Newsletter

Volume 14 Issue 4

Dec 2011 (Page 2 of 3)

The crowds flock to see Waterstock at the International N Gauge show in Leamington as Lin, Tony and

Les put the layout through it’s paces. But what is it the flocking masses are all eager to see? Surely not

our handsome operators? No, of course not…

TRIP WORKINGS

The International N Gauge Show 2011

…It was Derek Rutherford’s LNER 10000 ‘Hush-Hush’ on a rake of Gresley teaks.

 

The ‘Hush-Hush’ was the winning model in this years Chairman’s Shield competition at the N-gauge 2011 AMMC. It also won the Andy Calvert Trophy at the AGM and was featured in the journal July/Aug 4/11. Derek dropped in on the club whilst at the Leamington show looking for somewhere to let 10000 stretch its legs. We naturally obliged and the loco was absolutely breathtaking hauling the Gresley teaks. In fact some of the passengers on platform 2 at Waterstock were so overcome with surprise in seeing such a thing that they fell over. A real crowd pleaser, well done Graham.  Please feel free to drop by anytime.

 

Never Marry a Modeller

Attributed to Val Crossley BRMNA

FIRST, never marry a railway modeller if it can possibly be avoided. Those of us ‘in the know’, so to speak, issue dire warnings of the atrocities and years of neglect in your future if you succumb to the innumerable charms of a true ‘RM’. He may initially appear quite normal, capable of executing all the expected social niceties, in some instances even managing to hold down a steady job. His friends and family, well most of them at least, will provide no clues as to the deep dark secrets in the soul of your betrothed. But, if you are alert and wary, the telltale signs will reveal themselves. For example, does he sometimes disappear into his garage for hours on end without explanation, and emerge smelling of solder? Is there a door that is never unlocked, which according to the house plan leads to a room the size of a warehouse?

Has he ever told his doctor that his blood type is N or OO? Have you ever discovered a miniature newsagent in his pocket? Does he carry on a