NOTTINGHAM MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY EXHIBITION - SPRING SHOW 2022

Nottingham Model Railway Society

  - Spring Show 2022

Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th February 2022

LOCATION:

Highbank Community Centre, Farnborough Road, Clifton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire   NG11 9DG

OPENING TIMES:
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

ADMISSION:  Adults £5.00

Nottingham Model Railway Society's Spring Show 2022 will take place at the Highbank Community Centre which is a short walk from the Holy Trinity tram stop on Farnborough Road.

How to get there

Nottingham Express Tram (NET) to Holy Trinity tram stop.

By Car M1 Jct. 24, use A453 to Clifton. There is some on-Street parking or use the free parking at Clifton NET Park and Ride which is signed from the A453 (Satnav NG11 8BF). 

the exhibition will include several layouts including the club's own iconic Woodhead Electrics layout - Deepcar, a number of trade stands as well as a hands on demonstration.

List of Layouts Attending:

North Haston  HO Scale in New England USA

A new OO9 Layout by Dave Jones (Nmrs)

Britannia Mills. 1950s BR steam in OO based around a local Nottingham industrial layout. 

Hazelby Ballast Loader. BR sector era freight facility, Hazelby Ballast Loader is an N Gauge double track oval layout, It features an open fronted ballast Loader rather similar to the one found at Cliffe Hill until the last days of BR. The loading is done at the push of a button and can be seen from the viewing side of the layout.

Welby Lane RTC, OO BR research department with stunning departmental stock (pictured above). Based on the Derby RTC research test tracks of Old Dalby and Mickleover in the 1970s and 80s.

East Midlands Fremo Group With an extensive US based layout in HO.

Netherwood Sidings. 7mm scale O gauge by Graham Clark. This layout represents the Woodhead line in its final years. The layout is based on a set of exchange sidings near Sheffield. The track plan is freelance but based on features taken from Rotherwood and Wath. 

The bridges, in particular, are based on the real ones in the Rotherwood - Orgreaves area. 

The layout has taken around ten years to build. With scratch built Em1s & Em2s

Taste of Alber, Czech narrow gauge in TTe

Nearest Railway Stations:

Beeston [2.07 miles]

Attenborough [3.55 miles]

Nottingham [3.75 miles]

East Midlands Parkway [3.83 miles]

MISSING YOU ALWAYS DAD - 7th FEB [1934 - 2012] LOVE YOU FOREVER 💔Xxx

Always thinking of you Dad, Happy Birthday, missing you always, you were and always will be my biggest hero and inspiration

    Love and miss you Dad Xx




My wonderful Dad should have been celebrating his 88th birthday today, I miss him so much every day. Our families lives were changed forever in a way I couldn't imagine when you were taken from us, I so wish you were here now to advise me, admonish me, and keep us safe.

I'll never forget what you did for me, Dad you should be happy and so proud knowing that Graham and Susan turned out so well and have each brought up an amazing family, Sue especially as she enjoys her life in Australia with James and Hannah, who herself is now a mum to Addison and has a son on the way too you would have been a wonderful Great Grandad. I still have some regret not having the mental strength to follow their example and to also have made you proud. I will raise a glass to your memory, and have never stopped missing you, loving you and wishing you were here now.  

Also wish I had more pictures of you but what I have I make do with including lovely ones of you and Mum on your wedding day. X 

Love you loads, missing you, though I will always continue to wish you were both here to celebrate your birthday with us all xXx

HILLINGDON RAILWAY MODELLERS OPEN DAYS 2022 - 5th FEBRUARY 2022

Welcome back, time for another Open Day run by the Hillingdon Railway Modellers. A regular feature that's returned to our calendar and are sure as they return will once again prove to be extremely popular. The first open day for 2022 will take place on Saturday 5th February 2022. It might be cold now but you will be certain to receive a warm welcome, plenty of expertise on hand too, and run some trains if you wish. I certainly hope to get there and do just that.

Expect these to continue through 2022 as well and naturally everything is dependant on any changes to government rules and guidance, but we keep our fingers crossed. 

While I have not been able to attend here for a little while this is a good opportunity to get myself over there and give a few of my Dads O Gauge models a bit of a run out since I've no room for a layout at home and I don't want them to live in boxes forever. I aim to hopefully get there for the afternoon with a few items in my bag to try out and also update a few pictures too. It's always a popular day and doors open to the public at 10:00am, it's been a long time and I look forward to getting along and having a little run with a few of my old items they could sure do with a decent run as I haven't a huge amount of space available at home.

Address: 

Yiewsley Baptist Church, 74 Colham Avenue

West Drayton  UB7 8HF

* Please note that the entrance is at the side of the church down a path and the doors at the end should be open, please do not try and enter the main doors of the church itself. 

                       

Due to the rental costs of the hall there is a cover charge of £5 for these Open Days, 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, have a chat with the friendly bunch of members, a nice cuppa and give your models a chance to shine.

N GAUGE TEST TRACK 

OO Gauge Test Track pictured left, has five available loups to test your models with. DC and DCC accommodated, I believed that the club members have been working on their own layout too, so whatever your theme, they should be able to accommodate you, and rule one always applies, run what you want, modern image, steam, continental, I've even seen some London Underground run there in the past.

HOW TO GET THERE:

If you are Travelling by Car

Check here for Parking Options.

Nearest Railway Stations :

West Drayton [0.34 miles]