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Colchester & District |
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Model Railway
Club |
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Club Room at Armoury
Farm, |
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New
members welcome. Under
16s must be accompanied by a "responsible adult" Adult
membership £25
per annum, and a weekly fee of £4.00. |
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Main Club night Thursday Evenings
2000-2200 |
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The club is
loosely arranged into layout groups and you can belong to more than 1 layout
group. For the digital enthusiast, the club uses Lenz DCC
equipment. |
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Layout Groups |
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O Gauge |
The O gauge layout is a permanent layout
which is being rebuilt at the moment. |
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Fine
Scale OO |
The
fine scale
group have extended Stratford Road
and it came to Colchester 2012 and 2014 Several
members of this group are also members of the O gauge Group. |
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OO |
There are four OO layouts/groups in the club. Arbor
Lane,
is another llayout being operated by DCC. Arbour Lane is configured as a tail-chaser and
has been designed to be transportable. Its first outing was at
the Club's 2011 Exhibition.. Trevor's Green for St Aida's Quay is a large tail-chaser
using conventional DC
controls with switched sections. This layout was the main exhibit at
the 2013 Exhibition. Kenneth
Hall, the
club's secretary's own layout is
under construction. The layout will be a small end -to-end layout using
UK stock. Seige Street - Junior This layout is being
built by the junior section under the guidance of the members of St Aids's Quay. |
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OO9 |
Mid Shires Light Railway came
to the 2009 exhibition. In 2011, it went
to the Ilford & NW Essex Show and in 2013
it went to Mid Essex. |
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Continental /American |
The continental / American group have the N Gauge Hill's
Country , set
in Donauhafen Continental HO
layout.
The construction of the baseboards is completed and the track has been laid
on the front boards. |
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No current layout. The club is refurbishing Hunter's
Grove, which belonged to our President Gerry Greenwood, who died in 2014
The refurbished layout came to the clubs exhibitions in 2015.. |
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Although the club does not formally meet on Tuesdays, a
layout group are able to use the club facilities on Tuesday evenings.. Several of
the club members have their own portable layouts which are exhibited under
the Club Banner. These layouts are occasionally seen up at the club, usually
just prior to going out on the road. |
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Club members are expected to help at the Club's annual
exhibition. The 1 day exhibition is held at the end of October /
beginning of November. The other
main club event is the Open Day in late March / early April. The Open
day is basically a trial running day under semi-exhibition conditions, as you
have to break the layout down, transport it, re-assemble
it and then try running it. The layout groups use it to find the first
lot of gremlins. |
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The club is responsible for the maintenance of the clubhouse. This is normally done on a Saturday. Those members helping on a Working Party are crediited with 1 week's attendance. |
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The Club is a Company limited by Guarentee. |
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Every member of the CLUB, while he or she is a member or within one
year after he or she ceases to be a member, undertakes to contribute to the
assets of the CLUB, in the event of the same being wound up, such amount as
may be required, not exceeding £10, |
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The CLUB shall have a minimum of two directors, one of whom shall act
as Company Secretary. All directors shall be elected annually at the
A.G.M. The directors have the right to attend, speak and vote at
committee meetings. |
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The COMMITTEE shall consist of Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer,
Exhibition Manager and One Ordinary Member, and they alone shall be empowered
to manage and transact the affairs of the CLUB. |
Last updated :27/7/2016