Forthcoming Model Railway Exhibitions – December 2012

• Sun 30th December 2012

• Gainsborough Model Railway Society – Open Day

• Gainsborough Model Railway, Florence Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 1BE

OPENING TIMES: 1.30pm to 6pm

ADMISSION: Adults £4.00 Concessions £3.00 Children £3.00 Family £10.00

One of the largest ‘O’ Gauge Model Railways in the Country!!

a nostalgic, historical and colourful opportunity to see how the London and North Eastern Railway was actually run in the heyday of steam. Dozens of trains, formed from over 120 locomotives and over 400 items of rolling stock running on a total of over half a mile of track.

• Sat 29th December 2012

• Borders Model Railway Club – Christmas Model Railway Show

• Llandrinio Village Hall, Llandrinio, Roadside B4393, NR Oswestry, Powys SY22 6SB

OPENING TIMES: SATURDAY 10am to 4.30pm

ADMISSION: Adults £3.50 Concessions £3.00 Children £1.50 Family £8.00

We have a Model railway Show coming up on Saturday 29th December. 10am to 4.30pm. At Llandrinio Village Hall. Food and drinks available in this wheelchair friendly modern hall. Plenty of free parking. Lots of Layouts in N, OO, and O gauge. Plus bufferbooks.com, Walsworth Models and All Components Come along for a good day out. Adults £3.50, Concessions £3, children over 12 are £1.50, under 12 are free.

Check out http://www.bordersmodelrailwayclub.com

Welcome to Keighley Model Railway Club

***** Next Event *****

Christmas Open Day

Sunday 30th December 2012

Venue: KMRC Clubrooms

Open: 10.00 – 4.00

Admission: Adults £3 – Children £2 [no concessions]

See Events Page for more details of this and our other events

New Layouts

Echoes of the Black Canyon – Colorado finescale On3 with thunder and lightening sound/light effects. Needs new fiddle yards building and wiring for DCC. Interested parties pls contact Club Chairman Charles Oldroyd: charles.oldroyd@virgin.net

Redwood Lumber – US Pacific Coast On30 logging operation featuring DCC and sound. A gem in less than 10 feet of space!

North of Leeds – EM – An essay on the Settle-Carlisle in steam/green diesel days. Help needed to complete a potential masterpiece in time for next year’s exhibition!

00 Finescale – A Pennine theme with canal and lock. Our once-juniors are embarking on this exciting project, and would welcome teenagers interested in helping to construct this exhibition quality layout.

2mm Finescale – Members of the 2mm Finescale Soc have moved a partially-built layout into the club to finish off. If you are also a fugitive watchmaker, they’d love to hear from you.

Introduction to the Club

Founded in 1974, Keighley MRC now has over 100 members of all ages, both local and as far away as Canada! Over the years, the Club has produced layouts in a variety of scales which have been exhibited in both the UK and Europe, and currently offers an opportunity to get involved with railway modelling in any scale.

Our clubrooms, situated at the Keighley Business Centre in Knowle Mill are just outside the centre of the town, and offer over 8,000 sq feet of heated space with both goods and passenger lift access. This allows many layouts to be permanently erected for running, as well as providing space for new ones under construction. We have a multi-gauge test track which is always available for test running, with both DCC and analogue controls. There are also modelling tables for members to work on their kits or individual projects.

Club night is every Tuesday 7.00 – 10.00pm, but individual layout groups also meet on Mondays and Thursdays, and there is also a Junior Section which meets on most Saturday afternoons 1.00-5.00pm (see Saturday Club page for upcoming dates). We also host meetings for 2mm and 3mm Finescale groups on certain Saturdays – again, upcoming dates are listed on the Saturday Club page.

The Club enjoys an enviable reputation in the railway modelling circuit for its open days and the quality of its annual exhibition, held each March in Victoria Hall, Keighley. If you’re wanting to develop your railway modelling skills, you can do no better to pay us a visit and talk to some of our experienced members. But even if you’re only an armchair modeller, we have a social area with video tapes and TV, kitchen and internet enabled PC, and substantial library for research.

Adult Club Membership costs £1.35 per week (£70 per year) whilst Junior membership (16 and under) costs just £1 per week (£52 per year). In any event, your first few visits to the Club will be completely free from any commitment on your part. Try before you buy!

If you’re interested in model railways, pay us a visit. You can be sure of a warm welcome at Keighley MRC!