I’m writing this just days after attending the Warley national model railway exhibition at the NEC Birmingham. There’s a full report on the show on page 8, but I’d like to thank all the readers, traders and manufacturers who took the time to chat over the weekend.
For me, that’s always the highlight of these events, allowing one to catch up with friends and colleagues, old and new, while viewing progress on models under development. It’s obviously nice to receive positive feedback on the magazine and our exclusive models too, and I was grateful for the various suggestions from readers.
Although I didn’t get much shopping done, I was pleased to be able to spend plenty of time enjoying the many excellent layouts, some of which have already featured in Model Rail, plus some that we hope will appear in future. We’re also grateful to the team operating ‘Clyre Valley Railway’, who allowed us to test-run the engineering prototype of our Vale of Rheidol 2-6-2T on this fantastic ‘OO9’ gauge layout.