New Years Day operating session & open house

The RS Tower team will be holding an open house & operating session on the 1st January 2010 in the basement of The Salvation Army hall, Friars Gate, Exeter, EX2 4AZ between 10am and 4.30pm.
The entrance to the venue is in Lucky Lane. There is some nearby street parking available (in meter bays) but plenty [...]

Tolworth pics

A few images from last weekends trip to Tolworth…

Tolworth show info:

Justa quick reminder time is whizzing by and it will soon be time for Tolworth show, which will take place on the 14th and 15th November - Tolworth is in the South West suburbs of London & easily reachable by public transport (bus links from Surbiton station) or by car from the nearby A3.
The show website is at: http://www.metropolitanrailway.co.uk/showtrain.htm and as [...]

Late show update!

We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be attending the Cranleigh Festival of Model Railways  on the 5th September only - click on the link to open the Cranleigh Rotary club website with details of opening times and admission prices.
The show is in Cranleigh village hall, Cranleigh is just south of Guildford - the show is in aid of the [...]

Show dates update…

We are pleased to announce that we will be attending Tolworth Showtrain 2009 exhibition, at Tolworth Leisure Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey, KT6 7LQ on November 14th and 15th 2009.
For detailed show info keep checking their show website at: http://www.metropolitanrailway.co.uk/showtrain.htm
See you there!
PS – you can keep up to date of all future [...]

RS Tower modules blog…

After some great feedback on our chosen method of modular railroading, both with RS Tower at Exeter and operating as a “standalone” switching layout at Gillingham, a separate sister blog for the RS Tower modules has been launched at http://rstowerfreemo.wordpress.com/
Neil Rogers will be handling updates on that side of things – expect some changes on [...]

After the Exe Show – thoughts…

Well the Exeter show has been and gone, the only “proper” exhibition outing in 2009 (we hope to have more for 2010 to tell you about soon!) – although we are considering doing another “open house” later in the year to keep our hand in – i’m interested in feedback on that, anyone want to [...]

Car cards and waybills

A while back in a thread on operation on RM-Web the use of car cards and waybills came up, and that kicked off a thought process about how best to use them on an exhibition layout. Talking to the guys in the group and whilst some of us were okay moving given cars to an [...]

Open House Announcement

Saturday 23rd/Sunday 24th May (the weekend before we attend Exeter show) we will be holding an open-house at Hittisleigh village hall – Hittisleigh is located just a short distance from the A30, part way between Exeter and Okehampton:
Click here for the location on Google Maps - Be aware there is no credible public transport to this location [...]

Happy Christmas to you all!

I figured that I’d better do a pre-Christmas update, as i’ve yet again been patently rubbish at writing these!
So – here we go: