Narrow Gauge NOW 2025

.... was held at Portland College, on Saturday October 25th 2025. Attendance was again up on last year and we would like to thank all the layout owners, demonstrators and trade stand staff for their support, the volunteers who organised the event, and particularly you for coming along and enjoying it! We were pleased to present a range of narrow guage layouts in a mixture of scale and gauge combinations, along with a good representation of traders supoporting our hobby.

The final listings for layouts and demos, and for the traders are shown below, along with a selection of photos from the day. There will be a show report in a future edition of the 009 News.

Just for fun, we held a visitors poll for the "best layout in the show", and the top three results were as follows:

Nant Gwernol - OO9 - George Williamson

2. Tony's Forest - O14 - Robin Edwards

3. Fitzwilliam Basin - O Scale/9mm gauge - Andy Booth

In addition we have since learnt that at the show Fourdees did some networking with several of the other manufacturers in the hobby present on the day, including EDM Models, N-Drive and Westcliff Works. They are putting together some new partnerships for products in multiple scales and we at EMNGM are very proud to be the catalyst for this!

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List of exhibits and demonstrations as at 21st October 2025

1. 5.5mm Scale Modular Group - 5.5mm-16.5mm gauge

2. Angst Lesspork - OO9 - Hugh Norwood

3. Ashover Butts - OO9 - David Wright

4. Avin-a-lyin - OO9 - Andy & Ali Bailey

5. Bardsea Quay - OO9/EM - Hugh Milward

6. Blackmoor - OO9 - Ian Lampkin

7. Bridges - OO9 - Greg Chilton

8. Brockwell Colliery - OO9 - Steven Torincsi

9. Bunkers Lane - O9 7mm/9mm gauge - Bill Flude

10. Calf of Node - OO9 - Andrew Eames

11. Chesterfield Road - O-16.5 - Clay Cross MRS

12. Cym Hapus - OO9 - Ian Jones & David Jones

13. Inglenook (yet to be named) - OO9 - David Gander

14. Derwent Road - O9 – Peter & Arline Wilson

15. Dyffryn Hardd (Beautiful Valley) - OO9 - Bradley Hurt

16. Fitzwilliam Basin - O Scale/9mm gauge - Andy Booth

17. Gwynedd - OO9 - Belper MRG

18. Isle of Node - OO9 - Andrew Eames

19. Jubilee Works - O14/O - Duncan Croser

20. Knottmuch Works - OO9 - Alan Martin

21. Llabonk - OO9 - Ed Roulston

22. Llandaftnsilly - OO9 - Ed Roulston

23. Millthorpe - OO9 - Chris Richardson

24. Mine All Mine - OO9 - Ed Roulston

25. Modelling Demo - David Wright

26. Modelling Demo - Paul Martin

27. Nant Gwernol - OO9 - George Williamson

28. Out the Tram - OO9 - Bob Menzies

29. Llandaftnsilly - OO9 - Ed Roulston

30. Prospect Mill - OO9 - Allen Hudson

31. Royd Lane - OO9 - David Holmes

32. Royd Moor - OO9 - Peter Oates

33. Brickyard Farm - SM32 - Stephen Penn

34. The Lindsey Joint Railway - 7mm/O-16.5 - 7mm NG Assn - Lincolnshire Area Grp

35. Tony's Forest - O14 - Robin Edwards

36. Whiteoak Light Railway - O-16.5 - Nyall Rudge + Allen Law + Joe Pearson

37. Mid Sodor Sidings & 3 micro layouts – OO9 - Sean Straw and Shae Tanner Straw

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List of traders as of 21st October 2025

1. OO9 Society Sales Stand2. Ducket Models3. Brookes 3D Models4. IconicRail5. Mount Tabor Models6. 422 Modelmaking7. Fourdees8. CM3 Models9. Derby Railway Bookshop10. A1 Models11. 7mm NG Assn Recruitment12. 7mm NG Assn Sales13. East Midlands Group Secondhand Sales14. Grainge & Hodder15. N Drive Productions16. Eddie King 3D Printing17. Models For Heroes 18. Gubbin Box Models19. Westcliff Workshops20. Worsley Works21. DoubleMModels22. Hardwick Trains23. EDM Models

Nant Gwernol, a long and simple vista based on the Talylln Railway in OO9 by George Williamson - voted by our visitors as the "Best in Show"!

Part of the 5.5mm Scale Modular Group layout - 5.5mm using 16.5mm gauge track

The ever popular Angst Lesspork in OO9 by Hugh Norwood

All the way from Scotland was the snowy Penrhyn Quarries, to 10mm scale on 16.5mm track, by Bill Ferguson

Ed Roulston presented several micro layouts, including Llandaftnsilly in OO9, in support of the charity Models for Heros.

Another long vista 009 layout was "Out the Tram" by Bob Menzies

This is Whiteoak Light Railway in 7mm scale on 16.5mm track by Nyall Rudge, Allen Law & Joe Pearson

Tony's Forest is a logging layout in 7mm scale on 14mm track by Robin Edwards

Last year's "Best in Show" is Peter Oates's Royd Moor, complete with a new module, in OO9

Fitzwilliam Basin is a compact industrial scene in 7mm scale using 9mm gauge track, by Andy Booth

Andrew Eames showed his 009 Isle of Node micro layout, representative of several small layouts at the show

Brickyard Farm is by Stephen Penn, to 16mm scale on 32mm track

The reception and main trade stand area

The 7mm Narrow Gauge Association Recruitment stand

The Fourdees stand

The ever popular OO9 Society Sales Stand

Header Photo: The well known Avyn-A -LLyin, a layout owned by one of our members that has featured in many model railway exhibitions.

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