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It is southbound and has just passed the site of of Cotes Park Colliery. It has also recently exited Alfreton Tunnel, and the Goods lines formerly occupied the space to the right of the Class 31 and its train.

We were taught 'Right, Left and Right again' before the squirrel came onto the scene.

So you can tick it off your list, here are a few examples of Pacifics converted to EM gauge by Karl Crowther (A3) and Timara Easter (the Standard 4-6-2s), for use on Leeds City North.

The EMGS Membership Secretary will be at theYork show this coming weekend. There isn't an actual EMGS Area Group based in Sheffield, the nearest on that side of the Pennines is Leeds/Harrogate. Peter

Bought out in a hostile takeover by Tesco in May 1987, two years after celebrating their centenary. When we moved to Derbyshire in 1983, Hillards was our nearest supermarket, in Alfreton.

That would have been Len Arnold, Tony. He scratch built exquisite 0 gauge locos, several of which won awards at the Manchester model railway exhibition; an ex-LNWR 8" Goods (Cauliflower) spring to mind immediately. Len was also a member of the West Lancs O gauge group. His locos were in a different class to Ken Longbottom's, which were also scratchbuilt but very much 'layout locos', in the parlance of this thread. I distinctly recall the the patina of dust and spider droppings which gave a rather natural weathering effect to the layout, and its locos and stock. I was fortunate enough to visit and to operate various boxes on the regular Friday evening running sessions when I was living at Broughton (near Chester) in the late 1970s/early 1980s. My abiding memory is if the all-day operating session which took place on a blazing hot day in 1981, on the day of Charles & Diana's wedding. It was my first encounter with a model railway operated prototypically, using correct signalling, and absolute block. I wish I knew then what I know now, as I regularly help to operate John Elliott's (The Laird on here) Leeds City North at least on one occasion per month, using absolute block between the various signal boxes, and (at the risk of kicking the hornet's nest over again) employing DCC to control the locos. Hence we drive the locos, not the track!

expoEM Spring 2023 A Showcase of the Best in 4mm Railway Modelling The flagship event of the EM Gauge Society will take place over the weekend of May 13th/14th 2023 at the now well-established venue of Bracknell Leisure Centre. On display will be at least eight finescale layouts representing the best in 4mm scale modelling. As usual there will be plenty of opportunity to stock up on modelling supplies with a good range of specialist traders in attendance. In addition there will be a variety of ‘Show you how’ demonstrations and other special interest society stands. There will also be the EM and P4 test track, the EMGS trade stand - selling amongst other things, the Society’s range of EM track and points, in addition to the ever popular members’ second hand sales. Venue: Opening times: Bracknell Leisure Centre Saturday 13th May: 10.30am to 5.30pm Bagshot Road Sunday 14th May: 10.00am to 4.30pm Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 9SE Layouts include: Anglebank (EM) Clee Hill Tramway- Chris Hewitt Canada Street (EM) Dockside 1970's - Peter Johnson Church Warsop (EM) GCR pre-group circa WW1 - Tony Gee Eastwood (P4) LYR circa WW1 - South Hants MRC Hembourne (EM) GWR 1930's - Paul Ash Harkness (EM) Northumberland light railway 1950's - Tony Bucknell Kerrinhead (P4) LYR mid/late 1920's - Gavin Clark Leysdown (P4) SR early 1930's - Adrian Colenutt Oldshaw (EM) BR(WR) mid 1980's - Guy Molyneux, Mike Hale Tom Harwin Pulborough (P4) LBSC set in 1910 - The Depots, Rosedale East (EM) NER pre-group North York Moors Paul & Nicola Gallon Yard No2 (P4) LNWR inter war years - Dave Barrett Trade to include: 247 Developments Alan Gibson Bill Hudson Transport Books Branchlines Brassmasters Cambrian Model Rail Ltd C & L Finescale Track Building Systems Ltd Dart Castings Dingo Servo Mounts EBMA Hobby & Craft High Level Kits Isinglass Models London Road Models Mike King (Southern drawings) Nick Tozer Railway Books Nu-Cast Partners Prickley Pear Products Roger Carpenter Photographs Roxey Mouldings Steam Age Stoneybridge Structures & Model Sounds Wild Swan Books Ltd Harry Flatman (private sales) Demonstrators to include: Vernon Harrod Kit and scratch-built coaches and other rolling stock Geoff Haynes Painting and Lining Peter Hill Converting R-T-R locomotives and scratchbuilding John James Split chassis loco construction Geoff Kent Modelling using Plastikard Peter Sutherland Plastic Coaches Phil Tattershall Bull-head trackwork construction Graeme Vickery Architectural Modelling Visiting Model and Railway Societies: Diesel and Electric Modellers United (DEMU) Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Model Electric Railway Group (MERG) Missenden Railway Modellers Pendon Museum The South Western Circle Location Within easy reach of both the M3 (Junction 3) and M4 (Junction 10). Follow the brown signs for Bracknell Leisure Centre. SAT NAV - RG12 9SE Bracknell Railway Station is ¾ mile away. Free on-site parking, Catering and Level Access Admission Prices (valid for both days) 2-Day visitor ticket £11.00 EMGS Members £9.00 Accompanied children under 16 - FREE Contact Email: expoem@emgs.org Website: www.emgs.org N.B. Information correct at time of preparation; all exhibits subject to final confirmation. MRmagadvert93x1352023 (2).pdf

