Dawn is a model railway enthusiast, TV producer and journalist formerly working at CNN's Hong Kong and London bureaus as a business news producer before moving to BBC1's flagship Breakfast programme, producing UK business news. Model railways become a passion of hers after a friend saw her set painting at a local theatre, and asked her to help out with the painting on his model railway (a much smaller scale!). She quickly became hooked, and painting scenery led to building small layouts of her own. Her current layout is the Brief Encounter Monochrome model railway - a layout in over 32 shades of grey.
