COLWYN MODEL RAILWAY CLUB - 2018 ANNUAL EXHIBITION

Saturday 28th July 2018 - Sunday 29th July 2018
ADDRESS:
Craig Y Don Community Centre, 
Queen's Road, Craig Y Don, Llandudno, Conwy LL30 1TE

OPENING TIMES:  SAT 10am - 5pm, SUN 10am - 4pm
ADMISSION:  Adults £4.00    Children £3.00   

The annual exhibition, in this their 54th year as a club, has 15 layouts, many of which have a Welsh railway theme, both past and present. Expect to have a number of traders with a range of models and model accessories. The venue is a single story building with easy access, including disabled access. There is also ample free parking. There will be a range of hot and cold food. Craig y Don Community Centre is easy to find from the A470 (turn right at the roundabout signposted Craig y Don). There is easy access from Llandudno which itself is well worth a visit, stay a while and enjoy the Great Orme, the tramway that climbs it and of course the local hospitality and surrounding coastline too.

List of Layouts Attending :
Wynthorpe Magna 'O' Gauge (Clubs own layout)
Die Alte Muhle 'N' Gauge
Kirbythorpe 'OO9' Gauge
Amlwch 'N' Gauge
Beaumontville 'OO' Gauge
Llangurig 'OO' Gauge
Tiny Town 'Z' Gauge

Tan Y Bryn 'OO' Gauge (Above)
Rocky Ridge 'N' Gauge
New Pandors 7 Geirionydd Tramway
Maentwrog Road 'OO' Gauge
Letsby Central 'OO' Gauge (Below)
Lon Diesel 'G' Gauge
Crosville Garage Diarama.
Fantasy Land 'N' Gauge.

Nearest Railway Stations :
Llandudno [0.65 miles] 
Llandudno Junction [2.33 miles] 
Conwy [2.69 miles] 

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LOVE AND MISS YOU DAD. ALWAYS IN MY HEART. Xx

Mr Geoffrey Tyler
07-02-1934   --   23-07-2012

Miss you loads Dad. Xx

No matter where I am or what I am doing my thoughts are always with you Dad x

No amount of time that passes will change the way I feel; I hurt, I love, I smile, I cry. It's not all about me, it's about what feelings that I've lost, and how much love I have for both you and Mum too. Dad you taught me to be strong, so am sorry that I am letting you down. I can never be strong enough to accept that you are no longer here. 

I miss you so much xx

OO GAUGE WESTWARD 0-6-0 WHITE METAL KIT SOUTHERN CLASS 700

WESTWARD WHITE METAL KIT
4mm Scale "OO" GAUGE 
CLASS 700 -- 0-6-0 -- No. 688 
BUILT TO RUN ON THE SOUTHERN REGION

ONCE COMPLETED THE MODEL WAS PAINTED BLACK WITH A SOUTHERN GREEN LINING AND GOLD "SOUTHERN - No.688" ON THE TENDER. WHILE MANY MODELLERS I'M SURE WOULD PREFER TO WEATHER THEIR MODELS I DO ENJOY TO SEE THE DETAILED CAB INTERIOR INCLUDES DRIVER AND FIREMAN AND OTHER INTRICATE DETAILS WHICH WERE TYPICAL OF MY FATHERS WORK.

THE TENDER IS FULL OF COAL AND HAS HANDMADE TOOLS LAID OUT ON THE TOP TOO. 

PREDOMINATELY A FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE THE 700 CLASS WAS BUILT IN GLASGOW FOR THE LSWR (SR), WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE EXTENSIVE MARSHALLING YARDS OF EASTLEIGH AND FELTHAM (OUR HOMETOWN) AND THIS MODEL WAS THE FIRST OF THIS CLASS TO BE WITHDRAWN BY BR IN 1957 FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT AT STAINES.

"On 9 August 1957, locomotive No 30688 was in a head-on collision with a train formed of two electric multiple units at Staines, Middlesex after the latter departed against a danger signal". 

The locomotive was the first of it's class to be withdrawn a month after it's accident. Sadly none of the class were saved for preservation and while Hornby made a version of this loco it's not a patch on the WESTWARD KIT version Dad built. 

