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Club News Latest News related to the club, its members and activities Member Update - 4th August 2008
Cathedral Hill operates first train after almost a year of closure for redevelopment and modernisation
Just over 10 months after the decommissioning of Catashall Lane Depot to make way for a totally modernised Multiple Unit Train Care facility, the new development - named Cathedral Hill - celebrated its inaugrial running today. Featuring a lonesome GBRf Class 73 Electro-Diesel operating via DCC control, the unit was driven into the depot to test track alignment.
The event was due to occur over the weekend of 2/3rd August but was delayed due to late installation of switch control equipment which overran until monday morning. Despite the delay however, the event got underway in the early evening and proved a complete success. Testing of the DCC system along with further full commissioning of the complete power supply and depot operation facilities are set to continue in earnest to meet an early to mid September deadline. It is envisaged that the Train Care facility will be in full operation just after the new year in good time for the grand opening ceremony set for May 2009.
AdamL
p.s. Adam lost his DCC virginity in less 10minutes using a Bachmann Dynamis, Dapol Class 73 & Lenz Silver Mini Decoder. Yes less than 10 minutes!
Events Update - 24th July 2008 27th August: Fiddle Yard project work and discussion regarding modular board arrangement. Can other layouts be constructed?
30th August: New Date for RUNNING AFTERNOON
Website Update - 24th June 2008 Committee Meeting on 4th March 2008 added to "Minutes Archive".
Updated - 17th June 2008
A successful running afternoon was held as planned on the 14th June, with the new Morley controllers now hung from the fiddle yard, which cleared the table for stock use. (We must now complete the new control panel!!) The Chairman
Updated - 17th June 2008 Thanks to all who helped with the shelving in the shed, it was hot work but good to get it completed whilst Peter D was away with his equipments etc. The Chairman
Members Update - 17th May2008 At the 2008 N-Gauge Society AGM, Berkshire Area Group member Graham Godfrey won Group B(2) Vardalu Shield of the Annual Model Making Competition with his rendition of Brush Class 60025 in Load Hual colours.
Website Update - 13th May 2008 N Gauge Society Area Group News Letter, May 2008, added to "Minutes Archive".
Gallery Update - 5th May2008 New compilation video added to the galery page.
AdamL
Website Update - 24th April 2008 Chairmans Challenge, new images added of Chairmans example. (Which is not for competition)
The Chairman
Website Update - 8th April 2008 Open Day 2008
Thanks to all who attended and assisted on the day, its looking to be the best Open Day to date.
Provisional results show a profit on the day of £220
Attendance was up on last year: Ticket Type Total’s
Adult: 71
Concessions
N.G.S members: 30
Concessions 70
Family 11 tickets (44 people)
Totals 215
How did you hear about the exhibition Total’s
Railway Magazine 25
Local signage/drive by 19
Mail shot 15
N Gauge Journal 14
Personal recommendation 9
Local Paper 6
Flyer from exhibition 4
Internet site 4
Library 0
More info to follow: The Chairman
Website Update - 28th March 2008 N Gauge Society Area Group News Letter, March 2008, added to "Minutes Archive".
Website Update - 18th March 2008 Committee Meeting on 7th January 2008 added to "Minutes Archive".
Success with the Saturday running afternoon - 11th February 2008 Thanks to Keith Darbon who completed the modification of the Fleischmann joiners, the modular layout was fully operational in 1 hour, a record I believe!! With the new Morley vector handheld controllers in operation we had a very successful afternoons running.
Modules in attendance were: Graham Godfrey, Keith Darbon, Dave Benham, Les Wright and yours truly The Chairman, assistance was provided by Roger Comber, Adam Lucas, Neal Elphick & Peter Davis.
The layout ran well with a few minor problems with the fiddle yard, but generally a very good afternoon was had by all.
The Chairman
Farish 2008 Line up Announced - 30th January 2008 Bachmann have announced its planned 2008 releases for the Graham Farish N-Gauge range. Highlights include: Class 108 DMU in Blue and Blue/Grey livery All new Class 47 in Two Tone Green and BR Blue livery Hall Class 49xx in GWR Crest and Late BR Crest HST, 170/2, & 220 DMU's in Arriva Cross Country livery (although the Voyager is still listed and not yet available) Class 222 DMU in East Midlands livery (although the Meridian is still listed and not yet available) More Variants of the Pannier Tank/Crab/8F/04/20/37/57/60/66 fleets Contraversially, but not suprisingly: 101 and 150 DMU's have disappeared and claimed to be 'still on the back bench' Still no HST Power Cars to match the Mk3's previously available No intermodal wagons to match the dozen containers being released, despite demos of it at Warley 2007. Website Update - 28th January 2008 Chairmans Challenge, size of layout corrected and photo's of case added.
Website Update - 23rd January 2008 Several things done today: Gallery Page formatted into clickable images Added Chairmans Challenge to the site Fixed the site width to be the size of the screen Added map and directions to Joining page
The Chairman & AdamL
Website Update - 8th January 2008 Several things added today: Photos added to Gallery Additional details added about the2008 Open Day which is now on the Events Page Minutes Archive created, with latest files added NGS AGM date added to Calendar
The Chairman Plus minor tweaking from Adam
Events Update - 4th January 2008 Marlow, Maidenhead and District Model Exhibition added. It is late notice, but anyone viewing the site, its on TOMORROW! (5th Jan 2008) AdamL
Website Updates - 31st December 2007 Open Day 2008 page added The Chairman
Website Updates - 19th December 2007 The full 2008 programme of activities has been added to the Calendar page. A downloadable application form has been added to the site. AdamL
Club AGM & Events Calandar - 13th December 2007 The club Annual General Meeting for 2007 has now been held. Minutes from this will be made available as soon as possible. The calendar of events from 2007 has now been completed, and as such the events page is now empty. Details and events for 2008 will be online shortly. This leaves me to thank everyone at the club, other clubs, and all ehibitions and model manufacturers for an excellent year. Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy New Year! AdamL |
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