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    We are well on the way to having a full hall.
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    I've seen it said that the Hamburg app will also allow you to buy effectively a month by cancelling before the 10th, but not tried it yet https://www.hvv-switch.de/en/landingpages/deutschlandticket/?fbclid=IwAR0KCv_jfjpmZ8Drgu0fchPTC5iJor65h3uKQPAzD2QyEBIG5RrLUzf7K8M Jon
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    Yes, we took both cards and cash at the door last year very successfully. We usually run two box-offices in the morning to handle the volume of sales, and last year we ran one as card and one as cash for much of the morning, because the cash queue moved a little quicker. We *might* have slightly different arrangements this year as the leisure center were slightly twitchy about us using their box-office, but I've been a little disconnected this year as I've moved away from the area, my membership has lapsed, and I'm doing domestic duties elsewhere both Saturday and Sunday mornings this year, so my information is somewhat out of date. I did look more closely at the list of visiting layouts this year, and was really quite pleased with the list I saw, it looks a really good show to my somewhat biased eyes. As ever, running a show this size, in this area, and with a very small membership (rather fewer members than either Woking or Epsom clubs who have both stopped their exhibitions recently) is a precarious thing, and the club needs your support to keep visiting and making it worthwhile for them to continue. Jon
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    I'm doing a little more laser cutting and would like thinner sheets and ideally a better material than Rowmark. Can anyone recommend sheet material of 0.5-1.5mm thickness. I don't like Rowmark because it doesn't bond with my preferred solvent (DCM) and smells particularly nasty when cutting, and feels rather sticky/waxy after cutting. Thanks Jon
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    Mention of the ULEZ elsewhere has reminded me that TRC is within the ULEZ zone (in blue on this map) First, before you panic, please check your vehicle here https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/ A surprising number of vehicles are compliant (including my petrol-turbo Subaru, much to my relief) . You cannot get off the A3 at the Hook junction if coming from outside London, and the little cut into Red Lion Road (that I've always thought was a bit dodgy) will take you into the zone, but you CAN come off the roundabout at Tolworth, and go around to rejoin the A3 to come off at Hook without entering the zone, provided you don't stray from the roundabout. As you can see the A243 that passes close to the venue is the border of the zone, if you don't mind parking on the street and a 5-10 minute walk there might be a solution? There are also 7 or more buses an hour down this road. We would encourage you to come by public transport, and as usual are running a free shuttle bus from Surbiton station. Trains from London and the Guildford direction seem to be running OK, but there seems to be engineering work between Weybridge and Woking https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey/~/link.aspx?_id=7DD3A3CBEE24423F8B1973A9CCD4BBD4&_z=z
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    Well I gave up the journey by train this morning after an hour and a half on Euston station with no trains arriving or departing! I should have gone by car. The issue of park and ride was always going to be one of capacity, 2 or 3 buses combined give a capacity of what? 175-ish per round trip, call it 350 per hour, and I would guess Saturday morning could reasonably have expected a couple of thousand visitors? therefore GETS should probably have laid on 9-10 buses, they will have had the visitor data from last year to base their numbers on. Jon
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    I think I'll be using the M3 from Sunbury Cross! Jon
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    I notice that the Dresden Dampfloktreffen and Intermodelbau Dortmund are only a week apart next year, so 10 days in Germany could see both. https://www.igbwdresdenaltstadt.de/ https://www.intermodellbau.de/ Although it looks like Dresden may be cut back to only two days, which might be due to (I presume) losses sustained this year when an un-exploded WWII bomb was dug up about 400m from the event and they lost almost all of Saturdays opening hours. Jon
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    As it happens I bought two palvans cheap on Saturday, and they have already reached this point! I still have both etches for the trusses (£2.50) and Lee' Davis' bogie inners for £3.50 - PM for details. Jon
