I've been a regular at the G3 AGM for a few years - with my Garden Rail hat on. This year was supposed to be something a bit different, a parade of locomotives to celebrate Rail 200. Excellent, some loco po*n for the readers, and if we need Rail 200 content, easy material that other magazines aren't likely to pick up.
I arrived at noon, with the aim of having a quick look around, it's not a big event, some lunch, and then digging out the camera for the cavalcade.
All this changed when I got in and spotted Littlecliff-on-Sea.
This stunning layout is only 17 feet long, and was built in six months!
The level of detail is extraordinary, so much so that I abandoned ideas of lunch, for a full photoshoot, a decision I don't regret. With another photo session booked in 20 minutes away later that day, food was a couple of bags of crisps, but you simply don't get the chance to see layouts this good very often. Look out for a full feature, hopefully later this year.
After that, there was the parade outside. I dutifully photographed and filmed everything, which will be turned into a GR feature and a BRMTV segment in the next couple of months. A really wide range of locos took their turn on the track, from Rocket to a Class 66.
For a minority scale, it's amazing the variety of locomotives on display. Where they all come from is a mystery to me, but the turnout was impressive.
2 comments:
Do you reckon any of these are likely to find their way into a more "mainstream" model railway show - perhaps one of those staged by a magazine publisher, a few miles from a big city?
I'd certainly like to think so...
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