| Photos from The Great North Of Scotland Model railway Exhibition 2011 at the T.A. Centre, Elgin, March 26th 27th |
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| Aldbury by Perth MRC, winners of Moray Quaich |
For best layout chosen by the Exhibitors |
One of the scenes from around Aldbury |
Another scene from Aldbury | |||
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| Ian Noble with his Banff station layout | Banff goods shed, I like the horse & cart, it gives a real sense of age | Banff goods yard with engine shed in background |
The station in full swing as it should be, even today. | |||
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| A ship docks at Craigport on Sea a layout by Dundee MRC |
Members of Dundee MRC certainly enjoying the exhibition | Some of the scenics on this layout are outstanding & could be missed |
like the birds in flight in the previous photograph |
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| Joe Skinner (R) and his layout Cramdin, which says it all | Joe, cramdin a Triang Mimic Roadway and a working canal boat | All designed as a oneman operation |
This layout won the public vote. | |||
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| Members of Cupar & District MRC and their layout Feather River | Based on a branch line from the Western US of A. |
Some of the scenics are really good like the wedding & a chain gang |
Just found some of the ideas great | |||
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| Glassgreen Diesel Depot by Colin Anderson |
one of the few DCC layouts on show |
The small layout depicts holding sidings a refuelling point & shed |
plus a little intrigue with the man on the crane & the police presence | |||
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| Elgin MRC winners of the Vertex Trophy |
For the best modern layout from around the world | Twin Rivers, a modern American N gauge layout |
a very busy layout showing all ages of locos |
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| Members of Inverness MRC with Mountain View | A helix at one end and a secret at the other | a North American layout base on the area surrouding |
the Rockies, depicting the era around the 1950/60 |
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| Kinloss MRC with thev layout Oakglen Railroad |
and winners of the Kean Kennedy Trophy |
for the Best Scenic Layout. Based on a fictional narrow line |
set around a small iron ore mine in the acrid planes of the USA |
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| Coineanach a Caldhaich fo Thalamh layout by Chris Hall |
if you are wondering what it mean, here is the Gailic translation |
"The holes rabbits make in the ground". Too many tunnels | to count, its magical to watch as the loco winds its way around |
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| Lancefield Mountain by Dunblane MRC |
A fictional railroad set somewhere in the Canadian Rockies |
during the 1940's serving the lumber indutry |
with Shay, Climax 7 Baldwin locos & the occasional diesel |
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| Yes he's back on his new simpler layout, its Thomas the Tank | The controller himself, Bob gives one of the youngster a few tips |
on controlling Thomas & Percy around the layout. |
The Gleaner Trophy presented to Joe Skinner by Dusty, for Best Layout as voted by the public | |||