Allan and a brace of Derek’s recently visited the Southampton Tram Project – the Solent Sky Tram & Railway Event. I would have liked to have gone, but it had been such a busy week, that I needed some down time (not that it was that down!) There were some interesting exhibits, on both rail and in the air.
In the air….
Trams big….
Trams little….
And trains….
Back again for the Sunday meeting, and a whole 11 members turned out for a very sociable afternoon. The usual suspects?
Plus cakes left over from church this morning…
Apart from the main modular circuit, Lucas brought along his micro ‘layout in a box’ – that has come on a long way since I last saw it.
Some lovely old-timers….
Ancient…. and now the modern.
And the inbetween…
Heavy goods…
Shorter trains are available….
Checking the line for problems (always plenty of them!)
And, rather inevitably, an Underground train appeared….
Wombling free?
Thanks, Brian for the moving pictures….
And the afternoon finished with a whole 7 enjoying the curry!
A Wednesday afternoon, and up to eight members attended. The Cha(i)rman has got his wheels back, and was sent on a wild goose chase hunting for fish and chips – two of our regulars were closed, one still renovating the shop, and the other on holiday to see family in Hong Kong.
A pleasant and sociable afternoon. As you can see, I spent a lot of the afternoon in a comfy chair watching trains go by. These included a variety of Derek’s Longmoor Military Railway models. There was also a photo-bomb moment, though I am not sure which of the three trains I was aiming to photograph…..
Some well modelled Dutch railways….
Urban trams….
HO, some of it modular on the grand scale….
And to close, how about these gigantic HO loop fiddle yards?
These lovely single track NCI boards are from a German club, who are regulars at Stuttgart. Some most interesting scenery!
And plenty of narrow gauge – most of it not ‘rabbit warren’ rather twee railways!
Last set of pictures from Dortmund next time.
Despite the size of the Dortmund show, my eye was predictably caught by some smaller layouts. Here’s a lovely little cameo branch line terminal, with a turntable at the end of the line, just like Bembridge IOW.
And a slightly larger branch, with some fine woodland scenery and a stream.
Another little cameo, with lots to look at…
And an industrial shunting layout – a sugar refinery by the name?
And of course, the inevitable layout in a something-or-another!
Finally in the ‘small’ department a rather larger single track line….
Now for the large. This station and overall roof is a lovely bit of modelling.
And larger still, G scale, I think.
Next time some of the other layouts, N and HO.
Today’s selection shows the NCI modular layout. This was a German-Italian cooperation, with our friends from Stuttgart providing the German section. Some of the modules look familiar from Stuttgart!
The fiddle yard for the system.
The usual suspects!
And on to the Italian contribution….
More next time….
And on to Dortmund. I’ve got many, many, photos from Allan, so there will be a good number of posts. It looks an excellent show, and enormous, spread over 6 (?) NEC sized halls. I’m really sorry I couldn’t go, but we are invited back next year…..
We’ll start with the non-railway photos. It is a hoppy show, with cars, boats and planes as well as trains. These pictures remind one of the Stuttgart meet as it used to be….
And to start the trains off, some American desert scenery – HO scale.
And a large NCI junction….
Next time I’ll post some pictures of the NCI exhibit.
Seven members, later joined by Chris who had been riding buses nearby, came to run trains on a sunny spring afternoon. Still no Cha(i)rman, as he had dented his wheels, but the Assistant Tea Boy was on duty – but then went home early leaving the Secretary with the washing up!
Richard was running some interesting models, including a few acquired in Dortmund….
Pictures from Dortmund will follow next week, after Sunday’s club report. But in the meantime, this rather amused me….
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