HILLINGDON RAILWAY MODELLERS OPEN DAY -- SATURDAY 26th AUGUST

http://www.hillingdonrailwaymodellers.co.uk/

Soon to be looking forward to the fourth open day of the year at Hillingdon Railway Modellers which is being held on Saturday 26th August 2017.

Feels like a long time since I paid them a visit so want to be bringing along a few of Dads models for a run, I will hopefully get there for the afternoon with a few items in my bag to try out and given them a run as it's always a popular day and doors open to the public at 10:00am. 

26 August	Test Track Open Day (confirmed)
28 October	Test Track Open Day (confirmed)
16 December	Test Track Open Day (to be confirmed)

Yiewsley Baptist Church
74 Colham Avenue
West Drayton
UB7 8HF

* the entrance is at the side of the church down a path and the doors at the end should be open, don't try and enter the main doors of the church. 

Owing to rental costs of the hall there is a cover charge of £4 but there will be two extensive O Gauge and OO Gauge Test Tracks available and have recently added a three track N Gauge circuit too (Pic Below) all up and running so if you have anything you wish to see get a good run do please come along.

N GAUGE TEST TRACK 

There are always plenty of refreshments available, Tea, Coffee and cold drinks for the youngster, in addition the freshly made bacon rolls are highly recommended. (just don't scoff them all before I get there!!)

It should be stressed that these ARE NOT exhibitions, so please bring your own locos and rolling stock to run. At busy times we may have to introduce time slots so that everyone can get a chance to operate their stock. Here's a short clip of one of the earlier open days YouTube LINK

Below you can see a busy picture of their 8 road yard in O Gauge it's a very extensive track and will give your models a very good run. A few photo's taken from the previous open days are below, if you read back to some of the earlier postings in this blog I have tried to show the variety of excellent models on show, these guys are truly experts in their craft I only wish I had some of their talents and skills.

People will bring a wide variety of stock to run, nearly all are kit built though and the skills / detail is incredible.

Everyone will get their turn I promise.

Exhibitions

Confirmed Exhibition Bookings for Grindley Brook

Date	Location
25/26 November 2017	The Warley National Model Railway Exhibition 2017 - NEC Birmingham

This picture gives a good idea of the size of the O Gauge test track, you can give your models a really good work out here. This can also transform into an exhibition layout called Grindley Brook a scenic section replaces the long straight down the back.

This layout will be making an appearance at the NEC Birmingham as above. 

A few more pictures from some of last years Open Days, though they mostly focus on the O Gauge track there are also Test Tracks available for OO and N Gauge too. There are many society members on hand who are both extremely friendly and knowledgeable too so if you have any problems with modelling or questions they will be more than happy to try and help i am sure. 

THE BUSY OO GAUGE TEST TRACK

LONDON UNDERGROUND STOCK MAKE A WELCOME APPEARANCE

N GAUGE TEST TRACK

BRIGHTON BELLE IN "N". SOON TO REAPPEAR ON MAINLINE TOO

HOW TO GET THERE:

If you are Travelling by Car

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Nearest Railway Stations :

West Drayton [0.34 miles]

DORSET COAST EXPRESS - WEDNESDAY 16th AUGUST.

This Steam service is organised by the Railway Touring Company, and should be steam hauled from London Victoria. The service leaves London Victoria station at around 08:45 and travels westwards, crossing the River Thames at Barnes Bridge, through Kew and Feltham. 


Further stops at Staines and Woking to pick up further passengers. At Winchfield, a pause for our steam locomotive to take on water before continuing to our final pick up point at Basingstoke. We leave the South Western Main Line at Worting Junction and take the Bournemouth Line, heading south through Winchester and Southampton.

Next stop at Bournemouth to set down those passengers wishing to visit this coastal resort, a spa town famous for its parks and pine trees. After leaving Bournemouth, there are spectacular views of Poole Harbour. We continue to Wareham and Dorchester travelling through classic Dorset countryside and delightful scenery. We arrive at Weymouth around 13:45 and have almost three hours there to discover much of what this seaside town has to offer. The railway station is close to the beach and shops.

We return from Weymouth diesel hauled at around 16:35 with the steam locomotive at the rear of the train. We return through the Dorset countryside to Bournemouth where we stop to collect those passengers who left the train there on the outward journey. We continue to Southampton, where the steam locomotive takes over the hauling of the train again, and then through Andover to Basingstoke, where we stop to set down passengers and for our steam locomotive to take on water. We can expect a fast run along the main line from Basingstoke to Woking, where we stop to set down passengers, and on to our final destination at London Waterloo.

The following steam locomotives will be used on this day trip:

No. 60009 Union of South Africa [Left] an ex LNER A4 class steam locomotive, built in 1937.   


These trains provide plenty of opportunity to visit the beautiful Dorset coast and relive the ‘golden age’ of steam. Passengers have the option of spending time at the celebrated seaside resorts of either Bournemouth or Weymouth, where both have fine sandy beaches. Each train will be hauled by a steam locomotive that was built for express passenger train work.

Train Timings;

Station Outward Return
London Victoria 08:43 21:18*
Staines 09:35 -------**
Woking 10:06 20:42
Basingstoke 10:53 19:52
Bournemouth 12:51 17:50
Weymouth 13:45 16:35

SILVERFOX DCC MODEL RAILWAY CLUB -- AUGUST EXHIBITION

Saturday 12th August 2017

ADDRESS;
Oakgrove School, Brickhill Street, 
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire  MK10 9JQ


OPENING TIMES:  10.00am-4.00pm
ADMISSION:  Adults £6.00    Children £2.00  

SilverFoxDCC is a DCC-focused model railway club in Milton Keynes. This will be their 7th Exhibition and it's growing proving that the hobby and skills in modelling are still thriving around the country.