Here are the results of the competitions held at the Thirsk Modellers' Day/AGM on Saturday: Group 1, Silver Jubilee Trophy (Scratchbuilt and kitbuilt motive power) Winner: Graham Hudson - Hudswell Clarke 17" 0-6-0T Runner-up: Peter Hill - Stockton & Darlington Banker Group 2, Company Trophy (Converted and modified proprietary motive power) Winner: Paul Gallon - NER Class 44 Runner-up: Adrian Walby - EE Class 20 no. 20002 Group 3, Pick-Up Trophy (Scratchbuilt, kitbuilt and modified proprietary rolling stock) Winner: Paul Gallon - NER Wagons Runner-up: Vernon Harrod - Grainflow Polybulk hoppers Group 4, Anniversary Trophy (Trackwork, buildings and general lineside features) Winner: John Phillips - St James Bridge, Doncaster Runner-up: Paul Gallon - NER Goods Shed Congratulations go to all of them.

Apologies, you’re correct of course. All our pre-publicity had the opening time as being 10.30. I misremembered it in my haste to get the post written. Anyway, a good time was had by all those who exhibited, demonstrated, stewarded or attended. Hopefully some photos will appear on here in due course and a list of the competition winners will be posted.

We’ll be opening the Town Hall doors at 10.00am tomorrow. It promises to be an excellent little show.

A quick heads-up as it's taking place next weekend.

It looks to be the L&YR dynamometer car now preserved in LMS livery. It may be seen inside the Princess Royal Class Locomotives Trust’s West Shed at the Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction in Derbyshire.

EM Gauge Society – Modellers’ Day (Including EMGS AGM 2022) Thirsk & Sowerby Town Hall Westgate Thirsk North Yorkshire YO7 1QR Saturday 21st January 2023 Open 10.30am to 4.30pm Admission – EMGS members FREE, Day-members (non-voting) £4.00 Demos-Layouts-Traders-Refreshments This event, organised by the EM Gauge Society, with the assistance of members in the Thirsk area, is for modellers of all abilities, as part of the EM Gauge Society Members, Day and AGM. Come and learn, chat and socialise with fellow modellers. The AGM is for (full) EMGS members only and will commence at 2pm sharp. Layouts Barum West Junction (EM) - Ken Gibbons Chesters Yard (EM) - Robin Coulthard Fiddler’s Wharf (EM) - Paul Gregory Hudson Street (EM) - Peter Fletcher Kyle of Macallan Locomotive Shed (EM) - Adrian Walby Northern Central (EM) - Jason Johnson Tanpit Lane (EM) - Alan Atherley The Depôts, Rosedale East (EM) - Nicola & Paul Gallon Wepre Park (EM) - Ken Gibbons plus the EM Gauge Society Test Track (EM & P4 circuits, and a short length of 16.5mm gauge track for testing) Demonstrators Bob Dawson & Scott Waterfield - Card building construction Sue & Andy Battersby - Tree construction, and electrical modules Tony Gee – EM the ‘Manchester Way’ Simon Howard - DCC Clinic Roger Sawyer - Soldering for beginners Vernon Harrod - Kit & Scratchbuilt Wagons and carriages John Phillips – Progress and other developments on his Doncaster layout Mike Fishwick - Weathering Traders CM3Models GM Transport Books Stoneybridge Structures EMGS Trade Officer Members’ Sales Stand (second hand/bring & buy) CASH ONLY EMGS Membership The EMGS Membership Secretary will not be in attendance as he will be in Australia. However we will still be ready to accept subscriptions from those members who have missed the September renewal date. We will also be more than happy to enrol anyone who at the show decides to join us. Catering There will be a pop up café serving tea, coffee, cold drinks, sandwiches, cakes and snacks during the show. Seating will be provided for visitors to relax while eating, however we would ask that you vacate the seating area once you have finished eating so that others may relax too. The catering will be provided by well-known local outside caterers who have agreed to run the café on a no fee/no cost basis. Getting there Access by Road Thirsk is easily accessed by road. Travelling from the south or north via the A1(M) you should leave at junction 49 and take the A168 towards Thirsk and Teesside. After approximately 5 miles take the B1448 towards Thirsk and Sowerby. Stay on this road towards Thirsk town centre and the venue will be on your right just before the Ritz cinema. If travelling from the North-East via the A19 take the third Thirsk exit sign posted Thirsk, Sowerby B1448 then proceed as above. Car Parking There are a fairly limited number of car parking spaces at the venue but these will fill up quickly. There are car parking spaces available in town and on local streets. Tesco has a large car park but there may be constraints on the length of time allowed. Access by Public Transport Thirsk station is on the ECML about 22 miles north of York. It is served by an hourly service from Manchester, York, Middlesbrough and Redcar operated by Trans Pennine Express. (www.tpexpress.co.uk) There are also direct trains from Sunderland and London Kings Cross operated by Grand Central. (www.grandcentralrail.com). If travelling by LNER from the south then a change at York will be needed, although there are only a few direct services that stop at Thirsk. Thirsk station is approximately 1.5 miles from the venue; if walking, follow the road (A61) alongside the racecourse past the Tesco filling station and turn left at the mini roundabout; the venue is on the right just before the Ritz cinema. The Reliance Motor Services bus service 70 calls at the station en-route to Thirsk Market Place, a one minute walk from the venue. The Venue Accessibility There is a gentle ramp to the front door. Dogs are welcome, with conditions. Overnight Accommodation There is a Premier Inn about a mile away and a number of B&B accommodations are also available. Contacting the tourism office will produce a list of venues in town, as well as slightly out of Thirsk. Location Map Email: publicity@emgs.org Website: www.emgs.org

