Innehållsförteckning för April 2020 från Rail Express

VISITING CAF’s new factory in Newport recently brought home how the fortunes of train building in Britain have changed in recent years. At one time not too long ago there was essentially just Bombardier in Derby for new builds, plus Brush and Wabtec for re-engineering existing locomotives and units. Now, thanks to massive new orders from the franchised train operators, some of the world’s biggest train building firms also have factories here –including the likes of Hitachi, CAF and Alstom, while Siemens has plans to build a significant site in Goole and Talgo another in Scotland. Critics say these are not true train building factories, not like the British Rail workshops of old, and to some extent that is true. These modern plants are assembly lines where components made elsewhere…

REBUILT COACHES HEAD TO SCOTLAND SCOTRAIL has taken delivery of two more refurbished HST sets, meaning that 12 of its 26 ‘Inter7City’ sets have now been released by Wabtec, Doncaster. Set HA16 emerged on January 29, made up of Nos. 40626 (ex-41012) and 42072/281/350. The four vehicles were moved to Craigentinny (Edinburgh) from Wabetc by Nos. 43143/163. Following on February 11 was set HA15, which travelled north as the 5S03/15.03 Wabtec-Craigentinny. Powered by power cars Nos. 43175/183, it comprised Nos. 40609 (ex-41020) and 42107/253/257. A further delivery occurred on February 21, when power cars Nos. 43026/143 took Nos. 40618 (ex-41016) and 42014/297/555, which make up set HA14, north. With the delivery of the above rakes, another slam-door rake was removed from service. Set HA02 (formed of Nos. 41144, 42032/295 and…

AS a trainman, I did not have much involvement with Class 08s, which is not something I regret, but that is no reason to exclude them from the record. After all, they were always there in the background carrying out their lowly, but no less important, duties. The reason I do not regret having spent any appreciable time on them is because removing them from their comfort zone of station limits or the yards became directly proportional to the comfort zone experienced in their cabs – that is, non-existent. In short, they were bone-shakers. I had painful experience of this when I once had to accompany adriver who was taking a Class 08 from 4 Shed to Cockshute Sidings at Stoke-on-Trent, more than 30 miles away. We were restricted to…

UK Railtours and Pathfinder Tours have both announced new tours for spring and summer. May 9 sees UKR run from King’s Cross to Shrewsbury with off-train options to visit Ironbridge and Attingham Park; while a week later on May 16 the ‘Tinsley Tugger’ from King’s Cross offers a rare chance to visit the remains of the once great Tinsley marshalling yard and the first ever trip into Rotherham Steel Terminal. Then on May 30 the ‘Aln Valley Venturer’ runs from King’s Cross to Alnmouth, where coaches will take passengers to the burgeoning Aln Valley Railway or Cragside House. Pathfinder’s announcements are all booked for ‘Merchant Navy’ steam loco No. 35028 Clan Line. These are Bristol to Pembroke Dock on July 12; Eastleigh to Stratford-upon-Avon on July 18; and Stourbridge Junction…

DB CARGO EIGHT Class 66s were stored during February, although by the end of the month six of them had been reinstated. Nos. 66063, 66094, 66117 and 66119 were stopped before returning to traffic in the WBAE pool, while Nos. 66130 and 66144 were also briefly out of service before moving back to the operational WBAR pool. This left Nos. 66139 and 66149 stored WQAA at Toton at month end. DIRECT RAIL SERVICES TWO of the three Class 20/3s still in the operational XHCK pool, Nos. 20302 and 20305, were out and about in February on various test runs ahead of a suggested redeployment to Garston as shunting locomotives. On February 4, they worked a 0F66 from Crewe Gresty Bridge to the Merseyside terminal and back before working an identical…