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    Hampton Court Model Railway Society - Tolworth Showtrain Sat 11th - Sun 12th November 2023 Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey KT6 7LQ OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am to 5.30pm, SUN 10am to 4 pm ADMISSION: Adults £9.00 Children £3.00 Family £19.00 Tolworth Showtrain, the Hampton Court Model Railway Society's annual model railway show, returns and will feature working layouts covering a variety of scales, time periods and locations. Children will be able to operate the popular Edward's Junction and Thomas End. There will be a wide range of trade support and demonstrators will be on hand to provide modelling tuition. Watch this space for information updates. The Society meets weekly at Tolworth Recreation Centre. Tolworth Showtrain in November is a great chance for experienced and inexperienced modellers to see some fantastic layouts, pick up valuable advice and take away plenty of ideas. Tolworth Showtrain provides entertainment for everyone. On SUNDAY one child will be admitted FREE with every paying adult. There is a free bus link from Surbiton station which is served by South Western Railway services. The timetable will be available on the website in early October. Several TfL bus services stop within 10 minutes walk of the show. The show is fully accessible, all at ground level. List of Layouts Attending : Roshven: 4mm Scotland OO Scottish Highlands With Audio Signals. Kensington Addison Road. 1925 West London Line. Old Elm Park O Gauge SR/WR Collingwood 4mm/16mm UK Southern Redbridge Wharf. OO Gauge Southern Region Fawley 4mm Southern Railways 1930s Johnburg 5mm/16.5mm 1950s Ohio & Baltimore Japan in Bloom N Gauge East Japan Railways Edwards Junction & Thomas End. Children Are Able to Operate This Layout. Pine Bluff and Red Dot Mine HO USA 1950s Wickwar N Gauge 1950s BR(M) North Cornwall Brewery 4mm SR 1966 Albula Valley N Gauge 2mm Swiss Sewel N Gauge 16.5mm Early 20th Century East Sussex Brewery Clearwater Harbour 16.5mm Northern USA 1930/40s Ebsworth Street 2000 to Present Day OO Gauge Hazel End 0 Gauge Steam 1920-1960 LNER Canute Road Quay Southern Railway 1946-1949 Blackmoor 1930 South Devon - Southern Railway List of Demonstrations : Soldering For Beginners by Roger Sawyer Scenic Modelling by Roy Hickman List of Other Displays : Merg the Model Railway Electronics Group. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Medway Queen Preservation Society. South West Circle Network Southeast Society Sales Stand Malden District Society of Model Engineers Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway Sub 4 Association List of Traders Attending : Dave Smith Books Richard Panes Model Spartes Aspire Gifts and Models C&L Finescale Track Building Services Heritage in Motion Railbooks Model Railway Bits Addlestone Model Centre Models U Drive Kent Garden Railways Fenland Model Railways Roxley Models Squires Model and Craft Tools Saddletank Books Model Railway Developments Sunningwell Command and Control The Totem Man Plaques and Totems Jb Model World The Wagon Yard Wheels of Southsea
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    Hampton Court Model Railway Society - Tolworth Showtrain Sat 11th - Sun 12th November 2023 Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey KT6 7LQ OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am to 5.30pm, SUN 10am to 4 pm ADMISSION: Adults £9.00 Children £3.00 Family £19.00 Tolworth Showtrain, the Hampton Court Model Railway Society's annual model railway show, returns and will feature working layouts covering a variety of scales, time periods and locations. Children will be able to operate the popular Edward's Junction and Thomas End. There will be a wide range of trade support and demonstrators will be on hand to provide modelling tuition. Watch this space for information updates. The Society meets weekly at Tolworth Recreation Centre. Tolworth Showtrain in November is a great chance for experienced and inexperienced modellers to see some fantastic layouts, pick up valuable advice and take away plenty of ideas. Tolworth Showtrain provides entertainment for everyone. On SUNDAY one child will be admitted FREE with every paying adult. There is a free bus link from Surbiton station which is served by South Western Railway services. The timetable will be available on the website in early October. Several TfL bus services stop within 10 minutes walk of the show. The show is fully accessible, all at ground level. List of Layouts Attending : Roshven: 4mm Scotland OO Scottish Highlands With Audio Signals. Kensington Addison Road. 1925 West London Line. Old Elm Park O Gauge SR/WR Collingwood 4mm/16mm UK Southern Redbridge Wharf. O Gauge Southern Region Fawley 4mm Southern Railways 1930s Johnburg 5mm/16.5mm 1950s Ohio & Baltimore Japan in Bloom N Gauge East Japan Railways Edwards Junction & Thomas End. Children Are Able to Operate This Layout. Pine Bluff and Red Dot Mine HO USA 1950s Wickwar N Gauge 1950s BR(M) North Cornwall Brewery 4mm SR 1966 Albula Valley N Gauge 2mm Swiss Sewel N Gauge 16.5mm Early 20th Century East Sussex Brewery Clearwater Harbour 16.5mm Northern USA 1930/40s Ebsworth Street 2000 to Present Day OO Gauge Hazel End 0 Gauge Steam 1920-1960 LNER Canute Road Quay Southern Railway 1946-1949 Blackmoor 1930 South Devon - Southern Railway List of Demonstrations : Soldering For Beginners by Roger Sawyer Scenic Modelling by Roy Hickman List of Other Displays : Merg the Model Railway Electronics Group. