Burton 2026
Saturday saw the annual exhibition and AGM of the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association in Burton. Working Saturday morning meant I went along as a paying visitor in the afternoon, which made a refreshing change after many years of helping or organising the show. Highlights for me included Luke’s Queen’s Wharf which I’d been following on RMweb and Escairgeiliog, Paul’s foray into Corris modelling. Both were running well and I enjoyed watching them (and operating Queen’s Wharf). Elsewhere in the hall, Bob Harper’s Megantic was running well, though I couldn’t get close enough to get any photos and I spied a Betchworth Fletcher Jennings shunting St Oswald’s Wharf. Sadly, some of the other layouts weren’t running as well. Saw a couple which had the soldering irons out trying to work out why the trains weren’t working. The very nice Darjeeling layout was let down by the trains derailing every time I went to look at it and the modern Ffestiniog style layout in the back room was good, the ten...
