MELTON MOWBRAY (NORTH)
An N gauge model railway by JOHN SPENCE and STEVE WESTON
The Railway Modeller Cup 2014
presented to John and Steve
by RM photographer Craig Tiley
for the most popular model
featured in the magazine in 2014
as voted by the public.
Two of our team of operators,
the late Les Smith (left)
and Tim Pratt (right)
are also pictured.
Tim has the distinction of both his grandfather and great-grandfather having been managers of the refreshment rooms at the station
John and Steve are presented with the plaque
for "Best Layout" as voted by members of
Lincoln MRS at their 2019 exhibition
John and Steve are presented with the cup
for "Best Layout" as voted by members of
Alsager MRA (Crewe) at their 2019 exhibition
Steve is pictured with the Shield for "Best Layout"
as voted by Wakefield MRS members at their
2017 exhibition
John and Steve with the cup for Best Layout
as voted by the members of the Manchester MRC
at their exhibition, December 2016
John & Steve are presented with the Elizabethan Railway Society cup for "Best in Show" by Trevor Peat at their exhibition in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, October 2015
We were awarded "Best in Show" by the members of
New Mills and DIstrict MRC at their exhibition held in
Chapel-en-le Frith, Derbyshire, in February 2015.
At the Normanton & Pontefract exhibition in January 2015,
Mark Buckle presents us with a cup for the
"Best Scenic Feature" at their exhibition.
The layout was awarded "Best in Show" by public vote and "Best Scenic Layout" by members of Shipley MRC
at their 2014 exhibition in September 2014
The last event of the year resuted in another award,
"Best in Show" as voted by the public. The shield is presented to John and Steve by Edward Dickerson
of Spalding Model Railway Club at their
annual exhibition in November 2014.
As Steve was unable to attend, John receives
the award for "Best Scenic Layout"
at the "Hornby Live" exhibition
in Hartlepool, July 2014.
John and Steve were also presented with the Denis Moore cup for the "Best in Show"at the CMRA exhibition in
St. Albans January 2014.
Photo courtesy of Adrian Colenutt.
John and Steve were presented with the Calvert Cup by Pete Waterman
for the "Best 2mm scale Layout" at Warley Model Railway Club's
exhibition at the N.E.C. in November 2013.
Photo by Craig Tiley courtesy of Railway Modeller magazine.
MELTON MOWBRAY (NORTH) has appeared at.....
The International N Gauge Show, (TINGS) Warwickshire September 2010
Melton Mowbray November 2010
BRM Festival, Doncaster February 2011
Mickleover MRC, Derby May 2011
Melton Mowbray July 2011
Southampton January 2013
Syston MRC (Leicester) February 2013
Cleethorpes May 2013
Wigan June 2013
Grantham September 2013
Folkestone October 2013
Warley MRC (NEC) November 2013
Chiltern Area MRA, St. Albans January 2014 Stafford February 2014
S.E.C. Glasgow February 2014
Nottingham March 2014
Hartlepool (Hornby Live) July 2014
Melton Mowbray, on 50th anniversary of line closure September 2014
Shipley September 2014
Spalding November 2014
Normanton & Pontefract MRS January 2015
New Mills MRC (Chapel-en-le Frith) February 2015
Bristol (Thornbury) May 2015
Aylesbury May 2015
Perth June 2015
Elizabethan Railway Society, Kirkby-in-Ashfield October 2015
Newcastle and District MRC November 2015
Canterbury January 2016
East Anglian Exhibition, Huntingdon March 2016
TrainWest, Corsham, Wiltshire April 2016
Waveney Valley MRC, Southwold August 2016
Soar Valley MRC, Loughborough September 2016
Halifax MRC September 2016
Warrington MRC October 2016
Manchester MRS December 2016
Erith MRS, Dartford January 2017
Wimborne MRS, Dorset March 2017
Andover MRC September 2017
Wakefield MRS November 2017
Nailsea MRC March 2018
Chatham MRC June 2018
The International N Gauge Show (TINGS) September 2018
Farnham & District MRC, Aldershot October 2018
Leeds MRS October 2018
Kendal January 2019
Lincoln February 2019
Basingstoke March 2019
Wigan MRS October 2019
Alsager Railway Association, Crewe November 2019
Southampton MRS January 2020
Model Rail Scotland, Glasgow SEC February 2020
Great Electric Train Show, Milton Keynes October 2021