Exhibitors
The show normally has over 20 layouts and displays in all the major garden railway scales and gauges covering live steam, electric, narrow gauge and standard gauge. We anticipate a similar number for the 2024 show and full details will be posted on this page. The consideration process for inclusion into this years show commences on the 12th February 2024 when the 2024 exhibitor application form will be avaliable to download from here - so please bookmark this page!
For reference details of those that attended the 2023 event are for the moment, are shown below:
16 mm Scale
MENDIP VALE
Severn Mendip 16 mm Group
Portable Live Steam layout representing the junction
of two narrow gauge lines at a country station with loco sheds.
MWCH GRUMBLYN
Guildford M.E.S.16mm Layout with 32mm and dual gauge
32mm/45mm circuits, featuring a wide variety of locos and stock including
scratch built and coal firing.
LOWER CHALDON
From the East Surry 16MM Group;
16 mm scale live steam layout featuring an imaginary line in Chaldon village on the North Downs in Surrey.
16 MM ASSOCIATION
A layout made up of modules which correspond to 16mm Association modular standards
PHURCOMBE HALL
16mm Vintage/Heritage layout
PHURCOMBE HALL STATIC
16mm Vintage/Heritage Locomotives and Rolling Stock
HAMPSHIRE AREA GROUP - 16MM ASSN
Modular layout built to 16mm Association standards with 32mm and 45mm gauge lines.
BUDLEY BAY
South Devon Garden Railway Group
Portable live steam layout
DRECKLY
Central Somerset 16mm NGN Group
Double track loop portable layout and an additional static display.
PIGSTY BREWERY QUAY
John Rogers
16mm Highly detailed micro layout.
CENTRAL SOMERSET & TWO MOORS GROUP
Static display of 7/8ths and 16MM locos.
G Scale
DEVON AREA G SCALE
Working G scale layout
PENNYGILLAM MINE
Working G scale mine - Blasting of ore
can be safely witnessed!
WOLF CREEK
American narrow gauge - G scale. Scratch built and modified commercial models demonstrated on a mine diorama.
WHITELEAF RACK RAILWAY
G scale layout demonstrating trains negotiating the very steep slopes of mountain railways.
Gauge 1
MORTON ROAD
Double track Gauge 1 layout owned and operated by
the South Devon Garden Railway Group
O Gauge
BOWMAN CIRCLE
Vintage Live Steam 0 Gauge exhibition layout 1910 -1990.
HRCA BERE ALSTON DEVON GROUP
Hornby pre-war electric tinplate 0 Gauge layout.
Other scales / gauges
WESTLAND AND YEOVIL MES
Display of locos in 32mm, 2.5",3.5", and 5" gauges.
TIVERTON MES
Display of miniature live steam locomotives, stationary engines and engineering models
in various scales
LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY
Heritage railway based at Woody Bay Station, North Devon.
NEWTON ABBOT MES
Display of miniature live steam locomotives, stationary engines and engineering models
in various scales