REVEALED: THE 2021 AWARD WINNERS

REVEALED: THE 2021 AWARD WINNERS

 

More than 8,000 votes came through in the 2021 Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards. We revealed the winners of each category during a special ceremony at the Great Electric Train Show on October 2.

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Manufacturer of the Year

Winner: Accurascale

Second place: Hattons Model Railways

Third place: Hornby Hobbies

 

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Best ‘OO’ gauge locomotive

Winner: KR Models English Electric gas turbine prototype GT3

Second place: Locomotion Models/Dapol SECR Wainwright ‘D’ 4-4-0

Third place: Bachmann Johnson ‘1P’ 0-4-4T

 

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Best ‘O’ gauge locomotive

Winner: Heljan GWR AEC railcar

Second place: Heljan refurbished Class 31 diesel-electric

Third place: Heljan Class 17 Bo-Bo diesel electric

 

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Best ‘N’ gauge locomotive

Winner: Kato Class 800 five-car bi-mode multiple unit

Second place: Graham Farish Stanier ‘8F’ 2-8-0

Third place: Revolution Trains Class 92 dual voltage electric

 

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Best ‘OO’ gauge carriage or wagon

Winner: Accurascale KUA nuclear flask wagon

Second place: Hornby four and six-wheel carriages

Third place: Hornby ‘Coronation Scot’ carriages

 

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Best ‘O’ gauge carriage or wagon

Winner: Hattons Gresley carriages

Second place: Lionheart Trains BR Mk 1 carriages

Third place: Dapol BR Conflat and container

 

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Best ‘N’ gauge carriage or wagon

Winner: Revolution Trains KUA nuclear flask wagon

Second place: EFE Rail ‘Shark’ ballast plough

Third place: Revolution Trains Cemflo cement tank

 

Innovation of the Year

Winner: DCC Concepts stay alive packs

Second place: TRS Trains water based smoke generators

Third place: Hornby Maglight lighting system

 

Retailer of the Year

Winner: Hattons Model Railways

Second place: Rails of Sheffield

Third place: Kernow Model Rail Centre

 

Specialist Retailer of the Year

Winner: Scale Model Scenery

Second place: DCC Concepts

Third place: Train-Tech

 

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Layout of the Year 2021

Winner: Nick Cason’s Dent in ‘OO’ gauge

Second place: John White’s Doncaster in ‘OO’ gauge

Third place: Mike Buick’s Oak Road in ‘OO’ gauge