The Blackwood Valley Railway Company

A Lead Mine Railway in Miniature for Fun.

Exhibition Diary

19th May 2007             Burton-upon-Trent                7mmNGA AGM   I have won an award here.

15 July 2007                Telford                                    Telford Narrow Gauge

13/14 October 2007    Shepshed, Loughborogh     Heathcote O Gauge Society

3/4 May 2008               Porthmadoc                           Porthmadog Model Railway Exhibition 

30/31 August 2008         Llanfair Caerinion               Lanfair Caerinion Garden Railway Gala

1 November 2008        Rodington, Nr Shrewsbury   Charity Model Railway Show

21 Febuary 2009         Bolton                                      ALSRM

I have bookings for the following exhibitons:

9 August 2009                Aberaeron                              West Wales MRE, AVRC

5/6 September 2009     Llanfair Caerinion                  Lanfair Caerinion Garden Railway Gala

26 October 2009           Swanley, Kent                         Expo N.G.

20 Febuary 2010           Shepton Mallet                       Narrow Gauge South West

12/13/14 April 2010     York Racecourse                    York M.R.E.

This layout will be retired after the York Show and a replacement will appear.

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The Blackwood Valley Railway is my first serious layout and was started when I was 15, as a place to run my brand new Wrightlines Bagnall and was designed to fit in an existing baseboard that had previously been refurbished. The layout takes its scenic inspiration from the mines and railway at Snailbeach in South Shropshire, near to where I live. The stock is all kit-built, mainly by myself, and they are all accurate models of 2’ 4 ½” gauge prototypes.

The main work on the layout was done in the  5 months before its first exhibition, although the basic oval and loop as well as the bare shells for the 2 main buildings had been built previously, and I had spent about 7 months previously designing the layout.

 

I am a member of the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association, and strongly recommend joining them if you are interested in 7mm Narrow Gauge at all. They have been very helpful. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have and come and have a chat.

 

If you would like to book the Blackwood Valley Railway for an exhibition, please e-mail me on the address on the contacts page, and I will send you a compleated booking form.