PETE WATERMAN – ‘MAKING TRACKS’ – WEST COAST MAIN LINE

Factfile

Layout name: Making tracks – WCML

Scale/gauge: 16mm gauge, 1:76 scale, OO

Size: 64ft x 20ft (approx.)

Era/region: 2000s WCML

Location: Watford to Shugborough (with a N.Wales detour)

Layout type: Continuous loop

For a year, few of us have had much of an inkling on when model railway exhibitions may start to come to life again, but one of the first, and most spectacular opportunities will be thanks to Pete Waterman OBE and his team of modellers. A major display will be open to visitors from July 17 to September 3, inside the vast space of Chester Cathedral.

During a long winter of lockdown, Pete and the team have certainly been busy creating not just one of the largest exhibits the hobby has seen, but one that features a lot of modelling skills and techniques infrequently seen on any layout, let alone one designed to be moved and re-erected.

Project origins

Chester Cathedral, sitting in the