Correct to February 25, 2020 Depot/pool codes XHHP DRS locomotives deregistered Allocations 20096 HQ/GBEE-CD/LSLO 20107 HQ/GBEE-CD/LSLO 20302 XHCK-XHNC 20304 XHSS-XHHP 20305 XHCK-XHNC 20308 XHSS-XHHP 20309 XHSS-XHHP 20312 XHSS-XHHP 37425 XHSS-XHAC 37510 SROG-GROG 37602 XHSS-XHHP 37603 XHSS-XHHP 37604 XHSS-XHHP 37605 XHSS-XHHP 37606 XHSS-XHHP 37609 XHSS-XHHP 37703 XHSS-XHHP 37714 KM XHSS off registration 43071 HQ/SBXL-LA/EFPC 43086 HQ/SBXL-LA/EFPC 47712 MBDL-LSLO 57004 XHSS-XHAC-XHHP 57008 XHSS-XHHP 57009 XHSS-XHHP 57010 XHSS-XHHP 57011 XHSS-XHHP 57012 XHSS-XHHP 57303 XHAC-XHSS 60094 WQBA-WQCA 66063 TO/WBAE-WQ/WQAA-TO/WBAE 66094 TO/WBAE-WQ/WQAA 66117 TO/WBAE-WQ/WQAA 66119 TO/WBAE-WQ/WQAA-TO/WBAE 66130 TO/WBAR-WQ/WQAA 66139WQ/WBAE-WQ/WQAA 66144 TO/WBAR-WQ/WQAA-TO.WBAR 68026 KM/XHTP-LO/TPEX 68030 KM/XHTP-LO/TPEX 86610 DFNC-DHLT For Sale 33110 Sold Private at Weardale Railway: 60050/60/86 West Coast Railway Co.: 86401 Stored/stopped locations Kingmoor: 57303 Neville Hill: 43320 Toton: 66094, 66117/30/39 Operational 37425, 37510, 43071/86 Disposals Manforte del Cid, Spain: Cut dates: December-February: 58015/20/24/29/30/31/43/47…

Correct to February 25, 2020 Allocations 142078/90 HT-NH 144008 NL-HT 150205/69/72/73/75/77 NH-NL 153321 NM/EJHQ-CF/HLHQ 156416/17/19 NC-DY 156468 NH-HT 170271 NC/EBHQ-CF/HLHQ 195001/02/05-08 AN-NH 195016-19 HQ-NH 195101-03/05-07/10/11/ 13-19/22/23/25 AN-NH 195128 HQ-NH 331001/04-08/16/20/21 HQ-AN 331026/27 newly delivered HQ/ EDHQ 331102/05/07 HQ-AN 397011 HQ/EAHQ-MA/TPEC 710104 newly delivered HQ/EKHQ 710259 HQ-WN 710273 newly delivered HQ/EKHQ 720513/19/20/22 newly delivered HQ/EBHQ 745010 HQ-NC 745107/08/09 newly delivered HQ/ EBHQ 755326/29-31/34/37 HQ-NC 755407 HQ-NC 801219/20/21/22 HQ-DR 801223/26/27 newly delivered HQ/ HBHQ 802202/05/13/16 HQ/EAHQ-DR/ TPEA Renumbered 156402-156902 156407-156907 156418-156918 156419-156919 156422-156922 Formations  Now back in 5-car formation 378232 Now in passenger traffic 195005/17/19 195117/28 331020/21 397011 710259 745010 755326/29-31/34/37 755407 801219/20/21/22 802202/05/13/16 Preserved  East Kent Railway: 142017 Rushden Transport Museum: 142084/91 Waverley Heritage Association: 142019/20 Wensleydale Railway: 142028/60 Stored/stopped locations Heaton: 142011/35/36/41/43/47/55/61, 144008 Long Marston: 71465 (314216), 71459 (314210) Northampton:…

GB RAILFREIGHT DAMAGED in a derailment at Dagenham last year, No. 08934 has been at Barrow Hill for some time awaiting a decision on repair or component recovery. Luckily, the decision was repair, and with that complete it was transported to Whitemoor Yard on February 25. There it replaces incumbent No. 08925, which will be returned to Barrow Hill. LH GROUP ‘GRONK’ No. 08571 returned from Daventry to the LH Group site at Barton-under-Needwood in February for repairs. Also arriving in February was No. 08891, which moved the short distance from Nemesis Rail on the other side of Burton. No. 08891 moved to Nemesis almost three years ago, but is little more than a rolling chassis at present, so the reason for the move back is unclear. RAILWAY SUPPORT SERVICES…

