KETTERING AND DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY - 2019 EXHIBITION [SEPTEMBER 14th]

Kettering and District Model Railway Society
   - Annual Model Railway Exhibition
Saturday 14th September 2019

ADDRESS;
Greenfields Primary School
Highfield Road,  Kettering
Northamptonshire   NN14 1JS

OPENING TIMES:  Saturday  10am-4pm
ADMISSION:    Adults £5.00    Concessions £4.00    Family £12.00

This is our second year at Greenfields Primary School after our very successful show in 2018. 
About the K&DMRS
Well like many clubs around the UK, we are a small vibrant group of people whose ages range from the 16 to, well, lets say pensionable!  One of our members was asked by his daughter, "What do you do at your model railway club?" He responded, "Well, we plan and make layouts, chat about model railways and drink tea!" His daughter perhaps tongue-in-cheek, "A bit like the Women's Institute but for men!"

So, if you like drinking tea and have an interest in model railways, come along and see what we do. We are a friendly club whose members range from complete beginners to seasoned modellers. We create railways in miniature, by helping one another to learn new skills to research the prototype, build base boards, track lay and wiring, landscaping, building buildings, signalling and operating the models.

Our layouts cover most gauges and scales, from club layouts, member layouts and lots of guest layouts not seen at our exhibition. Four confirmed layouts have been the subject of features in Railway Modeller magazine over the last year.

List of Layouts Attending:

Blisworth 'O' Gauge (Page header image and left) -- The Stratford-Upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway’s ‘mainline’ ran from Stratford- upon- Avon to Blisworth, where it had its own station (opened 1866) adjacent to the LNWR station. The company operated some 75 miles of track through sparsely populated countryside from Broom Junction in the west and Olney in the east. Passenger service was withdrawn in 1952 and goods in 1965.  In 1853 the station was rebuilt 880 yds to the north, closer to the junction to facilitate changing trains. The station closed on 4 January 1960, and was demolished soon after

Wendsleydale O:16.5 -- Based on a small rural area in the East Midlands. Wendsleydale (right) depicts the Industrial side of model railways, with a narrow gauge railway servicing a small quarry and factory area. At an upper level, you will be able to view a processing plant manufacturing everyday goods that you may recognise. Look out for the animation of some of the workers in the quarry and in the village of Wendsleydale with amusing effect.

Heys Quay OO9 -- (above) is set in the north west of England on the river Heys near where it meets the coast. Small fishing boats unload their catch and other goods some legal some not but the local bobby is watching. All set in the late 50s it has a good passenger service mainly with small locos and coaches. The layout is housed in an under bed storage box.
Great Minion Railway Yes as the name suggests this is a railway featuring the "Minions" And the layout made its exhibition debut at the Great Central Railway Model Event in mid-June, 2018 as a late substitute. The layout had not been finished and operation was limited but still attracted favourable comments plus two invitations for exhibitions in 2019.  The railway is primarily 'driven' by youngsters visiting exhibition. We try to let them drive two locos including the steep bank if time allows. Track One is 'end to end', from Central Station to the scenic end tunnel, via Lakeside Station. The line has two sidings. Track Two is also 'end to end' with the same start and destination but running on a DCC Shuttle Unit. Track Three departs from Minion High Level up a staggering 5% gradient to Minion Mountain Halt, where the are two platform entries. Small certificates are given to the young drivers!

Belbroughton O Gauge -- (left) A branch-line in the late 1950’s.  Belbroughton in North Worcestershire is village in an area bounded by Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Longbridge and Stourbridge. In real life the village never had a railway but this is what could have been if the LMS and GWR had built a line into the town. The line in from Kidderminster fights the contours of the region causing it to enter the station via a rather circuitous route, whereas the line from the LMS at Longbridge takes a shorter route to Belbroughton coming off the Halesowen branch at Rubery. 
Cheriton Bishop
Timber Valley
Elmfield
Squaw Falls

