Library Additions – May 2016

Our library has one of the widest and largest ranges of books of books for railway modellers – covering prototype railways and modelling. The following books have recently been added.

The library is open for browsing on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm (unless there is a lecture), and on our monthly open afternoons. Check out the calendar for details. Members can borrow most books to read and work from at home.

Ingatestone goes to the Palace !

A very successful weekend for Ingatestone at the London Festival Of Railway Modelling held last weekend at Alexandra Palace. After the safe delivery of the three boards (numbers 4 to 6), the “in progress” demo drew a lot of attention and positive comment from the show-goers. Over the weekend, all of the group took their …read more.

Young MRC – Young Model Railway Club

A monthly Saturday morning club for 8-14 year old modellers Young MRC is the monthly Saturday morning club for younger railway modellers, aged from 8 to 14, which is held from 10am to 12 noon at Keen House – normally on the second Saturday of each month. The next club meeting is on Saturday 13th October 2018. Help to build …read more.

100 Years of the MRC

    Page 15 – Exhibition

When was the first model railway exhibition?

This was the question posed recently on the excellent mremag – the thrice weekly supply of news and views for railway modellers. I suspect that as the oldest model railway club, our first exhibition is probably the first – in which case the answer would be March 13th 1912 as one of our club evenings …read more.

It’s a wrap !

In preparation for Ally Pally this coming weekend, the Ingatestone crew have been busy getting ready the boards that we are taking to display. On Sunday, the packing crates for the corner boards were finished, with an extra day of work by Tom, Bob and myself getting the foam core for the scenery being cut. …read more.

MRC Membership Special Offer at LFoRM 2016

We have a fantastic offer for new members joing The MRC at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace on 19th/20th March 2016.

Not only is membership reduced to just £25 for the rest of 2016, but you also get an exclusive 17-piece modelling tool set worth £39.95*, absolutely free.

Membership Offer at May 8th event

We have a fantastic offer for new members joing The MRC at our Open House event on Sunday 8th May 2016.

Not only is membership reduced to just £25 for the rest of 2016, but you also get an exclusive 17-piece modelling tool set worth £39.95*, absolutely free.

Getting ready for Alexandra Palace

Putnam will be among the 40 layouts appearing at the London Festival of Model Railways.  The team have been putting in extra hours to finish a number of mini-projects before we pack everything away ready for transportation ‘up the hill’.  Visually there are a number of new buildings along the back of the yard, and …read more.

Ingatestone turns the corner !

After a lot of wiring, testing of the track power on Ingatestone has started – here we have Bachmann Class 37/4 37421 on the up line on board 6 powering round the corner – next Thursday we will be testing the boards that will be attending London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace. Come …read more.

2016 Lectures

10th March 2016 – Industry expert Simon Kohler on “Life after Hornby” Details of our autumn programme will be posted shortly. All lectures start at 7.30 at Keen House. Our tea and licensed bars will be opening with a range of refreshments and snacks. Lectures normally finish at 9-9.30pm. Visitors are welcome, but are asked …read more.

Bulletin 489

The March/April 2016 edition of The Bulletin is on its way to members, featuring a range of interesting articles all written by members, including: Martin Long on a visit to “The Buckingham Branch”. Built by the late MRC member Rev Peter Denny, the layout is in a new home in Yorkshire. Dave Coasby casts his …read more.