Freemo Worcestershire Summer 2023

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An assorted bunch from across the country met up for the 2023 July meet organised by Chris, Alistair & Jack. 
 

We set up on Friday so we could get running earlier on Saturday. The hall is smaller than the one we can no longer get at Rugeley but a cunning plan put two long yards down the hallway to join the two rooms up. 
 

 From the doorway of the bigger hall

 

 

Turn around and the yard of Kitchener, because it was next to the kitchen!

 

 

Moving up to the corner we are looking along the second half of Kitchener towards the other hall. 
 

 

The various bring and buy delights in the far corner. 

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Before trains start to run Kipling warehouse needed stocking . .

 

 

 

trains we’re running by 10:00 which is about 2hrs earlier than usual if setting up Saturday morning. 
 

Port Dominique tower. 

 

 

As usual there’s a lot of good natured banter amongst the regulars but we welcomed at least three new faces who had a good time and are coming back for more. 
 

 

Nucour Steel in the distance, the passenger terminal in the middle and Dale Yard to the rear. 

 

 

Port Dominique switcher at work. 

 

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Heading across the bridge to Dale

 

 

 

 

 

Metro Station

 

 

Dale Yard looking quite empty at this point!

 

 

A string of cars from Dale heading to the Port

 

 

Nucour 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kitchener with Port Dominique behind

 

 

Passing through Kipling

 

 

into Fort Myers

 

 

 

 

I brought out the F7’s on a short BNSF heritage special

 

 

 

 

All the way to Fort Myers

 

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Colour at Fort Myers

 

 

Juice factory at Fort Myers

 

 

 

Cement siding at FM

 

 

A shiny new livery on an old SD at Sullivan

 

 

Contrast with a sun bleached Warbonnet also at Sullivan. 
 

 

Scrap siding is busy

 

 

Back to Port Dominique and a directors special on the curve. 
 

 

 

Busy switching at Nucour

 

 

Port Dominique yard. 

 

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Well another Freemo weekend over and as usual great fun, good company and lots of food. Many thanks to Yvonne for leading the lunch prep each day with a motley assortment of helpers from the crew. It’s hard work shifting lots of modules and organising the hall, planning the layout and organising the switch lists but boy is it worth it in the fun we get. Everyone kicks in and helps clear up unlike shows where it’s a race out of the door. 
Thanks to the Midlands group for organising it again 10/10 👍

[Liam_uk]

It was a really good event. Me and my Uncle (Paul) really enjoyed our first look at Freemo and it has planted many seeds