On Saturday, 19th and Sunday, 20th October, hundreds of model railway enthusiasts are expected to visit The Engine House at Highley in Shropshire for the Severn Valley Railway‘s third annual O Gauge Get Together.

At least nine very different layouts will be on display, as well as trade stands from Dapol, Ellis Clark, Connoisseur Models, Walsworth Models, Finney7, Ragstone Models, Yellow Shed Designs, Joe Lock Model Railways and Peco.

Among the stands, there will be one from the Gauge O Guild and several from loco-owning groups.

A limited edition O gauge Burwarton Coal Company wagon has been exclusively produced for this year’s event and will be on sale over the weekend.

Some of the Burwarton Coal Company wagons were to be seen on the Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway.

During the weekend, there will be the chance to buy raffle tickets with a star prize of an O gauge Black 5 from Ellis Clark Trains worth £949 as well as further prizes. All profits from the raffle go towards the Severn Valley Railway’s Resilience Fund.

The best way to travel to the O Gauge Get Together is by Severn Valley Railway train from Kidderminster, Bewdley or Bridgnorth as there is no parking at The Engine House.

Tickets and more information about the event are online at svr.co.uk.

“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 Cambridgeshire, 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!”

Tom Clarke, one of the organisers