Bankfield Road - is an O Gauge finescale layout, set in 1947-8 on the LMS. It can sometimes be seen with 1952-59 BR stock. A minimum space layout set in the Black Country in the immediate post WWII period. The railways may be about to be nationalised, but this is still the world of the LMS. Small engines shunt a factory siding and a canal wharf, while the occasional passenger waits for the ancient six wheel coaches that make up the train at the tiny station
Ellasweet Beet Factory
Duke's Mine
Magna Park
Danny Figg Micro Layouts
Architectural Models
Hornby Three Rail
Great Central Railway
Sixpenny Handley
Braysdale
Welland Bridge
The Canal Basin

Public Transport 
BUS
There is a half-hourly bus service No.2 from Kettering Town Centre via Kettering Railway Station to within 100 metres of the Model Railway Exhibtion entrance.  No.2 buses leave Horsemarket Bus Stop No.12 at four minutes and thirty-four minutes past the hour. Add on three minutes for arrival at the railway station.  Alight at St. Clements Bus Stop in Highfields Road. The single fare is £1.70 single. Return buses leave at eight and thirty-eight minutes past the hour.

TRAINS
Nearest Railway Stations:
Kettering [0.64 miles]
Wellingborough [5.99 miles]
Corby [7.33 miles]
Market Harborough [10.14 miles]

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WHITE ROSE TO YORK RAILTOUR with Clun Castle - Saturday 7th September

Newly restored Tyseley flagship locomotive No. 7029 'Clun Castle' will make it's first visit to York in 30 years. The route will take us from the West Midlands, via Tamworth and Burton-on-Trent, diverting along the Erewash Valley and stopping at newly re-opened Ilkeston station.

The ever-popular city of York has many attractions for the day visitor as well as the Christmas shopper looking for the perfect gift. If shopping isn’t for you, inside York’s three miles of city walls there is evidence of Roman, Viking and Medieval history, mixed with classic architecture from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Why not visit the Gothic splendour of York Minster with its Rose Window, the Castle Museum, the National Railway Museum (free entry) or the Jorvik Viking Experience to name just a few. Alternatively, boat trips are available on the River Ouse, or you can pre-book an open-top bus tour or simply browse around the medieval shopping streets of Stonegate and The Shambles.

GWR No. 7029 - CLUN CASTLE

‘Clun Castle’ was built in the former Great Western Railway works at Swindon in 1950 as part of the last batch of Castle Class locomotives ordered by British Railways. The Castle Class locomotives were first introduced in 1923 and were built for hauling express passenger trains on the Great Western Railway such as ‘The Bristolian’ and ‘The Cheltenham Flyer’.

The Castle Class was one of the most successful and prolific steam locomotive designs built in Britain, eventually numbering 171 in total. The first in the class was No: 4073 ‘Caerphilly Castle’ which was exhibited in the British Empire Exhibition in 1924, alongside another iconic British steam locomotive of the day, ‘Flying Scotsman’.

On 9th May, 1964 ‘Clun Castle’ broke the record for a steam locomotive over the Devon Banks from Plymouth to Bristol; a record that was held for 50 years until the time was beaten by another Castle Class locomotive, Clun’s stable-mate at Tyseley and older sister No: 5043 ‘Earl of Mount Edgcumbe’. After touring throughout England to mark the end-of-steam, in 1967 ‘Clun Castle’ was purchased from British Railways by a group led by Mr Patrick Whitehouse for the scrap value of £3,600.00. The loco was placed in trust and subsequently moved to the former steam depot at Tyseley, Birmingham where the loco has resided for 50 years and become the foundation of the ‘7029 Clun Castle Limited’ charitable trust.

‘Clun Castle’ hauled the last steam train from London Paddington, the last through train on the GWR’s route north from Birmingham to Birkenhead, and the very last train from Birmingham Moor Street station prior to closure.

