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London Festival of Railway Modelling 2017
The London Festival of Railway Modelling is the capital’s premier exhibition, held every March at the fabulous Alexandra Palace in North London. The next show is on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March 2017, and we’re delighted to confirm that the following layouts, representing a wide range of scales and prototypes, have accepted our invitation to attend. There …read more.
Jan 6, 20172017 Lecture Programme
Thursday 9th March 2017 at 7.15pm The Toss of a Coin – David Maidment OBE David has written a number of articles and given talks on railways, both in the UK and overseas, to enthusiasts and lay groups on his fascinating railway career. This began in 1960 on the Western Region of British Railways as …read more.
Jan 6, 2017
Bulletin 494
The January/February 2017 edition of The Bulletin is on its way to members, featuring a range of interesting articles all written by members, including: A reveiw of the Traintronics point motor, and John’s input to improving them for his large layout An update on our EM gauge layout Empire Mills – including construction of its new turntable …read more.
Dec 16, 2016Christmas Opening 2016
Now that the holidays have moved along the week, Keen House will be open for our regular weekly Thursday Club meetings through December – the test tracks will be available to run trains on, and refreshments will be available from 7-9pm.
Dec 15, 20162017 Committee
At our 75th AGM on 1st December 2016, Leslie Bevis-Smith stood down as Chairman after six years in the role. Over that time the Club has continued to move forward at the start of our second centenary, with growth in membership, work starting on several new layouts and improvements to Keen House. Tony Cox has been elected …read more.
Dec 3, 2016
Competition Winner
Congratulations to John, who was drawn at random to win a copy of Simon Bradley’s highly praised book “The Railway” in paperback. He signed up at our recent open day, having travelled down from Cheshire to see our layout Copengahen Fields in the flesh.
Dec 2, 2016AGM 2016 – 1st December
It’s our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 1st December, which is the only Thursday meeting of the year where it is ‘members only’. Frankly it wouldn’t be the best night to see us, as it’s mainly talk, no library and very few models. However if you would like to visit us, you would be welcome …read more.
Nov 28, 2016
Highlights from Warley
So we’re back from Warley. Setting up was restricted to four hours because of a delay getting into the hall – we need five, to include getting stock on. Needless to say, our running on Saturday morning was a bit of a trial. However the big success was seeing the major works at the south end …read more.
Nov 28, 2016
Goods and Mineral Junction Box
I thought you might like to see the last bit of work on the centrepiece of Belle Isle, before we crated the layout to go to Warley. Making blocks of buildings is a useful way of checking shape / space requirements. There is no question that Goods & Mineral Jcn. box will need a fully …read more.
Nov 23, 2016
Professionalism Maintained
The layout running settled in very nicely at the Club’s Open Day on 20th November. Gary has devised a very elegant shuttle mechanism for the underground and Richard’s buildings made major progress as he demonstrated today. The main buildings and roads have been given a more convincing colour wash at the south end (which belies …read more.
Nov 20, 2016
Prize Draw
We’ve got a copy of Simon Bradley’s highly praised book “The Railway” to give away. Originally launched in hardback at Keen House, it’s out now in paperback. An extraordinary social history of Britain’s rail networks and its people, that will appeal to railway enthusiasts, commuters and everyone else who travels by train. It even mentions …read more.
Nov 18, 2016Stair Lift Appeal
Disabled members and visitors are restricted from fully enjoying the facilities and activities at Keen House, with stairs leading to most rooms. To rectify the situation we are planning to install a stair lift from the foyer up to the John Anning Hall, then a second one from there up to the Library and Toilets. …read more.
Nov 15, 2016