Monthly Club News
May 2022: At the beginning of the
month we completed the track laying on the new Barrie
Island test track layout. Work is continuing on the
buildings for our Norgrove layout.
We had a great weekend in the
company of former Redditch branch locomotive 46443 and
600 Gordon amongst other
things at the Engine House at Highley at the Severn
Valley Railway exhibiting our Oakenshaw layout on the
7th and 8th May.
April 2022: Work
this month has centered on the construction of the new
baseboard for the new club test track Barrie Island III
and work to iron out a number of track joint issues on
Arrowmouth as well, as still making new building for our
Norgrove layout. We have also completed the wiring
upgrades on the Auch Ae layout which were tested on 21st
April. As has now become customary club
nights on Thursdays also involve eating of cake. We get
a different cake made for us every week !
March 2022: We
started the month by taking our Arrowmouth layout
to the Wombourne Model Railway Show on Saturday 5th
March where the layout both ran well and as usual as well
received by the visitors. The Wombourne show confirmed
we still needed to relay the track over one of the
baseboard joints between the scenic section and fiddle
yard on Arrowmouth. We started work on this project as
soon as we returned from the show. It has involved
removal of some of scenery to get at the baseboard
joint. The timber has been purchased for the new Barrie
Island III test track and work started on assembling the
layout on Tuesday 29th March.
February 2022: We
are continuing with the completion of the improvements
to our Arrowmouth's fiddle yard in ready for its planned
exhibition commitments in 2022. By the middle of the
month the fiddle yard was ready for testing. Work is continuing on
the buildings for our new Norgrove layout. Planning has
started for the construction of a mark III of the club
test track, Barrie Island, which will mean us
constructing a new lighter weight board using the same
techniques we have perfected when making our recent new
baseboards for other layouts.
January 2022: We
start our 55th Anniversary year still making
improvements to Arrowmouth's fiddle yard and construction of buildings for our new Norgrove
layout. Work on the fiddle yard has progress well with
only some of the rewiring to complete and the fitting of
new support legs to the baseboards. We have also seen
two new members join us in recent weeks and we still
have space for more !