Canute Road Quay is stepping in to appear at the High Wycombe and District MRS MRX25 Spring exhibition on Saturday 12th April. This show is very local to me being organised by my own Model Rail Society. Wycombe MRX25 Spring is the first of two friendly model railway exhibitions organised by the High Wycombe and … Continue reading Canute Road Quay steps in – High Wycombe MRX25 Spring – Saturday 12th April
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Workbench Witterings #26 – A Friend in Hand – a West Wycombe pub
Now for something completely different... My local model railway Society, the High Wycombe and District MRS are currently building a new 00 gauge layout of West Wycombe station and its goods yard during the final years of steam haulage on the Great Western & Great Central (GW/GC) Joint line, 1955-66, when express trains from Marylebone … Continue reading Workbench Witterings #26 – A Friend in Hand – a West Wycombe pub
This train is my life, Canute Road Quay on the road again – High Wycombe MRX24 – 9th November
Canute Road Quay is on the road again and appearing at the High Wycombe and District MRS MRX24 exhibition on Saturday 9th November. This show is very local to me being organised by my own Model Rail Society. Wycombe MRX24 once again brings the Society’s Wycrail exhibition experience to a “small, friendly and family” model … Continue reading This train is my life, Canute Road Quay on the road again – High Wycombe MRX24 – 9th November
Fisherton Sarum to appear at the High Wycombe & District MRS open day 21st November @HWDMRS
Eagle eyed visitors of this blog will have spotted a couple of new dates have appeared for Fisherton Sarum on the road. The first of which is in only a couple of weeks time when it will be one of the visiting layouts operating at the open day of the High Wycombe and District Model Railway … Continue reading Fisherton Sarum to appear at the High Wycombe & District MRS open day 21st November @HWDMRS
Fisherton Sarum’s travel plans expand to include Worthing MRC this September
I am pleased to advise that an additional opportunity to see Fisherton Sarum on the road this year has been added to the exhibition calender, at the Worthing Model Railway Club exhibition on 26th/27th September 2015. It is always nice to exhibit deep in the heart of the Southern Railway territory, the show is being held … Continue reading Fisherton Sarum’s travel plans expand to include Worthing MRC this September
A summer excursion to Little Bytham
A am very fortunate through this hobby of ours to have met and made a good number of like minded friends. many of whom I would consider as being ranked as being talented and exquisite modellers that can achieve things far in excess of my humble efforts. Yesterday I was fortunate and privileged, to have been able … Continue reading A summer excursion to Little Bytham
A reminder – Wycrail Exhibition this Saturday – 2nd November
I make no apologies for repeating myself a little but as I am long time member, and indeed past Chairman and now Press Officer, of the the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society it would be wrong of me not to promote this year’s WYCRAIL ’13 exhibition that takes place this coming Saturday, November 2nd. Once … Continue reading A reminder – Wycrail Exhibition this Saturday – 2nd November
High Wycombe coal merchant Private Owner coal wagon released to coincide with the Annual HW&DMRS WYCRAIL Exhibition
High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society have commissioned a 7 plank Private Owner coal wagon from West Wales Wagon Wagon Works in the livery of local coal and coke merchant W. V. Baines & Son Ltd. Based at 20 Frogmore, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, W. V. Baines & Son Ltd was one of the largest … Continue reading High Wycombe coal merchant Private Owner coal wagon released to coincide with the Annual HW&DMRS WYCRAIL Exhibition
Controlling Interests #5-xtra Turning Tables the movie…
My recent Controlling Interests #5 recent modifications completed…and working post included an update on the Model Railway Electronic Group (MERG) turntable control unit that with the grateful help of fellow HWDMRS member Mark Riddoch I am now using to drive the turntable on Fisherton Sarum.The purpose of this #5-xtra post is to demonstrate how the operation now looks via the … Continue reading Controlling Interests #5-xtra Turning Tables the movie…
40th Wycrail exhibition this coming weekend
WYCRAIL celebrates its 40th birthday by relocating to a new, bigger and brighter venue with more exhibits and an improved visitor experience on Saturday 3rd November. The annual WYCRAIL model railway exhibition organised by the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society, now in its 40th year, is firmly established as being one of the … Continue reading 40th Wycrail exhibition this coming weekend