**NEW DATES**
Modern Image O gauge Exhibition 2025 

Opening Times

Saturday 25th October 2025 10:00 until 16:00
Sunday 26th October 2025 10:00 until 15:30

Admission Prices -
*All profits made donated to Prostate Cancer UK*

Adults - £10
Children 0-15 - Free with accompanying adult 
£5 Charge for any child un-accompanied by an adult - Please note a minimum age of 12 years old will be permitted entry

Why?​

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​1 in 8 men get prostate cancer. Together, we're supporting our dads, brothers, partners and friends by raising awareness, funding lifechanging research, campaigning for change and providing much needed support.

After loosing MIOG Member Colin Burgess in June 2024 to a short but aggressive fight with Prostate Cancer, we've turned our attention to fundraising for a cause that has suddenly for all the wrong reasons been a cause close to our hearts. We're arranging multiple events over the next 13th months running up to our Exhibition on the 24th/25th October 2025 - This was one of Colin's many passions together (Model Railways & the real railways) We hope to raise a pot of cash which hopefully will mean that other peoples loved ones and families wont have to experience the traumatic journey that we had to endure with Colin. He was a well loved Dad, Husband and man of his family, so help us do him proud and even if you pledge just £5 we'd greatly appreciate it. We've set ourselves an ambitious target of £20,000 but even if we raise just half of that it would be an amazing achievement. To donate to our cause please donate via our Just Giving page - Or by turning up to our event. 
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Where is the exhibition?

Our exhibition is located at the Crewe Heritage Centre, in Crewe. With direct links by Rail & Road. To facilitate people arriving by Rail we will be running a free shuttle bus from the Railway Station. (Please note we will post more details of this in due course)

The address is;

​Crewe Heritage Centre
Vernon Way
Cheshire 
CW12DB

Postcode for Sat-navs is CW1 2DB

Please note that there will be no parking on-site.

We offer a number of spaces on a first come, first served basis for those who have a Blue Badge identifying a mobility issue. Our disabled parking is located at the main entrance to the museum next to our Booking Office, spaces can fill up fast so we recommend getting to the Heritage Centre early.

For normal parking Pay & Display parking is available less than 100 metres away on Oak Street. Alternatively their is free parking on Tesco's carpark for 3 hours. How-ever we recommend if possible for people to use our free Shuttle Bus from the Railway station.

This map shows the exact location of the show;

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After loosing MIOG Member Colin Burgess in June 2024 to a short but aggressive fight with Prostate Cancer, we've turned our attention to fundraising for a cause that has been thrown to the forefront of our attention for all of the wrong reasons. Running up to our exhibition on the 25th/26th of October 2025 we've arranged a charity raffle which will run until the Sunday of the event. Model Railways was one of Colins many passions along with the real railways & fishing! We hope to help raise a pot of cash for the charity which will mean that other peoples loved ones and families wont have to experience the traumatic journey that we had to endure by leaving his cancer too late. He was a well loved Dad, Husband and man of his family, so please help us do him proud and you can pledge either a ticket or a donation via our Just giving page and it will help us raise our ambitious target of £20,000. 

We've been truly humbled by the amount of prizes that have been donated to us by our traders and surrounding model railway community. Every ticket sold will allow us to make a 100% donation to Prostate Cancer UK from monies raised from this raffle. There is 17 prizes on offer, with a range of £20 - 600!
To enter simply purchase tickets and we'll do the rest.
Good Luck!

Full List of Prizes:
1st Prize - Heljan Class 60, Coal Sector Triple Grey - Donated by Tower Models - Ticket 136
​2nd Prize - Heljan Class 02, BR Blue - DCC Ready - Donated by Heljan - Ticket 457
3rd Prize - Heljan Class 33 BR Blue Weathered - Donated by George Dent (Model Rail) - Ticket 176
4th Prize - Easybuild Class 104 Complete Kit - Donated by Easybuild - Ticket 269
5th Prize - 2 x Flangeway ZZA Snowploughs (Livery of the winners choice) - Donated by Footplate Models - Ticket 070
6th Prize 1 x ESU Sound Decoder of your Choice with Finescale Sounds - Donated by PRMRP - Ticket 189
7th Prize - Heljan Southern Region CCT Van, BR Blue - Donated by Peter Clark Models - Ticket 626
8th Prize - Dapol TTA Tanker - Donated by Durham Trains of Stanley - Ticket 652
9th Prize - £100 Ellis Clark Trains Voucher - Donated by Ellis Clark Trains - Ticket 456
10th Prize - Driver Experience Course - Rudyard Steam Railway - Ticket 349
11th Prize - Diesel Driver Experience Course - Telford Steam Railway - Ticket 732
12th Prize - Diesel Brake Tender Kit - Donated by Gary Smith (Fabricobble) - Ticket 399
13th Prize - FNA-C Wagon Kit - Donated by Buzz Models -Ticket 715
14th Prize - Prize from Rails of Sheffield (TBC) - Rails of Sheffield - Ticket 725
15th Prize - Loco Cradle (Tori Laser) - Donated by Buzz Models - Ticket 297
16th Prize - £75 Voucher to spend on figures - Donated by Northumbrian Painting Services - Ticket 030
17th Prize - Hydraulics in Focus by DE Canning (Signed) - Donated by GM Transport Books - Ticket 172
​**New** 18th Prize - Wooden Storage Box for Locos / Rollingstock - Donated by Yellow Shed Designs - Ticket 733
**New** 19th Prize - Dapol Class 122 975042 ex 55019 in NSE Livery DCC Ready Donated by Dapol - Ticket 220
**New** 20th Prize - Intentio Voucher £75 to spend on kits - Donated by Intentio - Ticket 267
**New** 21st Prize - SBT Van Kit & 3 TN Van - Donated by Steve Beattie - Ticket 292
**New** 22nd Prize - Deltic Photograph framed by Air Framed - Donated by Air Framed Displays - Ticket 144
**New** 23rd Prize - Telescopic Crane Wagon - Donated by Ian Saunders - Ticket 380

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Shuttle Bus Timetable

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Show floorplan

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Traders 

Please note a confirmed traders list will be added 1/2 weeks before the exhibition. Please check back regularly for updates.