The club was founded in 2010 and is based in Wolverton in North Milton Keynes with a focus on Digital Command Control (DCC) operation of model railways. We currently have a membership of about 30 and growing.

More space at the same venue as last years exhibition, with 19 traders(some new) plus 34 layouts, featuring 48' Warton Road Gauge 3, also outdoor train rides provided by the Milton Keynes Model Engineering Society, 1st Cheddington Scouts Train Simulator and a Classic Car Display, something for all the family.

The following layouts are booked to attend (alphabetical within ascending order of scale):

Z Gauge
(1:220, 1.6mm per foot)

Oberammergau
Sankey Valley
Silbeeke (Left)

N Gauge
(1:160 (US) or 1:148 (UK), 2mm per foot)

Bettws Road
Harpers Ferry
Helston Central
Kilwinnoch (right)
Kirkdale Road
Oakridge Yard
Oberdorf
Rosneath
Wellmich am Rhein
Williams Curve


H0 Gauge
(1:87, 3.5mm per foot)

Dobris
St Marks Yard
Stoney Hill West


009 Gauge
(1:76, Narrow Gauge 4mm per foot on 9mm N gauge track)

Mirkwood
Strathbogle
Timber Valley


00 Gauge
(1:76, 4mm per foot)

Byway MPD
Crocklemouth
Earl's Court Railway (Left)
Fenmoor Shed
Harbourne
Loddonside
NENE Wharf
The Brick
Thomas at Silverfox Island


0-16.5 Gauge
(Narrow Gauge 7mm per foot on 00 gauge track)

Mulldale


0 Gauge
(1:48 - 1:43.5, 7mm - 6.35mm per foot)

Blackshaw Yard
Hobbs Warren
Docklands
OAP Central


Gauge 3
(1:22.6, 64mm (2.5”) gauge)

Warton Road (Below)

TINKERS PARK -- MODEL RAILWAYS PLUS 2017

Sat 5th August 2017 - Sun 6th August 2017

Tinkers Park
Main Road, Hadlow Down
East Sussex TN22 4HS


OPENING TIMES:  SAT and SUN 10am-5pm
ADMISSION:  Adults £6.00   Children £2.00    
Concessions £6.00 

The entrance fee includes rides on steam/diesel hauled passenger trains on Great Bush Narrow Gauge railway; mini passenger carrying railway and traction engine trailer rides.

Harveys beer tent, light refreshments, fairground/dance organ museum. Free bus service both days.

Model Railways plus is now in its ninth year. The layouts will be exhibited in two halls providing over 11,000 square feet of space with easy access. Our aim is to provide a friendly, interesting show for all. In addition to the model railway layouts the show includes a 2' passenger-carrying railway, 7.1/4" gauge miniature railway (both featuring live steam) and full size traction engines. There is also a fair organ museum on site We will operate a vintage bus service connecting to Buxted railway and Uckfield bus stations. 

On the Sunday only, we are delighted to welcome our local bus enthusiasts, who will be organising free rides to local town on their classic buses. Light refreshments and real ale will be available. Any profits from the show will go to the Claude Jessett Trust and go towards restoration of the Collection and the Tinkers Park site's facilities..

Tinkers Park is situated on the A272 to the east of Hadlow Down village in East Sussex.


List of Layouts Attending :

Eldon's Sidings 
7mm Finescale Layout, Standard Gauge + 3' 9” Gauge, Modelled in the Edwardian Period. Featured in Railway Modeller April 2007 

Shillingstone Light Railway 
7mm Scale narrow gauge lLayout, modelled in the 1960's period. 


Happisburgh Goods 
7mm (O Gauge) Finescale, depicting an ex-Great Eastern goods yard in the British Railways era of the 1950's. 



Broke Brick Mountain 
G Scale. A Mining/logging town in the American Mid-West - Back again by popular demand. 

Cuttinglye Wharf 
Scale/gauge 0-16.5, Set in the 1930's with all buildings built from scratch. 

Southeastern Tar Distillers 
Scale/gauge 0-16.5 Narrow Gauge. A small tar distillery served by a 2' 3” Narrow Gauge Railway. 

The Glyn Valley Tramway 
OO9. (00, 4mm Narrow Gauge) A compressed model of Glynceiriog Station. 



Sand Point OO9. 
A small narrow gauge terminus somewhere on the south west coast. 

Priory Lane 16mm Scale 
Featuring live steam along with battery powered diesels. 


Spirit of Welshpool OO9 Gauge.

Recreates the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway through the town of Welshpool. 





Lakeside. 
Depicts a tourist line in Southern California in the late 1950's. 

London SW 999 N Gauge. 
A typical street set somewhere in South-West London. 

Lower Shalford 
7mm/ft Standard Gauge. A fictitious Southern Railway terminus in the Guildford, Surrey, Area. 

Maxwell N Gauge. 
Featuring steam to early diesels during operation, Including specials such as the Royal Train and engineering coaches. 

Frimley North 
A new layout presented by a Tinkers Park volunteer. 

Lookout Mountain N Gauge American. 
A fictitious Rail Road set in the coal district of the Appalachian Mountains. 

Aldingbourne Central 
00 Scale 16.5mm Gauge. Have-A-Go fun for young and old! 


Trumpers Halt 
Garden Style Railway.