MK.4 MOVEMENTS FEBRUARY 4 saw one of Grand Central’s rake, made up of Nos. 82231, 11329, 10317, 12317/462/204, moved to Crewe for staff training purposes. No. 66763 was used for the transfer, which ran as the 5Z18/08.59 Wabtec, Doncaster-Crewe. Two other vehicles, Nos. 12472/534, moved from Worksop to Long Marston. Off-lease set BN22 (Nos. 82230, 11422/322/291, 10301, 12316/473/460/452/210) arrived at Worksop from Bounds Green behind No. 66779 Evening Star on February 17. Also still at Worksop in late February were Nos. 11241/244/420/ 421, 12318/319/322/441/476. GREATER ANGLIA MK.3S GO FOR DISPOSAL A START has been made on the disposal of redundant Greater Anglia Mk.3 stock for scrap. The first examples sent away were Nos. 12005/037/042/082/089/143, which departed Norwich Crown Point for Sims Metals at Newport behind No. 37401 Mary Queen of…

■ COLAS RAIL: The fourth member of Colas’ Plasser & Theurer Unimat 09-4x4/4S Dynamic Tamper fleet to arrive in the last year has now passed through the ‘Chunnel’, No. DR 75011 (99 70 9123 011-7) being recorded at Dollands Moor on February 15. It was moved north, likely to Plasser’s site at West Ealing, two days later by Nos. 66002 and 66206. It joins No. DR 75010 (99 70 9123 010-9), which arrived in November, No. DR 75009 (99 70 9123 009-1) in March and No. DR 75008 (99 70 9123 008-3) in February 2019. ■ DB CARGO: Another WIA (UIC code Sefoorss) five-unit car carrier has passed through the workshops of DB Cargo at Stoke-on-Trent, No. 85 70 4971 009-1 arriving on site on the trip working from Arpley…

■ TRAFFIC AND TRACTION: The 12.38 Londonderry to Belfast Great Victoria Street (GVS) service on February 11 started from Bellarena with passengers changing to another train at Coleraine for onward travel. Signalling problems at Lurgan on February 13 saw services between Belfast and Portadown/Dublin delayed. Refurbished three-car DMU No. 3005 has been fitted with USB sockets, the first member of the class to be so equipped. ■ INFRASTRUCTURE: Foundations for the new footbridge at City Hospital halt were in place in late January.…

GLAZING is one of the areas that has seen significant advances in ready to run locomotives in recent years. Flush-fitting moulded glazing units are now a given in all ‘OO’ gauge (4mm scale) locomotive models and the improvement it makes in the overall appearance of the model is much welcomed by modellers, even though it can vary in quality from model to model, depending on when it was introduced. Glazing is always going to be a challenge for modellers and manufacturers. On one hand, it is a vital feature of a model because it impacts on how the ‘face’ of a locomotive appears to the eye. On the other hand, injection moulded plastic body shells in both ‘OO’ and ‘N’ gauge have to be strong enough to withstand regular handling…

ALONGSIDE the three new Class 158s announced a number of years ago was a single model of a Class 159/0 finished in the original Network SouthEast condition. Unlike Regional Railways No. 158849 (31-517), East Midlands Trains No. 158773 (31-518) and GWR No. 158766 (31-519), the model of Network SouthEast (NSE) No. 159013 (31-520) includes a centre car moulding that will enable Bachmann to offer Regional Railways, Northern Spirit and Trans-Pennine three-car sets in the future, alongside the South West Trains (SWT) and South West Railways (SWR) Class 159/1 sets. The featured Class 159/0 model represents one of the 22 full-size trains as delivered to NSE for its West of England area, including the core Waterloo-Exeter route (1992-1996). While the units were upgraded from as-built Class 158s to a higher standard,…

LONG-associated with the Scottish Region, the BRCW Class 27 or ‘MacRat’, a name shared with the Class 26, was a stalwart of the West Highland line and Edinburgh-Glasgow push-pull workings that saw the class divided into three distinct sub-classes. Built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) in 1961 and 1962, the Class 27s were numbered as D5347-D5415 and allocated to depots as far apart as Eastfield (Glasgow), Thornaby (Teesside) and Cricklewood (London). Leicester received an allocation as locomotives were transferred away from Cricklewood and Thornaby. The reallocation of Class 25s on the Midland Region resulted in the Class 27 becoming solely aScottish locomotive replacing the unreliable Clayton Class 17s. The majority were constructed with steam-heating and became Class 27/0 with TOPS, working on the West Highland line…

