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Recent News of the Society
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Tuesday track meetings for 2017
finished at the end of October and the first evening meeting, the Bits &
Pieces/Bring & Buy Evening at the beginning of November was well attended
with lots of ‘stuff’ on the tables. The next meeting saw the return
of David Jones who gave members an update on the ‘Atlantic’ project at the
Bluebell Railway. Bobby Jones showed
some very interesting videos of miniature and full-size railways at the
December evening meeting. The RMMES Christmas Lunch at
the Masonic Hall, Dymchurch was well attended with around 50 members and
family sitting down for a festive lunch.
The meal was very good as usual and there were numerous prizes to be
won in the raffle. A nice social event
to end the year. 2018 started with the New
Year’s Day Track Meeting and despite early rain, three hardy souls steamed
their locos and quite a few members gathered in the clubhouse for a natter
and a ‘cuppa’.
The sun briefly came out late afternoon giving rise to some very
atmospheric pictures around the steaming bays. The 2018 Evening Meetings
started with Andy Nash showing a selection of pictures from the late George
Barlow collection and also some early video of the RH&DR. A very interesting evening. The February meetings were both
well attended with Colin Cox sharing some of his experiences of driving
Garratts in Rhodesia in the 1960s and Andy Hardy giving an update on the P2
Project, a massive undertaking. The first March meeting saw
Richard Linkins giving a very interesting talk on the Simplex type
locomotive, dating from World War One and wild animals and railways in South
Africa. The winter meetings finished
in the usual way with a ‘Products of the Winter Workshop’ evening. The Wednesday Gang still meet
on a regular basis. The new loading ramp/traverser
for the steaming bay is well under way and it is hoped to have it operating
before too long. Also our Chairman is
working on the hydraulics for the future operation of the swing bridge which
should make it far easier to operate. The
air lines and power cables have been installed recently between the
compressor house and the swing bridge.
Part of the upper section on the garden railway has been renovated
where it had started to sag, and the new boards and track are now in place. The
current issue of the RMMES 'Newsletter', No. 188 dated April 2018, is
now available. Please contact the
Newsletter Editor if you would like a copy posted to you. Our President, Bobby Jones, was interviewed some time ago about his involvement with railways, full-size and miniature and also the RMMES, on the local radio station Romney Marsh FM. You can hear a recording of the interview if you click here (might take a minute to load). |
Some recent activity
at Rolfe Lane.
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5" gauge 0-4-2 'Gladstone'. |
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'G' scale |
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2½" gauge LNER 2-8-2 'P2'. |
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5" gauge 'Class 59' at the Open Day. |
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