Happy New Year
After the long Christmas - New Year break we can now get back
to model railways again.
So what's the program for 2012? First on the agenda is the
Modelling Weekend at Martin Mere wild fowl centre near Southport
where several models will be taken to display over the weekend
of 21st and 22nd of January. These will include three of the
club models Rochwood, Shawbury and Thomas, along with some of
our members own models. The weekend is usually very busy with
the model railways attracting enough additional visitors to more
than double the normal weekend head count at the centre. Once
Rochwood has been dismantled and crated ready for transporting
to Martin Mere then the space freed up will be put to use to set
up and plan the replacement layout. Rochwood will be reassembled
just in time for our annual exhibition which will in fact be its
swan song. The layout is now very old and has seen a lot of
service over the last ten years or so and will be broken up for
parts after this years exhibition.
Some parts recovered will no doubt find their way onto the
replacement layout when its construction gets underway.
The replacement for the old Thomas layout is still ongoing and
it is envisaged that the old Thomas will still be in use for our
annual show.
There is still a large amount of work to be done on the modern
image DCC layout currently called "Lostwood Bridge"
and this will probably continue well into 2012 with a target of
having it ready for our 2013 exhibition.
Sumner Brook is still being used as the clubs fixed 00 gauge
perminent layout and it still needs some updating to make the
extra tracks added last year useable.
Although the new N gauge "Warwick Mill" is unlikely
to be any where near completed in time for our 2012 exhibition
it is expected that it will have some trains running and be
included at the show as a layout under construction.
The bank account for the club has now been moved to a branch of
Natwest at Middleton which will save our treasurer the problem
of parking in Rochdale and incurring parking fines due to delays
in service at the Lloyds Trustee branch there. In addition if
any members want to set up a direct debit to deal with their
subscriptions then this is now possible, See the treasurer for
account details. I have already set up my own that will make a
payment to the club account on the 7th of every Month starting
in January.
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John Essex
Webmaster Heywood Model Railway Group. |
