NOVEMBER 2008 NEWS

NEXT MEETING

Sunday 23rd November From 2 pm:

Film Show, 2009 Programme Planning and general natter
at Runcton Holme Social Club

Unfortunately, Andrew Ingram is unavailable to give a talk on the above date, so it was decided to use the date for showing DVDs, planning the itinerary for 2009 meetings. Also, use it for a general natter, etc. So bring any DVDs that you think other members might enjoy, bring along any new or part complete builds, etc. Also any ideas for meetings for next year (nothing too ambitious).

A few possible suggested repeat dates carried over from this year could be: Summer Test Track Running & Buffet At Runcton; Xmas Bash at Runcton; Running Day at Rickmansworth, Running day at Stamford East, Running Day at Norfolk Joint, Running Day at Wally & Carol's Garden Railway.

LAST MEETING

Sunday 12 October Running day on the Norfolk Joint Railway. 13 members attended. All NJR stock was given an airing, with additional visiting engines from David Atkinson. Also a chance to meet the feline equivalent of Thomas and Friends - a litter of kittens found on Streatham Station (Hope mum has been found). Thanks to J & J for their hospitality.

GCR GALA By Tony Sparks

Saturday and Sunday had the full gala timetable with freights and so forth. We had the best gala the GCR has ever had in 44 years of its existence. Well over 6 figures in income and possibly 5000 people there on each day. We jammed up Loughborough town centre and also Quorn village, with Rothley lanes coming a close second. There was not an inch of platform space either and we had to resort to pushing people inside to close the doors! The beer tent ran out 3 times and three ticket windows at Loughborough could not cope. Tornado's mail drops were just stunning and the yard area at Quorn was like a football crowd (but better behaved). Leander's maildrop was even more exciting and she stormed through making a real high-speed noisy spectacle of barking exhaust and long whistle. Just fabulous!

For a similar maildrop of nearly equal drama, see this link www.dapsites.com/pictures/videos.htm then get to the pictures and scroll down to (I think) the fourth one showing the Black 5 on a drop. Click the picture to get the video, and turn the sound up!

Regards Tony Sparks

XMAS BASH

Sunday 21 December from 10 am: Klogg Annual Xmas Bash at Runcton Holme. Please let Bob Pearman know if you wish to attend. Bob also requires £5 deposit per person for food.

KLOGGIES CHRISTMAS LUNCH

SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2008

STARTERS - £3.50

SPICED SQUASH SOUP OR STILTON SOUP (BOTH SERVED WITH A WALNUT SCONE OR BREAD ROLL)

GOATS CHEESE, PEAR AND WALNUT TART AND MIXED LEAF SALAD

PHEASANT AND TURKEY PATE WITH MELBA TOAST

PRAWN COCKTAIL AND BROWN BREAD

MAIN MEAL - £9.00

ROAST TURKEY, YORKSHIRE PUDDING, PIG IN A BLANKET, ROAST POTATOES, CREAMED POTATOES, SPROUTS, CARROTS AND PEAS

ROAST BEEF, YORKSHIRE PUDDING, ROAST POTATOES, CREAMED POTATOES, SPROUTS, CARROTS, PEAS AND PARSNIP CRISPS

PROVENCEL STRUDEL, ROAST POTATOES, CREAMED POTATOES, SPROUTS, CARROTS AND PEAS

MUSHROOMS EN CROUTE, ROAST POTATOES, CREAMED POTATOES, SPROUTS, CARROTS AND PEAS.

DESSERTS - £3.50

CHRISTMAS PUDDING, BRANDY BUTTER AND CUSTARD,

CHOCOLATE FONDANT PUDDING, CARAMEL SAUCE AND ICE CREAM.

LEMON CHEESECAKE SERVED IN A BRANDYSNAP BASKET

BANANA SPLIT.

AUGUST 2008 NEWS

NEXT MEETING

Sunday 17 August:

Visit to Wally & Carol's outdoor 'Walgrove End' layout.

Essentially, it is an LNER based, 90 yard long, out and back line from garage to garden, 18 inches above ground level.

THURSDAY 23 JULY 2008 - FAMILY DAY AT RAF MARHAM

The Kloggies were invited by David and Sue Atkinson to watch the airshow from their back garden which is at the end of Marham's runway.

Just a handful of Kloggies joined some friends of David and Sue. The weather was dry, hot and quite breezy. Sue had laid on salad and bread to go with the Bar BQ'd food that quests brought

Among the items the RAF brought along to run were: The Red Arrows, The Red Devils (I think) parachute display team, Hunter Typoon, Tocano, a couple of Pitt Specials, a Glider and DH Chipmunk Tug, Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane from the BOB flight, Tornados, Solo Hawk and of course the Vulcan. As a finale, the vulcan flew over flanked by the two Tornados - what a wonderful sight.

When no aircraft were flying, David and Sue's scatty dog made sure we were not bored. Thanks must go to David and Sue for their kind hospitality.

LAST MEETING

Sunday 27 July - Test Track running and Buffet at Runcton Holme Social Club:

About 50 members and visitors attended. The weather was hot and humid, so the bar was kept busy all day.

Plenty of unusual locos and rolling stock, including a sweet tin on wheels. It was actually a tin in the shape of Mallard that a couple of the lads had put onto a rolling chassis. It went extremely well, in fact. did any one take a photo of it? Also spotted was a very nice railbus and steam railmotor.

As usual, there was plenty of food, and very tasty too.

Thanks once again, to Bob Pearman for organising the day, John Hobden for bringing the test track and last but not least, to Runcton Holme Social Club for their hospitality.

MEMORIES OF LONGMOOR MILITARY CAMP - BY TED TAYLOR

Like most people, my model railway activities are based upon nostalgia. In particular, my locomotive fleet reflects the various loco types that I worked on as a BR fireman. I guess that I spent more time on ex LMS Black Fives and 8Fs than any other type. Many months working coal trains between Bletchley and Willesden, having relieved crews from Rugby and beyond.

I have a Black Five in my fleet (Javelin kit) but do not have an 8F. At Kettering this year I purchased the David Andrews kit and then managed to persuade ace builder Graham Powell to build it for me. (It will then be weathered by Fred Lewis). Three cheers for the Yahoo 7mm egroup.

When I was a driver on the Longmoor Military Railway we had three 8Fs, 500/501/512. When I departed Longmoor and the Royal Engineers for the Royal Army Pay Corps I turned my back on railways. Most of the rest of my working life was with computer systems. I therefore had no idea of the fate of the three locos until reading the Wild Swan Publications LMS Locomotive Profiles no.8

I discovered that all three locos, WD500/501/512 had been purchased by British Railways and had been refurbished at Eastleigh becoming 48773/48774/48775.

501 was always my favourite so I decided that my model loco would become 48774.

Heritage Railway magazine have over recent months been running a feature written by Brian Sharpe on the final countdown of steam. There I discovered that 48773 and 48775 survived until the very end. Indeed, 48773 has been preserved and is currently at Highley on the Severn Valley Railway. But what of 48774?

Sadly it seems that she did not make it to the end. In an attempt to find out about 48774 I wrote to the NRM 'Search Engine'and to the editor of Heritage Railway. In both cases advising that 501/48774 was my favourite engine at Longmoor.

My request to Heritage Railway was passed on to Brian Sharpe who said that it was not known where 48774 finished up. Initially, ex Eastleigh she had been allocated to the Scottish Region, presumably 66A. I was staying in York for my weekend visit to the North York Moors Railway for their 2008 LNER Gala. I called in at the NRM where they remembered my email enquiry and handed me a photo copy of 48774 engine record card. This only showed that she had been transferred from the Scottish Region to the LM Region with no shed allocation details recorded.

Anyway. My Longmoor connection was passed by Brian Sharp to Geoff Courtney who is a senior staff writer at Heritage Railway and who had written a recent feature on the last Camp Commandant at Longmoor. He contacted me and said that he was interested in writing a follow up article on Longmoor and would I share some reminiscences. I did, and provided some photographs from my collection.

The end result is that the next edition of Heritage Railway, to be published on 31st July will contain the story.

Watch this space. Who said 'Everybody will have five minutes of fame' or similar.

JULY 2008 NEWS

NEXT MEETING

Sunday 27th: From 10 am

Test Track running and Buffet
at Runcton Holme Social Club.

Please let Bob Pearman know if you wish to attend, Bob also requires £5 deposit per person for food.

LAST MEETING

Sunday 22 June: Running day at Peter Withers' Stamford East Layout: 12 members attended, with plenty of interesting stock. Pete has been busy adding yet more scenery to the additional bits. David Atkinson also brought along the Flying Scotsman model that is being issued to subscribers a bit each week. An enjoyable time was had by all. Thank you to Pete and the rest of the Withers family for once again making us welcome.

Pictures of June's Meeting at Stamford are available by following this link: Stamford East

JUNE 2008 NEWS

NEXT MEETING

Sunday 22 June: Start 2PM

Running day at Peter Withers' Stamford East Layout.

NEXT MONTH:

TEST TRACK RUNNING AND BUFFET

Don't forget that the following meeting, on 27 July, is the Test Track Running and Buffet at Runcton Holme. Bob P says that he has only had five replies so far. If you are going please let Bob have your deposit as soon as possible. Otherwise he is threatening to cancel the event.

LAST MEETING

SUNDAY 25 MAY:

Visit to Barrie Walls' Wallsea Layout - report written by Roger Kingston in my absence (Thanks Rog). "Very good turnout - I won't mention which member phoned me in the morning as he'd forgotten where he was going! However the poor weather meant we were squeezed into the two railway rooms and it was particularly tight at Westwood where my field of view was somewhat restricted. However this did mean that the visitors HAD to get involved in operating with John (W-S) & Bob gaining a certificate of competence in Shedmastership at Westwood Loco dept! Others at Westwood were ably assisting Nigel (Goff) in shunting. The only observed faux pas was the arrival of a passenger train into the goods yard at Westwood. Best not tell Barrie as he's running out of blank "No1" Forms! And it's probably a 'totting-up' offence for me. It was good to see his 'new' F3 running, the first loco completed since Barrie's stroke, also progress on a C4 (ex GC 4-4-2) on his workbench. The rain did leave off during the refreshment break allowing us to partake beneath the gazebo. Thanks, as always to the ladies. I'm sure everyone enjoyed the day. I always do, but then I'm biased. There were several photographers present including David (Atkinson) and Richard (Sparks) so hopefully some photos will appear on the KLOGG website". Thanks once again to Barrie and Rose for their hospitality.

