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Club Room at Armoury
Farm, Armoury
Lane , West Bergholt
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New
members welcome.
Under
16s must be accompanied by a "responsible adult"
Adult
membership
£35
per annum, and a weekly fee of £5.00.
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Main Club night Thursday Evenings
2000-2200
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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 either Lenz, the early
adopters, or NCE. Currently no club layout uses computer contol...
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Gauge / Scale
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Layout Groups
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Fine
Scale OO
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Broadgate
Street
This
is a new layout currently under construction by the ‘Fine scale OO’ group of
Colchester and District Model Railway Club. The layout has a four platform
city terminus with a double track approach, all on a viaduct with an
associated low level goods yard. The goods yard is separate from the rest of
the layout, effectively giving two layouts in one! Although there are obvious
similarities to Fenchurch Street, it’s not a model of Fenchurch Street! In
particular the station will see a mixture of long distance express trains and
suburban/commuter trains more like Liverpool Street. The time period will be
the same as our previous layout, Stratford Road, BR steam and early diesel
i.e. 1950s – 1960s. The layout will use Peco Code 75 track. Construction has
currently reached the “bare baseboard” stage. It will be a DCC layout
using NCE controllers.
The group’s previous layout Stratford Road is in storage.
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OO
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There are several OO layouts/groups in the club.
Broadham is
currently under construction.
Trevor's Green for St Aida's Quay is a large tail-chaser
using conventional DC
controls with switched sections. The layout also has a DCC circuit.
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OO9
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Mid Shires Light Railway
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U.K. N
scale
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The club ihas refurbished Hunter's
Grove, The group is now currently track laying on a new layout -
Bergholt Junction, which is a tail chaser based on East
London 50s/60s era with mixed livery ie no particular region.This lis a
DCC layout
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Modular N Gauge. (IMP)
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The club is working on a set of modules which are
configured as a twin track main line with a turning loops/yard at each end.
There is no specified geograpihic / tome period for the modules.
The IMP
layout is currently configured as a U with a very wide base. The modules have
a twin track main line running along the outer edge. The base is made up of
the Modules from Ian and Mike. At each end there is 90 degree turning board
which connects to an oversize 3 road reversing loop. Each road in the
reversing loop has auto polarity changing which enables continuous running.
Having 3 roads at each end gives the layout 4 storage roads with a minimum
length of 2 metres.
Current
modules are:
Ian's
Mikes
and
Paul's. The two turning loops have
limited scenic development. The 3 road loops act as storage loops and 1
through running loop. There is an additional track for train assembly.
The thru roads have with Tam
Valley Auto switching to enable continuous running.
This llayout runs under Lenz DCC
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American
Continental
O Gauge
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Other Scales &
Gauges
The club has had active layout groups in other scales and gauges in the past.
Although some members model in these gauges, there are no currently active
groups in the club.
Hills Country (N scale American ) is no longer with
the Colchester Club. It is now located near Aberdeen.
The Continental HO
layout, Donauhafen,
has been dismantled. The club no longer has an active HO continental group
The O gauge layout
West Berg Halt and Holden Market has been dismantled.
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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.
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Club members are expected to help at the Club's annual
exhibition and Open Days.. The 1 day exhibition is held at the end of October /
beginning of November.
Currently the Club holds a second Open Day on what would have been the
Exhibition weekend.
The normal Open Day
is held 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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