A dinner was held on Wednesday 19th May 2010 to celebrate the 40th Anniversay of the Spalding Model Railway Club. Over 30 current and former members enjoyed the meal and lots of chat about 40 years of club progress. click here for pictures
FOR SALE "San Andreas Summit" the Club's American HO layout. The layout comes complete with transformers and controllers and is offered for sale at £500.00 Buyer collects (Photographs and video of the layout can be found in the Gallery section) The new running tracks layout is in operation. Two tracks are set up for analogue control and two for DCC. The N gauge "Penton in the Dales" layout is also being changed to DCC and for continuous running, it is also being extended by another 4 feet. Work is well in hand on altering "Harriston" which will be the new children's layout at this years Exhibition The American group are busy building base boards for their new layout to replace "San Andreas Summit" the new layout will be both analogue and DCC. Work is progressing on the O gauge "Brindle Walk" layout which has been joined to our other O gauge layout and is now over 50' in length. The HO continental layout is complete and is now set up for continuous running. The Club will again be doing a display for "The Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance" at Baytree Garden Centre on the weekend of September 18th & 19th 2010 The exhibition raffle proceeds allowed £200 to be donated to the children's ward at the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston. also £200 to the Lincs. and Notts. Air Ambulance The SMRC layout 'Oakwood' also raised a substantial sum for the Lincs. and Notts. Air Ambulance The open day at Baytree Nurseries last September raised a substantial sum for Lincs. and Notts. Air Ambulance |