These show OK in B & W, with no sign of red, I'm using Windows 10, Chrome browser on a desktop PC.

The winner, awarded by the Signalling Record Society, was 'Plumpton Green' by Barry Luck, the sole P4 layout in the show.

Duplicated post.

Many Polish escaped from the Russians towards the end of, or shortly after WW2. I met a chap in hospital in Chesterfield a few years ago who had escaped from the USSR on foot, ending up in Iran, from whence he was shipped to the UK,. After the nationalisation of the UK coal mining industry in 1967, many newly arrived Polish men were offered work as miners. He had worked in the pits in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, married and raised a family here. There was a further influx of Polish men women and children after the 1956 Poznań protests, also known as Poznań June (Polish: Poznański Czerwiec), were the first of several massive protests against the communist government of the Polish People's Republic. Demonstrations by workers demanding better working conditions began on 28 June 1956 at Poznań's Cegielski Factories and were met with violent repression (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Poznań_protests). To return to model railway interest, the Nottingham (Bulwell) club, organisers of the East Midlands Model Railway Society, held its Saturday evening social at the Polish White Eagle club on Shewood Rise for a number of years. Bitter hatred of all things German (in particular) still resounded at the turn of this century.

It's probably abuilt from a Craftsman kit Tony, rather like this one.

I ordered a Hornby r-t-r loco body from Peter's Spares on ebay. In the photo the body was complete but when I got it the smokebox door was missing. I messaged them and they gave a full refund (and I kept the incomplete loco body). Excellent service, complete with an explanation over what had happened.

They're correct as well using Chrome.

On a point of accuracy, this photo depicts the Up 'Waverley' (1M88). The Up TCE was 1M86, the northbound Thames-Clyde being 1S68.

Roger, John Gymer has incorporated it at our request. John Brighton (Millhouses) had it first.

Hello Andy (Scorch). The locos in use belong to TheLaird and two or three of the 'Friends' of LCN and haven't had their control functions standardised (yet). The Peaks and DMUs have ESU chips with West Coast Digital (WCD) sound files, generally using v4.0 chips. Several of the earlier v3.5 decoders remain in some of the locos but they have generally been phased out of use now as more steam outline locos have become available for use. Most of these have Zimo sound decoders of the MX644/645/648 types. As yet I think I'm correct in saying that we haven't got any of the newer MS series type, and most, but not all, of the Fairburn tanks still have the ESU/WCD type, a couple of which ran on Bradfield in their 00 days. Most of the steam locos have sound files produced by YouChoos, and I write as a highly satisfied customer. Function key F8 has been modified on several (but not all) locos to give a 'coasting' capability so the driver doesn't have to continually and gradually reduce the speed to prevent it 'chuffing ' to a stop. An LMS Compound with an ESU v4.0 chip and a Howes sound file was almost impossible to stop 'chuffing'! Therefore any steam locos with ESU chips have been replaced with our preferred Zimo type. I hope this has proved useful. Pete

What lets these Hornby Class 5s down is the 'skirt' which Hornby have put under the front of the smokebox, being set too far forward. If it is removed and replaced with a piece of plasticard cut to fit about 3mm further back, it improves the 'face' of the loco no end, as Timara Easter has done with these two a few years ago, which were detailed and converted to EM gauge. Needless to say, the various kits (Ks, Model Loco/DJH and Brassmasters) do not require such remedial attention.