Monthly Club News
June 2025 - Sunday
1st June 2025 marked the 58th 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. In terms of the Saltley layout we
have completed all 6 boards and the legs to support
them. Work is now centred on the fitting of the
baseboard joiners. Work is also continuing on the
buildings for Norgrove.
May 2025 - We
started this month with The exhibition of our Arrowmouth
layout at the Severn Valley Railway model railway event
over the weekend of the 3rd & 4th May 2024.
The layout was well received by the visitors. We are
continuing with the construction of the baseboards for
the Saltley layout and buildings for the Norgrove
layout. We have also made some minor repairs to
Arrowmouth followings its visit to the Severn Valley
Railway.
April 2025 - We
started the month by continuing to make buildings for
the Norgrove layout as well as making the extra
baseboards we need for the Saltley TMD layout. We ended
the month by taking the Temple Bridge layout to the
second Key Model World Event at the NEC over the weekend
of the 26th and 27th April. The layout was well received
by the visitors.
March 2025 - We
started the month by staging the 52nd Redditch Model
Railway Exhibition over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd
March. Our decision to move the show date from September
to March last year was further vindicated with another
successful show. Work has continued in making buildings
for our Norgrove layout together with further planning
for the Saltley TMD layout
February 2025: Work
has started on the Saltley TMD layout. We have decided
to add some extra baseboards as part of the adaption of
making it a viable exhibition layout. We are planning to
model more of the surrounding buildings at the depot to
add to the interest for the spectator at an exhibition.
Work on this layout will step up after our March
exhibition. We are spending time preparing for the show
including sorting out the stock we have for our club
second hand stall for the show.
January 2025: We
started the new year with the arrival of our new
exhibition layout
Saltley TMD. This part finished layout
will now be finished by club members in the coming
months. Work also continues on making building for our
Norgrove layout.