The Swindon Railway Festival
11 and 12 September
 Show Sponsored by Hornby Magazine
The Big GWR 175 Event of the Year!
Celebrate 175 years of the GWR with our unbeatable weekend of steam machines! Join pop music powerhouse Pete Waterman and show sponsors Hornby Magazine for the ultimate display of GWR railway layouts, displays and memorabilia. Then get up close to the ultimate steam machines – including the stunning British Steam Car sponsored by Hornby Hobbies
Show highlights include:
- Large displays from Hornby and Bachmann.
- Traction engine display by Hatch Heritage & Steam Engineers.
- Trade stands for massive model rail bargains.
- Railway café, BBQ and real ale bar selling STEAM’s GWR 175 celebration beer ‘Chuffin Ale’– to keep you refreshed in first class style!
- All the usual attractions at STEAM, including our 'just like the real thing' interactive Signal Box, Engine Driver Simulator and children’s interactive play area.
14 Model railway layouts including:
- Yeoton Wharf (3mm scale - Broad Gauge)
- Gatacombe (7mm scale – Broad Gauge)
- Teignhouse Sidings (7mm scale – Broad Gauge)
- Lelant sidings (7mm scale - Broad Gauge)
- Cheltenham Engine Shed (4mm scale – Broad Gauge)
- Western View (the full layout!) (7mm scale - Standard Gauge)
- Knockley Gate (7mm scale – Standard Gauge)
- Hadley Road (7mm scale – Standard gauge)
- Cambrian (S Scale – Standard Gauge)
- Newham Goods (EM/4mm scale – Standard Gauge)
- Hendre Lane / Western Region (4mm scale – Standard Gauge)
- Llaffan/ Western Region (4mm scale – Standard Gauge)
- The Long Line **Fully Completed** (N/2.06mm scale – Standard Gauge)
Five Broad Gauge layouts together for the first time ever!
Demonstrations and Displays
- Display of 7mm scale Steam railmotors
- East Midlands) Gauge test track operating DCC sound equipped ‘modern image’
- Mike Little - 7mm finescale modelling- Locos and stock
- Sean Bolan - Artist display of Broad Gauge paintings
- Broad Gauge Society display
- Canon Brian Armen - Photographic display of his 7mm layout
- Phill Abbott - How to research and build models of the ‘Absorbed Railways’
- Andy Duncan - Soldering
- Dave Murdoch - 7mm scale Locomotive Construction
- Bob Kinsey - 4mm Modelling
- Mick Eastern - Working Bristol Harbour Dock Crane
- Mike Edge - 4mm Kit Construction ’Judith Edge Kits’
- Barry Oliver - Weathering
- Andy Ross - Narrow Gauge railways and Trams
- Fred Lewis - 7mm Locomotive construction
- Brian Daniels - 7mm Diesel Locomotives inc ’Working Tamping Machine’
- Derek Mundy - Signals
- Chris Baston - Applying Transfers
- John Emerson - 7mm Wagon Construction
Traders Attending
 2009 Price Held!
Admission:
- Adults: £8.00
- Concessions: £5.50
- Family tickets: £24.00 (two adults, two children) and £27.00 (two adults, three children)
- Under threes go free
- SwindonCard discounts available
Download Festival Flyer
The flyer for this event is available as a downloadable PDF file:
Swindon Railway Festival flyer (2.0Mb)
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