IT may be almost 60 years since the infamous ‘Reshaping of British Railways’ report was published by Dr Beeching in 1963, but modern politicians continue to use it as a reference point about how not to run a railway. The economic impact of closing railway lines takes time to realise, and it is only since Privatisation of the network in the 1990s that we can see the transformational effect of investment that was not made available to British Rail by the Government. “A 2009 ATOC report found 75 towns in England with a population over 15,000 that had no access to rail services” As a result of determined policies to promote the use of rail services, journeys have more than doubled over the last two decades to 1.8 billion annually.…

END FOR WEYMOUTH DORSET Council has announced that the closed Weymouth tramway is to be ripped up after being given £1.1 million by the Department for Transport to carry out the work. The tramway opened in 1865 to allow boat trains to reach the harbour and connect with ferries to the Channel Islands, but it was last used in 1999. Campaigners argue that the 1.25-mile (2km) line could be reopened as a tourist attraction, but the council says the rails can no longer be used due to their deteriorated condition. Removal work was due to begin in March around the ferry terminal. WEST ANGLIA ‘710s’ ‘AVENTRA’ passenger workings on West Anglia routes in and out of Liverpool Street commenced on February 24, when Nos. 710108+ 710121 formed the 2U37/11.22 Enfield…

TRANSPORT for London has announced the preferred option to expand the Tramlink network in South London is from Colliers Wood Underground station to Sutton railway station. The route runs roughly north-south and crosses the existing Croydon-Wimbledon route via an interchange at Belgrave Walk. Sutton is one of only six London boroughs that does not have a Tube link, but much of the estimated £425 million cost is still to be found. February storms led to flooding in South Yorkshire that again stopped the Sheffield-Rotherham tram-train service. Services were suspended on February 17, following rising water levels in the area, and they only recommenced once divers had been able to inspect a rail bridge over the River Don on February 19. In the meantime both tram and tram-train services from Sheffield…

WE reported last month that the unique John Fowler 0-6-0 No. RT1 had been sold and a move was imminent. That move has now taken place and the locomotive has moved from the Foxfield Railway back south to the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, where it was based before moving to the Foxfield railway in 2017. April is quite a good month for anyone looking for some preserved industrial diesel action, with the Chasewater Pits to Power Stations gala on April 4/5 and the Ribble Steam Railway’s diesel gala on April 25/26. The Chasewater event is mixed steam and diesel, but should see the first passenger and freight runs of the RSH/Bagnall Myfanwy in its new wasp strip colours. This will include hauling the railway’s rake of MGR wagons, which is…

WITH the Genessee & Wyoming-owned operator yet to have taken delivery of any of its Greater Anglia Class 90s, the venerable Class 86/6s are enjoying an extended swansong, with repairs even being authorised to locomotives out of traffic. The latest of the classic English Electric machines to return is No. 86607, which developed a smoking habit while working a Trafford Park to Felixstowe train on January 10. Fortunately this did not escalate to a full-blown fire and it was repaired and back in business by February 19, working back to the scene of its misfortune on the same 4L75 service, partnering No. 86632 from Crewe Basford Hall as far as Ipswich. The news was not so good for No. 86229, however, which was acquired by Freightliner and moved to Crewe…

BESIDES those credited elsewhere, this issue has been made possible by the contributions of the following readers, to whom the editor is most grateful: Russell Ayre, Marc Davies, Steve Donald, Peter Foster, Stephen Ginn, John Hales, Ryan Hayward, Brad Joyce, Gordon Kirkby, Peter Laithwaite, Greg Mape, Thomas Mills, Graham Nuttall, Andy Parkinson, Keith Partlow, Chris Playfair, Colin Pottle, Karen Richardson, Steve Sienkiewicz, Jamie Squibbs, Gary Stringer, Jack Taylor, The Wanderer, Mat Yardley, and many more.…

