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Welcome to the Olney Model Railway Club Website.The club, founded on the 25th February 1993, is small and friendly and currently has a membership of 20. We are seeking more new members of any level of skill and experience, from beginners to experts, to assist in building the layouts, or just to run their trains on a much larger track than most people have available at home. The club is affiliated to the CMRA - the Chiltern Model Railway Association. For their Home Page, click here. Contents and Layout Guide. The site is divided into nine sections, with navigation bars at the top and bottom of each page. There is also a repeat of the navigation aid in the left hand margin. We have added two N gauge articles on the Project Progress Page, one called "Market Cross", the other an American marshalling yard. We have also started a new OO gauge layout using DCC, to help gain experience with the wiring and different controllers, details are also on the Project Progress Page. A new section has been added, called Articles. The first article is called "Electrics and Model Railways" and is a beginner's guide to wiring a model railway. A further section called Olney Station Project has been included, which replaces the Special Event page, as the Wolverton Works Open Weekend described, has been cancelled. We will add to the page as the project takes shape. To accompany the new page Barry has written an in depth article on the history of the Northampton to Bedford Railway, which is now accessible via the normal navigation bars, or follow the link Olney Station History. The Exhibition 2012 page has been opened with the 2010 and 2011 pages accessible via the 2012 page. Messages. Hello Malcolm, I hope you are well. Thank you for organising the meal on the 22 March. I think everyone had a good time and the food was excellent. There was another good turnout last night (Thursday). The first draft of the Olney station project plan was brought in, resulting in a discussion about how to proceed. There were a variety of locomotives brought in to run on the test tracks. A good test for new loco's and stock. Work was carried out on the Market Cross layout to keep it in good running order, ready for any exhibitions that we may be invited to this year. We carried out a check of all the rolling stock we have available in N gauge. One of the members was looking at the possibility of providing an extra electrical wheel pick up on the N gauge railcar, which at present is a little hit and miss on the points of Market Cross. Another member is building a model based on a London & South Western Railway C14 Tank engine in O Gauge. The body and chassis were put together, after the chassis was run round the test track. After a few minor adjustments the model ran well, except for slight rubbing of the brake rod assembly on the drive shaft underneath the chassis. A potted summary of the recent AGM is as follows: Income was up on last year, but expenditure was up more. The exhibition was a success, with an increase in visitors, but receipts only just covered costs. Membership fees were again held at last years level of £25.00 per annum and £1.50 per club night evening. Plans for the 2012 exhibition are well in hand and there will be more stalls and also more layouts than last year, space permitting. There was a lot of discussion on the Olney station project. It was agreed that a small OO gauge layout would be started using DCC, so that there would be a modelling project running, whilst the major Olney station project was in the planning stage. This will also give members a chance to hone their skills on DCC techniques. I have added an email address to the contacts page, which routes the correspondence through the website to my address at home. If anyone else would like to do the same, please let me know. We have one volunteer so far and I shall put them on the contact page as soon as I can. I have also put some photographs on the Olney Station Project page showing the track layout of the the station and marshalling area. Perhaps members would like to think about a wish list for any new modelling equipment required. One suggestion was a range of screwdrivers. Eamon and Adrian have written the third section for the American N gauge project and we have added it to the Project Page. The home size N gauge "Market Cross" project was ready for this year's exhibition, held on Saturday 10 September 2011, the layout and scenery looked really good. There are some photographs of last year's exhibition, taken by Chis, two of which I have put on the exhibition 2010 page, which can be accessed via the Exhibition 2011 page. I must say that the OO gauge fine scale used on "Bridge End" looks very realistic. You have probably seen it already, but Olney and District Historical Society have an article about the Northampton - Olney - Bedford line, which may be of interest for the Olney Station project. Click here for the article. If anyone doing research would let me know the web sources or any other details, as we progress, I will put them on the Olney station project page. All the best John. P.S. I have included, because of popular demand, a table of the site statistics for the year to date (30 April 2012).  The next Club meeting will be held on Thursday 24 May 2012, starting at 7.30pm. Full details can be found by clicking Club Night. |
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