Number Twos
Well ladies and gentlemen, dust off your patience — here we are at the much-anticipated second instalment of our Rosehill Model Railway Exhibition coverage, delayed only slightly since October by such trivial matters as life and a complete lack of urgency.
As always, this isn’t just about the model train guff. Rosehill remains the premier annual social event where you get to catch up with old mates, vague acquaintances, and those special individuals you successfully avoid for twelve months straight, only to accidentally corner yourself into a 20-minute conversation beside a folding table.
This report also proudly marks the launch of our brand-new model railway exhibition competition, where layout exhibitors and commercial stands alike battle fiercely for the highest possible honour available: a fleeting mention here, no prizes, no trophies — just the quiet satisfaction of knowing someone noticed.
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Panoramic view of the whole exhibition.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and two below.
Glasson, a fictional branchline location in Western NSW.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
Otham Road is apparently based on a fictional outer suburban location in NSW.
Photos: Brad Peadon
Photo: Brad Peadon
Railway Coins has an extensive selection of highly collectable coins.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and two below.
The world famous Phil Badger and his Gopher Models & Ixion Model Railways stand.Photos: Brad Peadon
Cowan, based on the station of the same name at the far north of Sydney.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and two below
Wychie is loosely based on the Victorian town of Wycheproof.Photos: Brad Peadon
Above and seven below.
Wallaville is a sugarcane layout based on the location near Bundaberg that started out as a Queensland Rail operation, but was later converted for 2ft gauge sugar use.
Sadly changes in operations mean the line here is believed to no longer be in use.
Note: The last three photos show the prototype.
Photos: Brad Peadon
Narellan is based on the station that once existed on the former Camden branchline in Sydney.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Mr Zane Maber.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Boulder Mountain is a wonderful logging railway based layout.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below
Inner West .
Photo: Brad Peadon
Photo: Brad Peadon
Gwarek PKP based on a small city in Poland.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
Omega based on the beautiful section south of Kiama in New South Wales.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Bubble & Squeak.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Mr Ed Leong.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Photo: Brad Peadon
Goulburn layout.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Old school mate David Kirkland..
Photo: Brad Peadon
Photo: Brad Peadon
Rumour has it that the light emitting from the Auscision Models stand is visible on the Klingon home world Qo'noS.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The ever happy Rodney Smith, and the extremely tolerant asawa.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and two below.
Blue Mountains. Based. not surprisingly, on the Blue Mountains line west of Sydney.
Photos: Brad Peadon
Mr Mark Hardacre manning the 'Australian Railway Historical Society' stand where I finally got the first volume of Brian Andrew's incredible SMR books.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The Victorian legend that is Mr Raymond Rowe.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Barry's Boxes who I assume sells boxes for model trains.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
Kerroby Models, with Bob Rawlins just visible in the above image.
Photo: Brad Peadon
My Kumpare Mr Chapple.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The ever popular second hand stall.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Photo: Brad Peadon
Trains For Kids With Cancer.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The awesome Mr Taki.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
Random views around the exhibition.
Photos: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
G Scale Hobbies.
Photos: Brad Peadon
Photo: Brad Peadon
Alright, I suppose I’ve kept everyone perched dramatically on the edge of their seats long enough, nervously wondering whether they’ll take out first place in the least coveted awards on the annual exhibition circuit.
Choosing a winner is no simple task. It requires countless minutes trawling through photos and show guides, endless seconds of deep discussion with very few people whatsoever, and — let’s be honest — a healthy, probably decisive, amount of personal bias on my part.
So without further ado.
Simply because it is one of my favourite spotting locations on earth and really captures the look of this Southern Highlands location brilliantly.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Hunter coalfields, private railways, non-air coal hoppers, Richmond Vale.
Really the only excuses I needed.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Hardly a mind blowing surprise for anyone that knows me.
The Wallaville layout is a HOn2.5 scale Queensland layout owned by Lincoln Driver.
It is based on the real Queensland town of Wallaville.
A stack more Wallaville photos can be found here.
Photo: Brad Peadon
At last we come to the end, as we go through the winners of the commercial stand awards.
After one sleepless half an hour, and a really unnecessary amount of quality beverages, your judges decided solve the impasse we had arrived at by awarding first prize to a few frien.....ahhmmm, commercial stands.
First Prize goes to:
Australian Railway Historical Society, Casula Models, Gopher Models, IDR Models, Keiran Ryan Models (I guess), Kerroby Models, On Track Models, Pallas Hobbies, Railway Coins, SDS Models, and the Sydney Bus Museum.
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Note: Coming up on our SRF YouTube channel is a visit to the the 2025 model railway exhibition at Rosehill Racecourse. A good look around, with footage of the utmost lowest quality you have come to demand.
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Epping Model Railway Club.
Ones Patient Asawa.
All my many friends who I had a ball catching up with.
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