR Mk1 coaches with Buckeye semi-auto rigid couplers, Pullman corridor gangways with rubbing bars and Retractable buffers. The 3rd & subsequent carriages are all GWR types with British Standard Suspension gangways, screwlink couplers & non retractable buffers. You CAN'T COUPLE THESE TYPES TOGETHER in real life, without special adapter plates being fitted to the BSS gangways !!!!!!
In 1923 His Majesties Railway Inspectorate (HMRI) recommended that ALL the "Big Four" Railways (GWR; SR; LMS; & LNER) adopt the Buckeye semi-auto rigid coupler, as it had been proven to be stronger and much safer in derailments than the "Screwlink" chain type coupling, that allowed coaches to roll over in derailments. The SR & LNER as well as the Pullman Company all employed the Buckeye couplings & the wider semi-rigid Pullman type Corridor gangway on all their mainline stock. The GWR & LMS resisted this change on cost grounds. So continued to use the Screwlink chain type coupling and the narrower British Suspension type corridor gangway, with a rounded top. Creating operational problems of working the two types of mainline stock on Inter-regional services.
When BR came into existence in 1948, it agreed it would use Buckeyes & Pullman Gangways on all its new coach designs which began appearing from 1951 ! Hence as BR coaches were introduced on all Regions, they had to be kept in complete formations on the ex GWR & LMS lines, as they were incompatible with those companies coaches. On the SR & ER Regions BR Mk1's could be mixed with the ex SR & LNER types !!!
At 6:58 another Ignorant mistake. Rebuilt Bulleid Pacifics did not exist in the days of the "Devon Belle" Pullman train.
These sorts of daft mistakes on Exhibition layouts are now far too common. Revealing that modellers today do not avail themselves of the necessary reference material needed to built any "Model Railway". Probably because they are stupid enough to honestly think you will find everything you need on the Internet. Instead of using specialist book shops to start building a library of quality Railway Reference books. Indeed I certainly have stopped going to normal Model railway shows, as they have degenerated to the level of childish "Toy Train Set" shows for children & the ignorant masses !!!