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Monthly Club News

June 2023: Thursday 1st June 2023 marked the 56th anniversary of the formation of the Redditch Model Railway Club. On the evening of Thursday 1st June 1967 a meeting was held at the White Hart Public House in Headless Cross in Redditch which resulted in the Redditch Model Railway Club being formed.  Work has continued on the building for our new Norgrove layout as well as making improvements to our Dagnell End layout ready for its forthcoming exhibition outings

May 2023: Work has continued on making improvements to our Dagnell End layout ready for the forthcoming show booking. In readiness for the event at the Severn Valley Railway we made successful use of our new cliff railway in the club room to get the Dagnell End baseboards from the first floor storage room down to the ground floor. We had a great weekend i at the Engine House at Highley at the Severn Valley Railway exhibiting our Dagnell End layout on the 6th and 7th May.

April  2023: We have continued to make modifications to our cliff railway to refine the operation. Work has continued on making improvements to our Dagnell End layout. These are currently centred around the London Underground section of the layout where we have revamped the station area. Again we are also continuing the construction of buildings for our new Norgrove layout.

March 2023: Work is continuing on the construction of our cliff railway in the club room which ran for the first time on 7th March. Again we are also continuing the construction of buildings for our new Norgrove layout. We started the month by taking the Temple Bridge layout to the Wombourne Model Railway Show on Saturday 11th March where the layout both ran well and as usual as well received by the visitors.

February 2023 : We completed making the new storage boxes for the Dagnell End underground layout boards and have also modified the shelving the layout is stored on the club room to make more productive use of space. We are also continuing the construction of buildings for our new Norgrove layout. With all of our exhibition layouts stored on the first floor of our club rooms when not in use the issue of having to carry the layout parts up and down the stairs has always been occupying a number of club members to find a solution. Work has now started on our very own narrow gauge cliff railway to move the layout boards up and down the stairs. Aluminum rails are being added to the sides of the staircase and a trolley is being made to run on these rails. This will be hauled up and down using a hand operated winch. The gauge of our new railway is just over 2ft 8ins.

January 2023: We start 2023 making improvements to Dagnell End ready for its shows later this year. This has concentrated on the underground section of the layout where the control box has been rewired. Keeping with the London underground section of Dagnell End we have been making some new much over due storage boxes to transport these layout sections to exhibitions. We are also continuing the construction of buildings for our new Norgrove layout.