- Arun Models ** New trader for 2025**
- Airframed Glass Display Cases **New trader for 2025**
- Buzz Models
- Coastal DCC
- Durham Trains of Stanley ** New Trader for 2025**
- Easy-build **Returning for 2025**
- Ellis Clark Trains **Manufacturer**
- Footplate **Manufacturer**
- Greenwood Model Railway Supplies
- GM Transport Books
- Gauge O Guild *Society*
- Heljan **Manufacturer**
- Intentio
- Made in Manchester
- Northumbrian Painting Services
- North East O Gauge Group *Society*
- Peter Clark Models
- Primo Trees
- PRMRP
- SBT Developments
- Skytrex
- Squires
- Telford Steam Railway *Society*
- Tower Models **New Trader for 2025**
- Yellowshed Designs **New Trader for 2025**

Trader List Updated 01/10/2025

Please note that all traders are subject to availability & change.

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Layouts

Photo credit to all used photos, they are not the property of MIOG

Barnes Green TMD

A TMD in the main years of BR’s sectorisation era, based in the south of England. Having recently undergone a full refurbishment, this layout is now back on the exhibition circuit and features the best of southern region diesel and electric locomotives.

Era: Late 80s-Early 1990s
Theme: TMD
Power: DC

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Elm Engineering

An outpost of the British Rail research department, ELM engineering showcases a wide variety of kit and scratch built rolling stock during BR’s sectorisation era

Era: 1986-1993
Theme: RTC research / military / wagon repair
Power: DCC

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Hardwick Bridge

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The North West of England was famous for its loco hauled service trains in the 1990s, and these are recreated on Hardwick Bridge. Appearing for the first time on the exhibition circuit this year, the layout combines a busy terminus with an urban freight yard, similar to those seen in Preston and Blackburn, and a variety of traction to suit both levels of layout.

Era: 1995 - 1998
Theme: North West Terminus and freight yard
Power: DCC with sound

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Harzer GmbH

1970s German Cheese factory sidings. A new layout built by Ray O’Neil on the insistence of MIOG, as an excuse for four mates to travel to exhibitions and drink the local bierhaus dry !

Era: 1960/70's German
Theme: Germany Cheese Factory with Docks
Power: DCC with Sound

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Johannesdorf

Modelled to Oe scale and representing a 760mm gauge, Johannesdorf recreates the once common site of an Austrian Narrow gauge railway, serving a tourist resort at the end of a valley in the 1970s. Occasional steam services still run but modernisation has taken its hold on the fleet. Previously featured in Railway Modeller magazine.

Era: 1970s Austrian Narrow gauge
Power: DCC with sound

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Knype Bridge Parcels Depot

Located to the side of Knype Bridge station, Knype Bridge parcels depot sees a constant level of traffic powered by BR Blue diesels, whilst a regular passenger service and occasional engineers traffic makes an appearance too.

Era: Late 70s early 1980s
Theme: Parcels Depot 
Power: DC

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Loch Dubh

Recreating the halcyon years of BR blue in the Scottish Highlands, Loch Dubh is a terminus ‘north of the border’ with a steady stream of Sulzer type 2s serving both the passenger station and whisky distillery. Other classic Scottish loco types may well make an appearance too!

Era: Early to late 1970s
Theme: Scottish highland terminus 
Power: DCC with sound

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Napier Road

Napier Road is a fictious layout set in the early 1960s in the North Eastern Region of British Railways.  With the demise of steam, new diesel locos were appearing on the nation's railways. This makes the layout quite distinctive, as we run only 'green diesel era' locos.

​Era: 1960s green diesels
Theme: Diesel depot
Power: DCC with sound

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The Siding

The Siding is an O gauge micro layout in the true sense of the word. Being a single siding off a bigger yard where wagons with problems are removed from trains in the yard and brought to the siding for inspection. It is inspired by such a place that existed in Warrington called Slutchers Lane. DCC operated with weathered and repainted locos and stock.

Era: Late 1990's - Early 2000's
Theme: Inspection Siding
Power: DCC with sound

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Win Street Engineers Sidings

A former station on the edge of the privatisation era, Winn Street features a variety of engineers and departmental rolling stock as seen across Britain's railway network throughout the 1990s.

Era: 1990s sectorisation into privatisation
Theme: Engineers Sidings, ex station 
Power: DC

Please check back as we add more layouts to our list...

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Locomotive Services Ltd

Pictured was last years guests - 20132 / 20118 in Railfreight Grey - waiting to depart the Heritage Centre back to their home depot

Locomotive Services Ltd are intending to provide us with a locomotive, but this will be subject to confirmation and availability and for this we thank them. So why not use our full size exhibits as some modelling inspiration? 

Heritage Centre Attractions

As part of your ticket price you will gain entry into the Crewe Heritage Centre site and all of its attractions.

​For more information on the Heritage Centre please click the totem below;