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Medway Queen Preservation Society. South West Circle Networth Southeast Society Sales Stand Malden District Society of Model Engineers Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway Sub 4 Association List of Traders Attending : Dave Smith Books Richard Panes Model Spartes Aspire Gifts and Models C&L Finescale Track Building Services Heritage in Motion Railbooks Model Railway Bits Addlestone Model Centre Models U Drive Kent Garden Railways Fenland Model Railways Roxley Models Squires Model and Craft Tools Saddletank Books Model Railway Developments Sunningwell Command and Control The Totem Man Plaques and Totems Jb Model World The Wagon Yard Wheels of Southsea
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    Connecting another couple of photos to this thread
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    I really enjoyed that tour, but I never understood why it started from Oostend!
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    There is some variation from machine to machine, so what one person can cut cleanly another can't. jon
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    Do exhibitors still need to bring an umbrella to keep the rainwater off their stands, and several pallets to compensate for the terrible levels of the floor? The old exhibitions in the rope walk warehouse were great, but the move into the covered slips was awful! Jon
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    I think you'll find they do... Jon
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    a quick google suggests that there are 76000 people directly employed on the airport, so probably add 2 million journeys to work each month, and at least some of those would benefit from a Southern rail approach. I live barely 7.5 miles from the Central section of T1/2/3 as the crow flies and I can get there in around 1.5 hours with a 20 minute walk and 2 buses (and now Hatton Cross tube is in the zero fare area, I often do Hatton Cross to T123 or T5 as the last leg), and these days I usually get home that way, when I don't have the time pressure to catch a flight, but for an early morning flight a minicab will cost £55 including the £5 drop off fee. Sadly the Southern Access is unlikely to help me as I'm south of the river, and via Chertsey or Woking is still a long way around. Jon
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    I think that SSN have actually given it a 10 year loan to VSM, as they don't currently need 3 operational steam loco's and their 01 and 23 are more useful on the mainline. It was in action last weekend at the 'back to then' gala at Beekbergen, but apparently I only took this and another equally awful photo of it.
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    1) Sadiq doesn't have any money 2) None* of the built infrastructure will be in London, and therefore is unlikely to be paid for by Sadiq, even if London voters/taxpayers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries. *depending on where the pre existing station tunnels actually stop under T5 there might be around 1km, but I think you see my point. There are other examples of infrastructure that would benefit TfL customers/London voter/taxpayers, but which are entirely outside London, but these have always been a struggle to convince a Mayor to pay for, an example would be a bypass at Redhill and improvements in the Redhill-Guildford line to take cross-London freight off the West London line to give additional path capacity to passenger services.
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    and a ticket office would have been just as dead in the water. Jon
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    It needs people to stand up and do the organisation, and when I last discussed it with a CMRA board member there wasn't anyone in the frame, therefore its future is bleak until that changes. personal opinion - And the longer it remains moribund, the less likely a re-staging is likely to be, as the knowledge and workforce drift away. Jon
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    Anyone who wants one of the few remining kits, I've just had the brass etched pulleys back so can supply again, drop me a pm. Thanks Jon
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    I've had them for haulage - that's me waving at the cameraman at 21:06 in the video below. These trains are also a staple at SBB and BLS open days.
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