BRESSINGHAM STEAM MUSEUM - Model Railway Show, Sunday 1st September 2019

Bressingham Steam Museum - Model Railway Show
Sunday 1st September 2019

LOCATION:
Bressingham Steam Museum, 
Low Road, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk IP22 2AA

OPENING TIMES:  10:30 - 17:00
ADMISSION:  Adults £6.50    Concessions £6.50    Children £5.59 
(* Admission is for the Model Railway Show, additional fees might be required for the train rides within the Museum itself)

Details for Bressinghams 2019 Model Railway Show:
The annual Model Railway Show at Bressingham Steam Museum. Showcasing model railways of various scales from clubs, societies and individuals from the East Anglia Region. Show has good trade support. £6.50 entry fee includes access to the museum and gardens (Railway and Gallopers rides are an extra cost). A great day out at a fantastic price on the last day of the school holidays. The museum will be in Full Steam. Standard Gauge railway in operation too!

Confirmed Layouts:
War and Peace Rolvenden:

(left) "OO" 4mm/foot scale 16.5mm gauge (Chelmsford & District MRC layout).
This layout is a faithful representation of the Rolvenden 840ft. station yard on the Kent and East Sussex Railway, as it was in the 1940s, covering both wartime and peacetime rail traffic.The buildings with the exception of the oast house are scratch-built using photographs and plans from various reference books. The cottage is a replica of Colonel Stephen's Staff Cottage which was at Rolvenden and has been renovated and now at Northiam Station.
North Level Railway: 16.5mm narrow gauge. The North Level Railway is a fictitious narrow gauge railway located in the “North Level” of “The Fens” set in the 1930 era and built to a scale of 7mm to the foot running on O/16.5 track. All locomotives and rolling stock are built from kits or “kit bashed” (modified) on 4mm (OO) chassis. 
Marks Hall Shed:  OO Gauge.

Winkles Yard: OO Gauge. (Above) Goods Yard (shunting yard) Layout based in 1974-78 (BR) an exercise in background perspective and weathering.

Botterill Street: O Gauge. (right) Botterill Street Yard depicts a small urban yard area, which can be operated as either a wagon repair facility or a locomotive stabling point. The layout is normally operated with stock typical of the Eastern Region circa 1958-1962.
Copsey: OO gauge (32A Model railway club) A very modern station layout – using mainly DMU’s 2000-2005 also shows that you can run plenty of different options in a relatively small operating space.

Cromer High: OO gauge (32A Model railway club). This is the clubs exhibition layout having been completely dismantled, and work is well in hand on a major re-vamp & expansion to include the former goods yard and Cromer Junction. Goods Yard situated one side, Engine shed and turntable the other side of the station. 
Broadfield TMD: OO Gauge.
Lowbech: OO Gauge
1950s Maldon Market Hill: "EM" 18.2mm gauge (Member of Chelmsford & District MRC). Due to the prosperity after rationing was eased during the mid-1950's Market Hill station has been rebuilt with a new trackplan that has allowed longer trains and more trains to make use of the station and is now known as Market Hill, Maldon. The pilot loco now has its own siding and does not have to stay in the open air when its not working as it can shelter under the 'rebuilt' over-bridge. The original has been exhibited in its current form since 1998 (1996 not complete) and the new version has been exhibited since June 2016

Branksdowne Junction:
British N scale layout, depicting a fictitious location in North West England in the Modern Era. It is the point at which two separate tunnel bores under the rolling Pennines come together. (Right) View of the Station and yard before the wires went in. This junction is now fully wired with EZ Line centenary.
Blackwells Brewery Co: EM gauge (Mid Essex Model Railway Club).
East Sternham: OO Gauge (The 31A (Cambridge) Model Railway Club). A terminus station on a branch line from the Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich main line in East Anglia set in the modern image era.

Hadderton: N Gauge (Felixstowe N Gauge Club). (above) The layout is a fictitious location on the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway, depicted circa 1960. The station is typical of those on the line, with GWR style buildings, two perfectly straight platforms and two through tracks. The station includes a bay platform for a branch line. There is also a small goods yard, a brewery and a sewage works. Locomotives and rolling stock from the former LNER, GWR and LMS can be seen together with items of BR origin.
Felixstowe Group N Gauge modular layout.

Nearest Railway Stations:
Diss [2.92 miles]
Harling Road [7.86 miles]
Eccles Road [7.89 miles]
Attleborough [9.11 miles]

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