The aladdin's cave that is the 009 Society Sales took up the whole of one side of the hall and goods were exchanged for coinage of the realm throughout the day!

Andrew Burnham, Editor of Continental Modeller, comes out of the closet and reveals his BRITISH 009 layout, Treacle Bolly!

A very nice Chivers Tralee & Dingle Hunslet body kit that has been successfully joined to a Grafar 4MT chassis, which suits it very well.

Although the Chivers Hunslet kit is actually HO scale, it matches the Lynton & Barnstaple style 009 rolling stock of Treacle Bolly without clashing.

Andrew Burnham's shortened Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardle, converted from a Stenning kit, at Treacle Bolly

The "shorty" Manning Wardle closely resembles 2 similar locos built by Adrian Ponting, the original builder of Treacle Bolly

The "shorty" Manning Wardle pilots a more conventionally built L&B loco across the river bridge at Treacle Bolly

A piece of genuine 009 history. This Hunslet quarry loco was scratchbuilt by the late David Mander, years before any kits of locomotives as small as this could be obtained.

Foxcombe Colliery, a small 009 layout by Phil Farr-Cox

Motive power variety at Foxcombe Colliery

This Peco Jeanette, spotted at Phil Farr-Cox's Foxcombe Colliery, stands out because of the exquisite quality of the modern Minitrix chassis that it uses.

An innovative little rail-lorry at Foxcombe Colliery, economically built using a cut-down Kato tram chassis and parts from an Airfix Austin K6 (RAF Emergency Set)

Brian Golding, who moved to the area a year previously, showed his under-construction L&B layout, Woody Bay, which will be DCC equipped when completed.

Photography of Brian Golding's Woody Bay was difficult due to the strong sunlight coming through the window that the layout was next to, but I persevered and obtained this reasonable shot of a typical L&B train.

Another shot that would have benefitted from a little less natural sunlight contrast, but nevertheless, a very attractive little NG train.

A beautifully scratchbuilt model of Woody Bay station that is the centrepiece of Brian Golding's developing layout.

Chas May showed his very attractive little Cornish 00 layout Trevellyn Bridge. Not narrow gauge? Well it is 4ft 1½in gauge, that's narrow isn't it? And Chas did join in the spirit of the day by including a Roco diesel flat wagon load

Geoff Broadhurst with his brewery 009 layout, Waine's Yard

An attractive little diesel, from the Mocalova resin kit on a Bachman chassis, at Waine's Yard

An impressive brewery has been constructed at Waine's Yard by Geoff Broadhurst, utilising the well-known and popular Metcalfe card kits.

An attractive diesel loco that has been constructed very simply from the (overscale) N Gauge Lima 4wh diesel and a heightened cab. This N gauge loco, from the 1970's era, still turns up frequently on the 009 Sales Stand and can provide a very effective and economical 009 locomotive.

An up to date approach to 009 industrial diesel stock has been taken by Rod Allcock, who brought this exquisite little loco manufactured by Nigel Lawton

Keith Dyer discusses his 009 Ottermouth Wharf with Wessex NGM member, Graham Lindley

Keith Dyer's Ottermouth Wharf is a simple, yet effective terminus to fiddle yard layout that was actually posted as being for sale on the day. I hope it went to a good home!

Ottermouth Wharf - Keith Dyer, 009

Another view of Ottermouth Wharf - 009 by Keith Dyer

Mike and Barbara Hutchinson travelled from Exeter to show their original and unusual little layout, Myndseye - 009 again.

Myndseye is an unusual layout as it features a "backscene", thankfully quite shallow, on all 4 sides, which means that, whilst providing some protection to the layout, all viewing has to be from a helicopter viewpoint.

Mike Hutchinson's 009 Myndseye is notable as a platform to display his large and imaginative collection of railcars, many of them being quite exotic, such as this very unusual conversion from the well known KeilKraft London B type bus kit.

Another unusual railcar from Mike Hutchinson, this one uses a "cheapo" Corgi diecast bus body as the power car, with the trailer a simple repaint of a Liliput HOe coach.

An effectively produced NG railcar using about three quarters of the easily obtainable Dapol 00 Park Royal railbus body. This subject is becoming very popular recently and several 009 layouts on the exhibition circuit sport versions of this.

A very unusual and continental styled unit made up from an Airfix Thorneycroft RAF crane tender (RAF Recovery Set) and a trailer from an unknown tram kit.

This railcar, bashed from a Dundas Welsh Highland coach and front-end parts from an Airfix Austin K2 ambulance was an entrant in the 009 Society AGM "Railcar Bash" of 2004 - how's that for memory!

A very Gallic powered van pauses at Myndseye station. I'm not sure what chassis this one runs on, perhaps Mike Hutchinson could write up a description for 009 News?

More conventional 009 stock at Mike Hutchinson's Myndseye in the form of this neat conversion of the Knightwing plastic diesel kit.

Just to show that not all his stock consists of diesels and railcars, Mike Hutchinson ran this little vintage steam train up the bank above Myndseye.

I don't think anyone will disagree that the best presented and exquisitely made layout at the show was William Loyd's new Sn3 layout Oro Grande Railroad. Sn3 equals 1/64 scale on 14.2mm gauge track. If you insist on making things difficult for yourself then this seems to be the ideal scale, although I understand that there is a reasonable trade support in the USA.

This view shows virtually the whole of the Oro Grande Railroad, Sn3 by William Loyd.

A saddle tank loco (Baldwin?) at Oro Grande. William Loyd's superb little Sn3 animated diorama.

A really exotic vertical boiler locomotive at Oro Grande.

The wooden engine house (if I have the transatlantic terminology correct?) provides a splendid centrepiece at William Loyd's Sn3 Oro Grande

A tiny Porter saddle tank loco at Oro Grande

The station (or is it The Depot (Deepo)) at Oro Grande. A little layout such as this in S scale provides a very good platform to show off some1/64 scale vehicles.

Main feature at William Loyd's Sn3 Oro Grande was this working model grabline - again I apologise if I have got the terminology wrong, I am sure someone will put me right! I understand that it was made from a Backwoods brass kit.