Colchester & District Model Railway Club

 

Club Room at Armoury Farm, Armoury Lane , West Bergholt

New members welcome.

 

Under 16s must be accompanied by a "responsible adult"

 

Adult membership

£25 per annum, and a weekly fee of £4.00.

Main Club night Thursday Evenings 2000-2200

 

The club is loosely arranged into layout groups and you can belong to more than 1 layout group.

For the digital enthusiast, the club uses Lenz DCC equipment. 

 

Gauge / Scale

Layout Groups

O Gauge

The O gauge layout is a permanent layout which is being rebuilt at the moment.  

 Fine Scale OO

The fine scale group are currently converting Wembley East to DCC.   Wembley East was first exhibited at our 2010 exhibition.  In 2011, it is due out at the Ilford & NW Essex Show.

 

 

Several members of this group are also members of the O gauge Group.

OO

There are three OO layouts/groups in the club. 

Arbour Lane, which will be operated using DCC.   Arbour Lane is configured as a  tail-chaser and has been designed to be transportable.   The baseboards are complete and the track is laid.  test running has taken place over parts of the layout.  Target Completion is for the Clubs 2011 Exhibition..

St Aida’s Key is a large tail-chaser  using conventional DC controls with switched sections.  The track work and wiring are complete and the layout is capable of being run.  A lot of the scenicing has been completed. 

Fi's own is just starting construction.  The layout will be a small end -to-end layout using UK stock.

OO9

Mid Shires Light Railway came to the 2009 exhibition. In 2011, it is due out at the Ilford & NW Essex Show.

Continental /American

The continental / American group have the N Gauge Hill's Country , set in Colorado, which was completed in time for the 35th N Gauge Society show and goes out to 1 or 2 exhibitions per year.  In terms of scale it is the largest layout in the club.  The MK II variant first went out in 2007 and is operated using DCC.  in 2011, It is due out to the Ipswich show.

Avery is a very old HO American tail-chaser layout which has been refurbished and repositioned to Pennsylvania. It has been converted to DCC.  This layout is booked to go to the NMRA Regional Convention in 2010 and it went to the Leytonstone this year..

Continental layout is under design.  several concepts have been mulled over.  It is expected that it will use the fiddle yard from Avery.

U.K. N scale

No current layout.  Although club members take out Hunter's Grove on behalf of the Club's President.
   

Although the club does not formally meet on Tuesdays, a layout group are able to use the club facilities on Tuesday evenings..

Several of the club members have their own portable layouts which are exhibited under the Club Banner. These layouts are occasionally seen up at the club, usually just prior to going out on the road.

 

Club members are expected to help at the Club's annual exhibition.  The 1 day exhibition is held at the end of October / beginning of November.

The other main club event is the Open Day in late March / early April.  The Open day is basically a trial running day under semi-exhibition conditions, as you have to break the layout down, transport it, re-assemble it and then try running it.  The layout groups use it to find the first lot of gremlins.

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Last update : 27/07/2011