We started the meeting with a working party to look at a few faults here and there.  One regular was missing, as he was on forced garden duty…..

Derek Atfield continued to realign some of the corner tracks, with generally positive results.  Simon and I checked the electrics on the fiddle yard.  We found no problem, but the points need cycling occasionally to get a couple of tracks working.  We’ll meet again next month and take the under-board covers off and apply a little contact cleaner to anything that moves – or doesn’t when it should.

However, during the evening two other tracks played up, and this problem was solved by leaning on the baseboard at a critical point.  More detective work needed!

By the evening, we had nine members through, though there was an early and a late shift.

Simon ran a long train of brass coaches – I’m afraid that they didn’t stay on the track as well as their Kato equivalents!

Welcome, Emily!  

A helping hand from Gordon (though I doubt whether the lazy so-and-so is doing much….

And Mt Atfield’s faceless version is a very acceptable (if slightly blurred) generic UK 4-2-2 single driver loco, very close to a GNR Stirling single.

Colourful trains from Michael….

Chris’ Railtrack set….

Derek’s Post Office train goes further back in time…..

Southern goods, including a set of ESNG Vindaloo wagons…

Some interesting coaches from Terry…

And Honey, I’ve shrunk the loco!