Event information
Abrail 2019 was held on Saturday 16th March, 2019 from 10:00-17:00 . Please see below for photos from the day.
The next Abrail 2020 is provisionally on Saturday 21st March, 2020 at Abingdon and Witney college. Details will be confirmed later in 2019.
Photos
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- Oil Drum Lane by Terry Robinson
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- American Dock Tank on Graeme Muspratt’s Canute Road Quay
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- The busy high street on Inselbahn Langeoog
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- Nice long runs on the N-gauge Bridgebury Gate
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- A Western heading West, emerging from the Western portal of the Royal Albert Bridge, by the ‘Basingstoke Bodgers’
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- Coal hoppers running through Bridgebury Gate station
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- N-gauge layout Manningthorpe with lots of action in a compact space.
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- Porlock’s interesting track plan
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- On approach the Illfracombe from Brinscott
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- Class 22 about to reverse back onto it’s pick-up goods on Trewithick
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- HO gauge americana from Kamiak Falls
Venue
Abrail 2019 will be held in the same venue as 2018, the Abingdon campus of Abingdon and Witney College. The map below should show the location; OX14 1GG for SatNav users. The entrance to the car park is from Wootton Road. The venue offers catering, free parking, and wheelchair access. We also promise to put up more signage this year!
Layouts
This year we have 19 confirmed layouts from N gauge to O gauge.
| Layout | Scale/Gauge | Exhibitor |
| Three Points | 7mm / O | ADMRC |
| Porlock | 4mm / OO | Kevin Grace |
| Inselbahn Langeoog | N+Nm | Piers Milne |
| Kidmore South Yard | N | David Mitchell |
| Dock Green | 7mm / O | Chaz Harrison |
| Trewithick | 4mm / EM | Graeme Vickery |
| Llanfair Caereinion | 4mm / OO9 | Andy Cundick |
| Canute Road Quay | 4mm / OO | Graham Muspratt |
| Ryders Green Wharf | 4mm / OO9 | Peter Cullen |
| Nippon Tetsudo (new!) | N | Peter McConnell |
| Brymbo (withdrawn) | 7mm / O | Oxford and District MRC |
| Cheffley (withdrawn) | 4mm / OO | Mike Carter |
| Oil Drum Lane | 4mm / OO | Terry Robinson |
| Didcot A | N | ADMRC |
| Keats Sidings (withdrawn) | 4mm / OO | Jon Potter |
| Manningthorpe | N | Matthew Oszczyk |
| A bridge too far | 2mm | Peter Thorpe |
| Foxfield Wharf | N | Peter Hughes |
| Ilfracombe East | 4mm / OO9 | Brian Key |
| Bridgebury Gate | N | Russ Hobbs |
| Kamiak Falls | HO | Antony Quinlan |
| Sodor | 4mm / OO | ADMRC |
Traders
As usual, we will have a great selection of trader’s at the exhibition so you can stock up on all the fun bits you need for your own railway, from Tools through Trains to Trees…
- JB’S Model World
- Squire’s Tools
- Sunningwell Command Control
- Freestone Models
- Ceynix Artistree
- Double-O Scenics
- Neil Cresswell Model Railways
- Kytes Lights
- Brunswick Railways Ltd
- Kevin’s Trains
- Cheltenham Model Centre
Exhibitors / Demonstrations
- European Model Railways
- Pendon Museum
- Medway Queen Preservation Society
- Didcot Railway Centre / Great Western Society