Correct to February 25, 2020 Allocations 1210 PO/ESHQ-WO/ERSO 6392 SBXH-COCS 6393 SBXH-HBHQ 6704/07 PO/ESHQ-WO/ERSO 6705/08 PO/ESHQ-CD/LSCO 9802/05/10 PO/ESHQ-WO/ERSO 10212/29 HQ/SBXH-WO/ERSO 10317/19 SAXH-ECHQ 10501/02 PO/ESHQ-WO/ERSO 10504/13/19/20 PO/ESHQ-CD/LSCO 10598 PO/ESHQ-HQ/MBCS 10600 PO/ESHQ-WO/ERSO 10610/14/90/93 PO/ESHQ-HQ/MBCS 10648/50/75/83/88 PO/ESHQ-CD/LSCO 10703/18 PO/ESHQ-HQ/MBCS 11007 LG/TPEE-CD/LSCO 11075/76/77/87/91/98 NC/EBHQ-CD/LSCO 11294 off registration - scrapped 11327/29 SAXH-ECHQ 11425 off registration - scrapped 12005/37/42/82/89 NC/EBHQ-HQ/SBXH 12011 LG/TPEE-CD/LSCO 12143 NC/EBHQ-HQ/SBXH 12204/27 SAXH-ECHQ 12317/21 SAXH-ECHQ 12462/71 SAXH-ECHQ 12464 off registration - scrapped 12519 off registration - scrapped 40732 EC/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 40751 NL/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 40805 EC/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 41062 EC/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 41068 NL/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 41112 NL/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 41154 EC/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 42096 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH 42103 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH 42117/23/25/63 EC/ HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 42194 NL/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 42205/10 EC/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 42225/27/29 NL/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 42302/10 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH 42306/35 EC/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 44027 NL/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 44042/68/69/76/81 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH 44073 EC/HBHQ-HQ/SBXH 82228 HQ/SAXH-HQ/ECHQ Renumbered 41012-40626 41016-40618 41020-40609 48131-48130 Modifications Fitted with sliding doors: 40609/18/26, 42014/72, 42107, 42253/57/81/97, 42350, 42555 Preserved…

■ TRAFFIC AND TRACTION: GM No. 081 hauled a Belview Yard to Portlaoise PW Yard train of new rail on January 25, while the next day retro-liveried No. 071 was in charge of a Platin (Drogheda) to North Wall train of eight High Output Ballast wagons. On January 27, the 19.05 Heuston to Portlaoise was failed at Clondalkin Fonthill, while the 19.25 Cork to Heuston was failed at Park West & Cherry Orchard. Passengers of both trains were transferred to alternative services. A signalling fault on the morning of January 28 saw bustitution introduced between Cork and Mallow. Normal services resumed around 13.30 the same day. The 05.30 Galway to Dublin Heuston service on January 30 was failed at Woodlawn and its passengers were transferred to the 06.25 ex-Galway. There…

CLASS 33s remain part of the railway scene today with three members of the class in service with West Coast Railways, including two Class 33/0s. Built between 1960 and 1961, the then standard Class 33 was numbered as D6500-D6585. Conversion for push-pull working created the Class 33/1 sub-class leaving 65 Class 33/0s, the type embodied by the V.2/3 of the Heljan ‘O’ gauge model. Spanning the life of the class from introduction to the current scene requires certain detail differences to be incorporated in the model, including high intensity headlights (square frame) and roof aerials for those models representing locomotives working after 1992-93. It is in this condition that the review model, EWS No. 33030, is modelled and can be regarded as a late condition locomotive. Application of EWS livery…

Express Mailbag Your letters, emails, feedback and other comments are always welcome. Contact us at Rail Express, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6JR; or email: railexpresseditor@mortons.co.uk. The editor reserves the right to edit all letters, and the views expressed here are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the magazine. SHEFFIELD VICTORIA INTERESTING article on Woodhead Line in your February 2020 edition (page 32). However, for the sake of accuracy, it should be pointed out that although the station at (Sheffield) Victoria closed for passengers in January 1970, passenger trains continued to run through the station’s derelict shell for many years, until being diverted via Barnsley (in May 1983). This involved a reversal at Nunnery carriage sidings to access Sheffield Midland. Although Woodhead has…

MK.1 MODIFICATION NORTH Yorkshire Moors Railway Mk.1 TSO No. 5001, which has yet to operate in preservation, has been moved to Rampart Engineering at Barrow Hill for conversion to an accessible coach. Also to be similarly modified is a Gresley buffet car No. 43632. Work on the latter will be carried out at the Ecclesbourne Railway, where another NYMR Gresley coach (BGP No. 70754) is presently undergoing conversion to an exhibition coach for use at Goathland. SLEEPER DISPOSAL A RESIDENT since 2003, Mk.3a SLE No. 10535 was scrapped at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway during February to make way for a new shed to be constructed. The coach had been one of two acquired for use as volunteer accommodation; the other, No. 10668, is being retained and upgraded. Also at…

