HUNDREDS of model railway enthusiasts are set to gather at the Severn Valley Railway in October for the third annual O Gauge Get Together.
The main event will take place at The Engine House in Highley on October 19 and 20.
Visitors will be able to see at least nine different layouts as well as the chance to buy a limited edition O gauge wagon produced for this year’s event.
The Burwarton Coal Company wagon was operated on the Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors light railway.
Tom Clarke, one of the organisers, said: “Our large scale event just grows and grows and it now feels like a real fixture in the calendar. “We’re proud to bring together a range of railway settings, some based in reality, others entirely fictitious.
“For example, we’ll have the 36-foot-long Stodden Hundred Light Railway, portraying a fictional private light railway in Cambridgshire, whilst Newton Heath Works is a lovely little working narrow gauge layout, and BR blue fans will love East Road.
“I’ve been working with co-owner and fellow event organiser Harry Bradley to extend our Burlish Road layout by an extra eight feet. We’re constantly adding scenery, buildings, signals and trains to make it more realistic and interesting.
“This is another ‘what if’ location, located somewhere along the SVR, between Bewdley and Hartlebury, with authentic branch line trains of the pre-preservation period and some post-preservation interlopers.”
There will be a raffle which will have prizes which include an O gauge Black five from Ellis Clark Trains worth £949.
All profits go to the SVR Resilience Fund.
The event will have trade stands including Dapol, Ellis Clark, Connoisseur Models, Walsworth Models, Finney7, Ragstone Models, Yellow Shed Designs, Steaming around Yorkshire, Joe Lock Model Railways and Peco.
