It was a good opportunity to learn more about 16mm scale modelling and to visit the last surviving railway roundhouse in the United Kingdom, dating back to 1870.
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The entrance to the exhibition.The roundhouse was shed M24, with 24 lanes off the turntable.The central feature – the turntable.There is a great selection of locos.25059, build Derby in 1963, withdrawn 1987.Undergoing major overhaul and restoration, it’s gonna look good.The yard.The roundhouse have some lovely, early, elegant steam locos.Built for the Dover Gas Works, “Harry”, Drewry 0-4-0 Shunter.Class 02 (D2868) was built in 1961‘Vulcan’ built in 1918 by the Vulcan Foundry.Ruston & Hornsby Class ’07’ 275 hp 0-6-0 No.D2996 off-centre cab diesel electric.There’s nothing wrong with a bit of self promotion 🙂You can visit the signal box, well worth doing, it was really interesting.D6817 was delivered to British Rail in March 1963.They have a life size Airfix brake van.It has a full detailed interior 🙂It must have been a tough, lonely job.There are a number of Class 45 ‘Peak’ locomotives. You can buy 45060 ‘Sherwood Forester’ in OO scale.83012/E3035 English Electric / Vulcan Foundry locomotive. Unusual and great to see it !
The Yorkshire Garden Railway Show was fun and informative.
You could sit and watch the trains go by.27th September 2025 marked 200 years since the first steam passenger railway journey.To mark the anniversary the Yorkshire 16mm NG Modellers got ‘200 wheels’ all in steam at the same time.There were lots of traders with a wide range of interesting items.Lots of choice if you wanted a steam loco.I liked these small industrial locos.I was very impressed by this ‘two-tone chocolate’ locomotive and consist.
I came away with a few kits to make 16mm scale wagon loads and a book about industrial narrow gauge railways in the south-east of England that’s packed with interesting photos.
I’ve always wanted to go to the Yorkshire show, but unfortunately never made so far. I’m sure you are enjoying yourself. The temptation to buy must be very strong.Regards Dave Pollard Sent from my Galaxy
Hi Dave, How you doing?
It’s a bit of a trip but I think the show and the roundhouse together made it worth while. It was good to look at all the trade stands (there were lots!). That made me realise that I really like the small industrial locos in SM32, rather than the larger steam powered locos. I think micro layouts in this scale is the way to go for me 🙂
All the best
Steve
Hi Steve, sorry I haven’t replied earlier but I’ve been busy with non railway things.
Glad you had a good time, and like me you like the small locos & wagons. The best thing about small or micro layouts is you stand a chance of finishing them. Also they are easier to exhibit, especially if a show is looking for a small layout to fill a gap.
What an absolutely amazing show, – thanks very much for sharing your photos. What a marvellous survivor the Barrow Hill roundhouse is and what a great collection of locomotives.
Very interesting – thanks -a Yorkshire show in Derbyshire? I wonder if it’s the same one that existed at Elsecar near Barnsley pre COVID – mind you that one did garden scale as much as British 16mm. Lastly I think York railway museum is a round house in rectangular form. So it has the radial lines from a turntable but not a circular building. I think there might be an actual circular roundhouse in London but no tracks – music venue?
Good points! I think it could be dangerous to enter into a debate on both of them 🙂
The York Museum Great Hall was shed number 4 which had a turntable, but I think it’s been reroofed so perhaps that’s how Barrow Hill can claim (on their website) to be ‘the last surviving railway roundhouse in the United Kingdom with an operational turntable’.
Now, to live dangerously… I guess Yorkshire folk would find it acceptable to have an exhibition outside of Yorkshire, providing it wasn’t in Lancashire 🙂
(Just joking !)
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I’ve always wanted to go to the Yorkshire show, but unfortunately never made so far. I’m sure you are enjoying yourself. The temptation to buy must be very strong.Regards Dave Pollard Sent from my Galaxy
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Hi Dave, How you doing?
It’s a bit of a trip but I think the show and the roundhouse together made it worth while. It was good to look at all the trade stands (there were lots!). That made me realise that I really like the small industrial locos in SM32, rather than the larger steam powered locos. I think micro layouts in this scale is the way to go for me 🙂
All the best
Steve
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Hi Steve, sorry I haven’t replied earlier but I’ve been busy with non railway things.
Glad you had a good time, and like me you like the small locos & wagons. The best thing about small or micro layouts is you stand a chance of finishing them. Also they are easier to exhibit, especially if a show is looking for a small layout to fill a gap.
kind regards Dave Pollard
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What an absolutely amazing show, – thanks very much for sharing your photos. What a marvellous survivor the Barrow Hill roundhouse is and what a great collection of locomotives.
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Very interesting – thanks -a Yorkshire show in Derbyshire? I wonder if it’s the same one that existed at Elsecar near Barnsley pre COVID – mind you that one did garden scale as much as British 16mm. Lastly I think York railway museum is a round house in rectangular form. So it has the radial lines from a turntable but not a circular building. I think there might be an actual circular roundhouse in London but no tracks – music venue?
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Good points! I think it could be dangerous to enter into a debate on both of them 🙂
The York Museum Great Hall was shed number 4 which had a turntable, but I think it’s been reroofed so perhaps that’s how Barrow Hill can claim (on their website) to be ‘the last surviving railway roundhouse in the United Kingdom with an operational turntable’.
Now, to live dangerously… I guess Yorkshire folk would find it acceptable to have an exhibition outside of Yorkshire, providing it wasn’t in Lancashire 🙂
(Just joking !)
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