At this stage the model was in excellent condition despite being stored in its original box for the past 20+ years. I wish I could have kept them all he made some wonderful models and the lucky people who now have some of these I really hope they are enjoying them and giving them plenty of run time. 

AMBERLEY MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE OPEN DAY 14-15 JULY 2018

AMBERLEY MUSEUM -- 14th and 15th JULY

Amberley Rail Gala Weekend
Sat 14th July 2018 - Sun 15th July 2018

LOCATION
Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre 
Station Road, Amberley, 
West Sussex BN18 9LT

OPENING TIMES:
10am - 5pm SAT & SUN   [LAST ENTRY 4pm].

ADMISSION:  
Adults £12.50    Concessions £11.50    Children £7.00

Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre's Rail Gala will feature an intensive passenger and freight service on its 2 feet gauge line. The model railway exhibition will showcase layouts in a variety of scales and gauges along a light, industrial and narrow gauge theme backed up by traders and various railway societies.

There are steam, diesel, petrol and electric locos in abundance at this year's Rail Gala. Model railways, traders and societies will also be found throughout the site. Also enjoy our steam days with our resident steam trains riding the railway around the site. Fairmile cafe open for cream teas



The entrance fee includes access to all the other exhibits on site.

List of Traders Attending:
Invicta Model Rail - New Model Railway Goods 
Smith & Sons Books - Second Hand Railway Books 
Wheels of Southsea
Harrison Brown Models
List of Layouts Attending:

Boorley Green Light Railway - 16mm Live Steam 
Coleford - OO9 
Brockles Ghyll - OO9 
Starbottom Lane - OO9 
Cliffestowe - G Scale 
Chelwood Exchange - Oo 
Brown & Stickwell - OO9 
Fremo Modules - On30

Nearest Railway Stations :
Amberley [0.11 miles] 
Arundel [3.73 miles] 
Pulborough [3.89 miles] 
Ford [5.24 miles] 

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BEACONSFIELD MODEL RAILWAY CLUB 51st EXHIBITION [SAT 7th JULY]

LOCATION:
The Beaconsfield School, 
Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire   HP9 1SJ

OPENING TIMES:  10.30am  -  5pm
ADMISSION:  Adults £5.00    Children £2.50 

This will be the clubs 51st Exhibition, being held once again in it's now regular 'first weekend of July' slot. As usual there will be full signposting to guide you in from whichever direction you are travelling from. Generous free car parking capacity. Free programme (while socks last). 

There should be 18 layouts on show, covering all the popular gauges and as well as the usual UK railways, representing both the American and European Continents . We should also have at least 14 Traders, offering a wide range of products, who should be able to cater for most of your needs. The club's popular own secondhand sales stand will also be in full swing. Because we are using the stage area this year, wheelchair users will be admitted free to recognise their lack of access to the stage (reached via steps). Access to the rest of the exhibition should not prove to be a problem. We have links with the Bekonscot Model Village (the oldest model village in the world) which has an extensive Gauge 1 outdoor railway. This will be open all day on 7th July and is only a short drive away from the exhibition, allowing a full day out for the family by visiting both events. Discount available for those visiting both the exhibition and model village. Our extensive professional catering is well known for it's quality and wide choice of food on offer.

List of Layouts Attending :

Avon Junction (Above) -- OO Gauge layout set during the 1940's on a cross country line in the Gloucestershire / Wiltshire area, the layout represents a typical GWR junction station. Through trains from the Southern frequently make an appearance due to wartime requirements.

Brighton East "Em" 
Canute Road "00" 
Clara-Zetkin-Stadt "H0" 
Kidmoor Light Railway "009" 
Little Histor "O" 
Midway "N" 
Oak Lane TMD (right)
00 Gauge Small TMD (Traction Maintenance Depot) layout with many features including very clever track plan to allow multiple movements of Diesels or OTMs (On Track Machines). Layout is DCC operation with working lights and signals.

Nippon Tetsudo "Z" 
Porlock "00" 
Portsea "3mm" 
Radlington "00" 
Roundhouse "Ho" 
Shellsea Harbour "00" 
Thornfield "00" 
Thunders Hill "3mm"

Tidworth "00” -- Network South East layout, plenty of varied stock of that period many in the NSE livery. This layout evolved over several years and you can see the start to finish in detail here at this LINK.

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