Worthing Model Railway Exhibition 2024 | Bargain £25 sound fitted Loco!

After last years show being cancelled, I had been looking forward to this show for a while as it was the first show I ever went to and what got me into model Railways. This show did certainly not disappoint with a fantastic variety of quality layouts and a wealth of different trade stands with many bargains to be found. I was lucky enough to pick up a Hornby class B1 with sound fitted for just £25, the only issue with the loco was there is slight damage to the tender and a missing rear coupling, both should be relatively easy fixes, but the model has superb detail and runs very smoothly with good quality sound.
22 Layouts that attended our 2024 show:
Ballan Road (O) - Dave Forshaw - BR 1950's-1960's Cumbrian coastline
South Downs Light Railway - Ride-on-Railway
Farmers Cross - (O) - Heart of Wales Gauge O Guild - 1948-62 Kent Light Railway
Mertonford (HO) - Wealden Railway Group - 1980s BR Scottish Region
Ebsworth Street (OO) - Greg Marshall & Beckenham and West Wickham MRC - 2000s+ Depot & Mainline
East Heath (OO) - Worthing MRC - Network SouthEast 1990s
Awngate (OO9) - Michael Campbell - 1930s Middle England narrow-gauge terminus
Pwllheli (P4) - Jonathan Buckie - 2000s+ Cambrian Coast
Murrell Park (N) - Pevensey Bay MRC - 1950s/60s BR Midland Region
West Sussex ‘O’ Gauge - (O) - Large O Gauge Test Track
Collingwood (OO) - Simon Paley - Privatisation 2000s+ Southern Region
K Street Yard (HO) - Carshalton & Sutton MRC - 1980s US Switching Yard, Washington State
Brankstone (OO) - Roger Bradgate - 1950s/60s BR Southern Region depot
Drws-y-Nant (2FS) - Nigel Ashton - 1930s/50s GWR Ruabon to Barmouth Route
Villefranche-la-Chapelle (HO) - Graham Broad & Carshalton & Sutton MRC - 1990s French SNCF Town & Freight yard
Thornbury Hill (OO) - Thornbury Hill Owners Group - 1960s BR Southern Region mainline
Meyers Hill (OO) - Tom Cowlin - 1940s Wartime Southern Region Terminus
West Sussex ‘G’ Scale (G) - G-scale running track with scratchbuilt American buildings
Botolphs (OO9) - The Fenchurch Fund - 1950s-80s Narrow Gauge based on the Lancing & Bramber Railway.
Thredys Wharf (O) - Worthing MRC - Quayside shunting operations
Halden Lane (OO) - BR 1950s-60s country branchline terminus
Broken Creek (HO) - Midwest America in the 1970s
Trade Stands:
Allwheels - Quality second hand model railways
Squires Model & Craft Tools - A wide variety of modelling products, tools and supplies
Kims Bookshop - A diverse range of model rail & transport books
David Smith - Books, Photographs, Railwayana & Small Interesting Models
Neil Cresswell Model Railway & Toys - New & Secondhand Model Railways & Continental
Models U Drive - Paints, tools & hard-to-find layout building items
Andy Lynch Trading - Quality second hand model railways
Wheels of Southsea - New and second-hand model railway items and books
Railroad Trading - Specialising in North American & British books & DVDs
Supercast Figures - a range of whitemetal model figures
Invicta Model Rail - Brand new RTR model railway products
Worthing MRC Members Stand - Keenly-priced secondhand model railways
A & N Rail Models - High quality pre-loved OO/HO model railway items
Southern Electric Group - enthusiasts, modellers & preservationists of the Southern Electrics
MERG - Model Railway Electronics Group
The Fenchurch Fund - Supporting Restoration of SECR No.27 on the Bluebell Railway
Brighton Tram 53 - Learn all about the Brighton Tram 53 Group

[@darrelldeltic807]

Went on the Sunday and had a great time! Excellent show with plenty of layouts , like you say plenty of bargains to be had and picked up a couple of cavalex BBA’s cheap 😃👍

[@trepatrickjunction4387]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Miertreg1]

Nice video 🎶🛤️🎥🚂👍👍👍.
Greetings Gert

[@trepatrickjunction4387]

Many thanks Gert. kind Regards, Joel