More layouts for the 2022 Great Electric Train Show

THE LAYOUT LINE-UP FOR the 2022 Great Electric Train Show on October 8/9 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes continues to expand with the latest additions headlined by Simon Paley’s brand-new modern day Southern Region layout, Collingwood.

This ‘OO’ gauge main line station layout takes inspiration from Fareham and will be featuring in a future issue of Hornby Magazine.

It features extensively detailed lineside equipment and also has fully interlocked points and signals for the ultimate in model railway operation.

Above: Simon Paley’s latest ‘OO’ gauge layout is joining the 2022 Great Electric Train Show. Collingwood models the privatisation era on the Southern Region in great detail.

The privatisation era layout is joined by the equally exciting and very compact Greenford Broadway by Double O Gauge Association (DOGA) member Tony Dean which features on pages 20-27 of this issue. It models London Underground workings in the 1950s and is also joined by DOGA member layouts including Brian Tamplin’s Gravesdown South (HM159) and Mike Denwood’s Fawcett Street.

Completing the announcements for this issue – ahead of the full layout line-up being revealed in HM184 – is Richard Smith’s South Yorkshire set Howbrooke (HM177) and St Neots Model Railway Club’s compact and attractive East Quay Great Western Railway era layout, both in ‘OO’ gauge.

Above: Richard Smith's Howbrooke will be representing modern operations from South Yorkshire in ‘OO’ gauge.

These new additions join the growing roster of layouts which cover ‘OO’, ‘OO9’, ‘N’ and ‘O’ gauge exhibits modelling periods from the 1930s to the present day and across the regions too. Plus, a major highlight is the final appearance of Pete Waterman’s Making Tracks II layout in its current 64ft x 12ft form (see HM182).