The Club builds and operates layouts in a variety of scales.
2020 Review – Cancelled Exhibitions and the birth of our on line shop.
2020 has been a very different year for The MRC. We started off with plans well advanced for the London Festival of Railway Modelling – the layouts were lined up, hotels booked, stewards and working parties had volunteered, vans and other logistics sorted. Then with less than a week to go, what we had feared for …read more.
Dec 28, 2020
Club management meeting
We held a virtual meeting with many of the key Club leaders this evening. We held the meeting with Zoom, and it went surprisingly well! Although we await guidance from the government on when we can have formal meetings, and when it could be safe to travel to Keen House, we discussed some of the …read more.
May 20, 2020
LFORM 2020
So we’re not having a show in August. When the March date was cancelled we hoped things might be better by the summer, and the venue offered the hall on the dates in August. We had got most of the way in planning a revised show. However under the guidance issued over the past few …read more.
May 11, 2020
Where to buy model railways in London
You may be one of the hundreds of households that has received a Hornby or Bachmann OO model railway train-set for the first time this Christmas – perhaps even a Graham Farish one in N gauge. We hope you enjoy it. Once you have discovered the fun of what is included, your mind (or certainly …read more.
Dec 25, 2019
Mons Meg
After a month in the paint shops we now have an ex-works engine, called “Mons Meg”. This engine was named after the medieval cannon resident in Edinburgh Castle and the engine, when new, visited King’s Cross a few times – it should look at home on Copenhagen Fields. There are a few …read more.
Apr 23, 2018
MRC Test Tracks at Warley 50
It’s been a busy first day at Warley for the MRC Test Tracks. A constant stream of locomotives kept the test team busy, with new owners were being reassured to see their purchases successfully running round the tracks. A handful of non-runners were identified, these were returned to suppliers for replacement or refunded.
Nov 25, 2017
Latest Library additions
Our library is one of the most extensive in the UK, with a wide range of prototype and modelling titles including back issues of some of the key historical magazines. Members and visitors are welcome to browse most Thursdays from 7-9pm (unless there is a lecture) and on our monthly open-afternoon. Some of the latest …read more.
Oct 7, 2015
Tim Watson’s epic trip to Brighton on Frederick
Our President, Prof Tim Watson, has successfully completed an 80 mile road-run with “Frederick”, a coal-fired, steam-powered, 1/3rd size Burrell Showman’s Road Locomotive, to raise funds for Parkinson’s UK. Now he has recovered he writes: We set off from St Albans at 0600 (delayed an hour by a leaking HP valve chest gasket) in the …read more.
Jun 15, 2015
New in the Library
The MRC’s library is one of the largest libraries of its kind, with a wealth of information for modellers. It is open on most Thursday evenings from 7-9pm, unless there is a lecture. Some of the new titles that have recently been added to the library are listed below. The Longmoor Military Railway – …read more.
Jun 6, 2015
Progress on Ingatestone’s corner boards !
Today was a day of progress for the layout: A working party including Tom Slade and Lawrence Robbins worked on Boards 5 and 6 (the corner boards) to core the stretchers and prepare them for reinforcement. In the pictures, Lawrence is seen at work with the corer fitted to the power drill. If anyone is …read more.
May 31, 2015
Ingatestone Away Day !
On Saturday June 27th, the Ingatestone team will be heading to Ingatestone (where else!) for a measuring, drawing and photographing session. From the station area to the Cricket Pavilion, we’ll be busy getting the detail as accurate as possible for our layout. If you are in the area from mid-morning onward, come by and see …read more.
May 19, 2015