U.K.: WIDE VARIETY OF TRAINS ON DISPLAY AT MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION IN LONDON

Record ID: 559614

  • Title: U.K.: WIDE VARIETY OF TRAINS ON DISPLAY AT MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION IN LONDON
  • Date: 15th April 1971
  • Summary: 1. GV Central Hall Westminster 0.05 2. SV Sign: "Model Railway Exhibition" over entrance 0.06 3. SV Int. Hohenburg model (5 shots) 0.37 4. SCU Child on man's shoulders looking on 0.38 5. SV Woodside Union Terminal model 0.54 6. SCU Man operating models (2 shots) 1.02 7. CU Models running 1.06 8. CU Onlookers 1.09 9. CU Midland 999 Class model (2 shots) 1.23 10. SCU Onlooker 1.25 11. CU Fine scale "OO" gauge model 1.41 Initials OS/1119 JH/OS/1140 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 30th April 1971 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, U.K.
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA7ET2SLAMTAR01IPY7PJYQEK9Q
  • Story Text: A wide variety of trains, faithfully capturing styles from many countries, were placed on display at the National Model Railway Exhibition in London which opened its doors to the public on Tuesday (13 April).

    On show at the exhibit are over forty different stands, incorporating both static displays and running models operating over special layouts.

    This film has dubbed sound throughout.

    SYNOPSIS: Once again, London's Central Hall was the scene of the National Model Railway Exhibition. The 46th shows opened this year on Tuesday and large crowds were about to gaze at the wide variety of trains on show. One example of the railway modeller's art is this - the Hohenburg layout. Modelled along typically German lines, the 8-foot-by 6-foot system portrays a medium-sized German station and has a number of trains of various kinds running along its tracks.

    Many children were among the onlookers -- although modellers say with conviction that the hobby appeals to people of all ages. Another layout display is this one -- the Woodside Union Terminal. Made by a British modellers' group, it's designed to represent a rail terminal somewhere in the American mid-west. Both steam and diesel engines run along its tracks.

    All of the layouts on show at the exhibition are the products either of individual enthusiasts or modelling groups.

    This working model of a coal-fired British Midland Railway 999 Class steam engine was the produce of 13 years of work by a rail enthusiast. It has a boiler pressure of 100 pounds per square inch.

    A British modelling group produced this fine-scale "OO" gauge layout, featuring pre-1914 engines and rolling stock. It has a station on a single-line branch. The exhibition is presented by affiliated model groups throughout Britain and abroad.
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