APRIL 2008 NEWS

NEXT MEETING

Sunday 27 April from 2 pm:

Running day at Norwich Thorpe layout. All Members wishing to go and for more information please telephone Roger Kingston.

LAST MEETING

Running day at Ken de-Groome's Rickmansworth layout: Fifteen people attended, including David and Mary Youngs, who run the Corner Shop. Nearly everyone brought something to run. Too much stock to list. It was nice to see something other than Met. stuff running on Metropolitan metals. Could that happen for real I wonder? Despite the weather, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. This event seems to be getting more and more popular as the years go by. You'll have to get a bigger shed, Ken.

PROPOSED OUTING TO THE BURE VALLEY RAILWAY

Neither John, Bob nor myself, have had much feedback regarding the above outing. The matter was raised at Sunday's meeting, and judging by the general consensus, there were only about eight members interested. A couple of people have written to me to say that as they live nearer to BVR than Runcton, they would prefer to meet at the BVR itself. So it was decided not to go ahead with the mini bus idea and to use cars instead. So if you want to attend and are willing to car-share, please let John Hobden know, who will then co-ordinate who goes with whom (details at the top of the newsletter), After that, we'll work out a meeting-up time. Thanks Ted for your efforts anyway.

NEW MEMBERS

Richard and Marie Ingrey have just become KLOGG members. Marie now owns and shows the St. Georges Hill, 2-rail, fine scale, exhibition, LSWR layout, that was created and exhibited around the country by Ian Hopkins, it is now available again for shows. Its first show was at Dereham in February 2008. They are also taking it to Potter Heigham in July, also to the ALSMR show, again at Dereham in August, and probaly at the BVR show in Aylesham in October. Welcome to you both and we look forward to seeing you at some of our meetings.

2008 MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION DATES

Saturday 14th June: Hingham Model Railway and Transport Exhibition 10.00 - 16.30, Sports Hall (new venue), Watton Road, Hingham. Three 0 gauge layouts including Roger Kingstone's Westerfield/Southwold, Mardlers demonstration stand, Bob Pearman Books, Modellers Mate plus 00 and N gauge layouts, boats, fairgrounds, steam engines, cars, trucks, a flight simulator and school model display. Refreshments and bar available.

Sunday 20th July: Potter Heigham Model Railway, Transport and Craft Exhibition 10.30 - 16.30, Potter Heigham Village Hall, School and Playing Fields. Signposted from A149 bypass. Greatly increased space for layouts compared to last year in 0, 00 and N. Layouts include Great Yarmouth Club's Aber Emlyn in gauge 0. Demonstration stands and traders, boats, planes, cars together with plants, hanging baskets and a craft section. Refreshments and snacks available.

Sunday 10th August (new event): Eastern Rail Show organised jointly by the ALSRM East Anglian Group and the Mid Norfolk Railway, Dereham Station from 10.30 - 16.30. Several 0 gauge layouts, G gauge, 3 inch gauge, 5 inch gauge and 7 1/4 gauge. exhibits including ride on miniature railway and hands on G gauge. 12 traders, demonstrations, refreshments and 12 inches to the foot steam trains in operation

MARCH 2008 NEWS

NEXT MEETING

Sunday 16 March from 2 pm:

Running day at Ken de-Groome's Rickmansworth layout.

Please phone or email us if attending. Bring something to run.

LAST MEETING

Sunday 17 February 2008: Film Show and General natter at Runcton Holme Social Club. Lots of interesting DVDs were brought to be shown by members, which didn't leave much time for nattering. 12 members attended in all. The films shown were British Steam of Yesteryear, Track relaying at St. Pancras in 1947, Short film about the BVR and one on The Railways of Switzerland. Thanks once again go to John Hobden for providing projection equipment, Bob Pearman for providing the refreshments, and Runcton Holme Social Club for their hospitality.

AN AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT OF JANUARY'S MEETING IN THE PREVIOUS NEWSLETTER

The locos brought along by Roger Kingston to run on the test track were: - M&GN Hudswell-Clarke 0-4-0ST 'Alpha' being modified from an Agenoria kit and M&GN class B 4-4-0T under construction from a 'Shedmaster' 'kit', not as previously reported.

CHANGED DATE FOR STAMFORD EAST

Please note that the date for the visit to Pete Withers' Stamford East is now 22 June instead of the 8 June.

PLANNED MEETINGS for 2008
All subject to confirmation

Sunday 21st December from 10 pm: Klogg Annual Xmas Bash at Runcton Holme.