In a year that saw Pete Waterman OBE and the Railnuts already create over 100ft of new scenic layout, the group have developed brand-new scenes to take Watford Junction to Chester Cathedral and beyond in 2024. MIKE WILD takes an exclusive look at this stunning creation.Photography, Mike Wild
The Guinness World Record for Making Tracks at Model World LIVE on April 27/28 2024 (HM205) seems like just a moment ago, but Pete Waterman and the Railnuts have been busily working to put together a 64ft long scene for the fourth summer-long Making Tracks event in Chester Cathedral.
This year’s Making Tracks 4: Up to the Junction event runs on August 1-31, but far from resting on their laurels, the team has created a plan which uses brand-new sections from the World Record layout built earlier in the year as well as creating another new scene to lead the layout into the storage yard at the north end.
Above: Recreating a scene from the early 2000s, a Virgin Trains HST with a mixed liveried formation rushes south towards London at Watford Junction alongside a Class 60 hauling a rake of PCA cement wagons.
You would have thought that with 100ft of new scenic railway under their belt, the group would be ready for a rest, but their dedication to…
