A Gallery Chronology of Britain’s Biggest Model Railway

Heaton Lodge cottages, the real ones of which were demolished by Network Rail in 2024
Wakefield On Tour 2020
These model Cooling Towers feature on the layout and stand 3.5 metres high! These are true to scale at around 195ft..
Simon George Simon George can be seen here modelling in action, on his Heaton Lodge Junction, known as Britain's Biggest Model Railway. It really is realism redefined. Simon George's yellow and blue British locomotive on a miniature railway track.
Simon George can be seen here modelling in action, on his Heaton Lodge Junction, known as Britain's Biggest Model Railway, we see a black car heavily damaged, with exposed interior, red brick-like supports, and debris around it on dirt ground.
Simon George can be seen here modelling in action, on his Heaton Lodge Junction, known as Britain's Biggest Model Railway. It really is realism redefined. Simon George's yellow and blue British locomotive on a miniature railway track.
The Basement - the home of the railway before refurbishment started! It took 3000 litres of paint to cover the walls and floor and took me 3 months to complete
A photo of the junction itself showing a heavy fuel train diverting onto the Huddersfield line..
The layout in its original form (Phase 1) at its first outing in Wakefield in 2020..