Loddon Vale Model Railway Club : LVMRC

2011 Photographic Competition

ian — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:26:13 +0000

: Mary and Steven judging the photo’s

During our Christmas Social the judging of our first photographic competition took place. Mary Nash, Chairperson of the Woodley Photographic Club, kindly agreed to be the judge and she was assisted by her husband Steven. There were several entries, Mary had a hard job picking the winning ones.

: Mary giving advice on how to improve our photo’s

Before announcing the results she gave advice on improving our photos, pointing out how to compose a picture and taking care with the background as well as the main subject. She chose several photos as being highly commended, the top three were 1st Ian Cull, 2nd David Morton and 3rd Peter Chase.

Our President Peter Chase presented the Jim Hancock Photographic Cup to Ian Cull.

: Peter (on the left) presenting the cup to Ian.

The winning entries

: The winning entry from Ian Cull

1st Place – Ian Cull with his picture of Railtrack ballast wagons being unloaded. This was on the railway line at the bottom of Ian’s garden.

: 2nd Place entry

2nd Place – David Morton with a picture of Strathspey Steam Railway

Britannia steaming through Twyford Station in April 2011

3rd Place – Peter Chase with a picture of ”Britannia” steaming through Twyford Station.

Club Christmas Social

ian — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:55:25 +0000

Club Members working on the Underground Quiz

On Tuesday 20th December we held our Christmas Social Evening. We had a cryptic quiz on London Underground Stations (this was more fun than it sounds) the winning team were presented with a chocolate selection box. We had plenty of eats with mulled wine and soft drinks, 3 wives joined us for the evening. The judging of the photographic competition took place and the results of this are mentioned in a separate posting.

“MERG” held inaugural meeting of their Thames Valley Branch.

ian — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:00:01 +0000

Ian Bishop is a member of our club and also MERG (Model Electronic Railway Group), he proposed setting up a Thames Valley Branch of MERG and contacted members along the Thames Valley. He asked our club if he could use the side room for their first meeting, to which we readily agreed. About 20 MERG members turned up and had a good discussion on how to proceed with this branch, several MERG kits were also sold. During their tea break they came into the main hall too view some of our layouts. We look forward to their next meeting on 10th January.

Sharptor exhibited at the Whitehouse Exhibition

ian — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:18:00 +0000

Mike and Chris operating Sharptor

Chris Marsh was invited to exhibit his layout at the Whitehouse Show, at Hampton on 26th November 2011. He was assisted by Mike Truslove and Andrew Nibb. The layout performed well, Chris is unable to erect the whole layout at home so was pleased with the performance. His main interest is Great Western goods stock and he weathers each truck.

An over view of Sharptor

Loddon Vale on You tube

ian — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:02:43 +0000

Videos of some of our layouts have been posted onto You tube. To view them, simply log onto You tube then search for Loddon Vale Model Railway Club then enjoy watching videos of trains passing along our layouts.

2011 Autumn Exhibition

ian — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:07:45 +0000

Another successful show thank you to every one who visited and contributed to this show. This exhibition is held in conjunction with the Woodley and Earley Lions Club.

Visitors admiring the fine detail at Loddon Road

Loddon Bay at the Gaugemaster Show

ian — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:41:57 +0000

On the weekend 10th and 11th September Gaugemaster held their bi-annual show. We were invited to exhibit Loddon Bay, although this layout is now our oldest it performed very well and received many favourable comments. Andrew and David left Reading at 05:00 Saturday and arrived at Gaugemaster by 07:00, the layout was set up and working by 07:30 they then stayed on their feet until 17:00 when they went to their Hotel for a well earned rest. All of the exhibitors were taken out by Gaugemaster for an excellent meal at the Look and Sea Centre, Littlehampton. On Sunday they returned to the exhibition and stayed on their feet from 09:00 to 16:00. The show was well attended both days despite the rain showers on Saturday.

Club talk on 30th August

ian — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:32:57 +0000

On 30th August the club were given an interesting talk from one of the members. Keith gave a fascinating insight into the workings of British Railways during the his employment with them during the 1950’s. He gave several funny anecdotes on staff he had the pleasure of working with and explained how goods trains were prepared and unloaded at Basingstoke. At the end of the talk our Chairman Brian Lee proposed a vote of thanks and Keith received a round of applause.

Keith giving his talk on Tuesday

Club Barbecue

ian — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:22:30 +0000

Andrew cooking the sausages and sending out smoke signals.

We had our annual barbecue on Tuesday 5th July. The weather was wet and warm, despite getting damp the cooks produced well cooked sausages and burgers, at times I thought we were sending out smoke signals. The members remained in the hall had a good chat while enjoying the food and drink.

Some of our partners helping with the cooking

Members enjoying the food and drink

Brian, Peter and Paul discussing the food and their layout Loddonsee.

May 2011 Exhibition

ian — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:34:53 +0000

A successful and enjoyable day, for more details and pictures of this show look at “Our Exhibitions” page.