Monthly Club News
April 2026 - We
start this month with the news track laying has started
on the Saltley TMD layout. We are also continuing with
the construction of buildings and structures for both
the Saltley and Norgrove layouts. We are also doing some
scenery improvements to Arrowmouth ready for its
exhibition at the NEC at the Key Model World event. This
will the 4th time the layout has been on show at an
event at the NEC.
March 2026 - We
started the month by staging the 53rd Redditch Model
Railway Exhibition over the weekend of the 7th &
8th March. Our decision to move the show date from
September to March in 2024 was further vindicated with
another successful show. This was despite a number of
exhibitors and trade stand pulling out within days of
the show and thanks to a number of other traders and
layout owners we we re able to fill the gaps despite the
short notice. We took the Saltley layout to the show as
very much just the baseboards but thanks to a
number of our visitors including a group of Cross County
train drivers that used to based at the depot we gain
some valuable information to help with the layout
construction
February 2026: Work
has continued on the Norgrove and Saltley TMD layouts.
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 2026: We
start 2026 where we left off in 2025 with the continued
constriction of the Saltley TMD and Norgrove layouts and
the improvements to our Arrowmouth layout. We also
prepared the Smallwood layout for the show at the end on
the month. We ended the month on the 31st January by
taking our Smallwood layout to the Bournville Model
Railway Show in aid of the restoration of the Cadbury
Number 1 steam locomotive at St Francis Church,
Bournville where the layout was well received,
