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