HELSTON GETS DMU RECENTLY sold by Grinsty Rail, Class 127 DMBS vehicles Nos. 51616+51622 left the Great Central Railway for a new base at the Helston Railway in Cornwall during January. It is planned to return the pair to working order for use on the Cornish line. The two cars, which were bought for preservation by the Red Triangle Society, had been based at the GCR since 1984, although they had seen little use over the past 20 years. The Class 120 centre car that was also purchased in 1984, No. 59276, remains in store at the Great Central Railway. It is the only vehicle from this class still in existence. ‘HYMEK’ PROGRESS REBUILDING of the MD870 power unit for No. D7076 is now in the final stages, and pressure…

FREIGHTLINER NO. 70004 is the most recent of the Class 70s to return to the main line after rectification work at Leeds Midland Road, with No. 70009 likely to follow soon. LNER FOUR more Class 91s were stood down in the last few days of January, reducing the LNER fleet to 23 operational examples. No. 91132 was the first to be removed from service, being stopped at Bounds Green on January 24. However, it was quickly followed by Nos. 91122 and 91128, which are now with ROG. No. 91104 met the same fate as No. 91132 three days later (27th) only to be granted a short reprieve, the Class 91/1 eventually succumbing to the inevitable storage on February 23. It was expected to move to Crewe for storage in early…

NAMED Locomotives 43098 Walton Castle 43122 Dunster Castle 43158 Kingswear Castle 60029 Ben Nevis Units 158864 ELR 50 VISIT LINCOLNSHIRE IN 2020 Coaches 17056 Car No. 17056 NAMES REMOVED Units 156416 Saint Edmund 156418 ESTA 1965-2015 156459 Benny Rothman – The Manchester Rambler 158910 William Wilberforce 221102 John Cabot 221103 Christopher Columbus 221110 James Cook 221112 Ferdinand Magellan 319217 Brighton 333007 Alderman J Arthur Godwin First Lord Mayor of Bradford 1907 390045 Virgin Pride…

TSMB (Trailer Standard Miniature Buffet) 40101-118. TRFB (Trailer Restaurant First Buffet) 40801-804/806-811, 40900-904. TF (Trailer First) 41059/108/149/160-162/166/167/169/176/182/183/186/187/189/192. TS (Trailer Standard) 42092/094/095/103/105/108/115/166/167/169/173/176/178/195/217/231/232/247/294/302/304/308/310/319/321/353/364/382/519/520/563/565/570/582. Trailer Guards Standard (TGS) 44042/060/068/069/074/076/078/081/091. Trailer Composite (TC) 46006-009/012-014/016-018. 10 and again on February 12 were handled by No. 57312 Solway Princess. The first movement conveyed Nos. 41166, 42095/167/176/304/563/ 582, while Nos. 40900/902/904, 41160, 42565/570 followed two days later. Four of the coaches in the latter move (Nos. 40900/904, 41160, which were used by Hull Trains in 2019, and 42570) had been taken from St Philip’s Marsh (Bristol) to Laira by Nos. 43029/088 on February 10. Following the above moves, just 10 slam-door coaches remained on the GWR network in late February. One of them, No. 42175, was at Laira, while another four, Nos. 42087/566/580 and 44100, were at…

April 4 N Gauge Southeast 2020. East Surrey N Gauge Group. Reigate College, Rushworth Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0SD. 10.00-16.00 Sat. Adult £7.50, Child £3, Family £20. https://esngblog.com/esng-exhibitions Norwich Model Railway Club Exhibition. Hellesdon High School, Middletons Lane, Norwich, NR6 5SB. 10.00-16.30 Sat. Adult £5, accompanied child free. https://norhams.org.uk/wordpress April 4-5 East Lancashire Railway Model Railway Exhibition. Bury Transport Museum, Castlecroft Goods Warehouse, Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0EY. 10.00-16.00 both days. Admission free. Donations appreciated. www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk Portsmouth Railex. Victory Model Railway Club. Mountbatten Leisure Centre, Alex Way, Portsmouth, PO2 9QA. 10.30-18.00 Sat, 10.30-16.30 Sun. Adult £7, child £1. https://portsmouthrailex.wixsite.com/website South Notts Model Railway Show. Bingham Model Railway Club. Cotgrave Welfare, Woodview, Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire NG12 3PJ. 10.00-16.30 Sat, 10.00-16.00 Sun. Adult £5, Child £3, Family £12. www.bingham-model-rail.co.uk Tame Valley Scouts Railroad…