Lancashire & Yorkshire DCC Model Rail Group

It's been a funny start to the year with work continuing on the new fiddle yard.

Some members have been consentrating on developing new sounds so popular locos like the 37s so they do not all sound the same.

New small layouts are also beeing develloped

A Layout with no Name as yet.

 Part of a new Layout under development.

17/09/08 was a quiet night but work carried on at pace.

The fiddle yard now ready for track laying had its first engin movements all be it on temporary layed track.

Monster freight cargo waggons. An American steam loco waits in the background.

 Try this for size Looking lost on the fiddle yard.

The other layout that is making head way is the Geoscenics display.

For a small layout 37025 looks small against the rock face.

A small layout under construction for L&Y and Geoscenics basebord is 4ft X 2ft will become a travelling advertisment for product use.

Taking shape track layed rock face shaped and painted.

Strathallen

Now set up at the club for members to work on.

303s at the station.

The first AGM was held on this date, and the following were appointed to official posts.

President - David Warner

Chairman - Mark Towers

Treasurer - Mike Mazurkiewicz

Secretary - Simon Moore

Membership Secretary - John Shelley

Publicity - Peter Crichton (Assistant - Chris Warner)

Exhibition Committee - David Warner (Trade), Dave Martin (Layouts), Jordan Leeds (Exhibits)

The following layout managers were also appointed

00 Gauge - Dave Martin

Wood Lane - Jordan Leeds

HO Gauge (US) - John Shelley / John Pickles

Geoscenics layout - Chris Warner

Further matters regarding the club and exhibition were resolved and projects were handed over to working groups.

A few photos from club night....12 members present!

This weeks products of the 'Dave and Chris Warner 37 Factory'....with 37410 and 411 being bashed about into a model of 37906 'Star of The East'.

The first of many boards for the new OO round-and-round layout. JP and the team have been working their magic on these as you can see!

On another part of the 'workbench' lurk a few more items...including a O gauge soundchip ready to be fitted with Class 108 recordings, and an O gauge Class 03 Shunter.

Well, you've got to have a laugh haven't you! 08164 is blocked in on Wood Lane by a heavily overloaded "SwissRoll" wagon...

More news from January clubnights...

Scenery for the layout arriving thick and fast! Courtesy of Geoscenics.

First baseboard pretty much complete, able to stand on it's own 4 feet!

Always a happy face on a clubnight! Or maybe it's because he's in charge of a pair of Class 37s.....

Bits and pieces! Various engines in states of repair - all part of the fun!

Something for the future.....nearly as good as our soundchip!

The club continues to grow with new members.

A start has been made on the boards for the fiddle yard for the new OO guage layout.

We have the equipment to now make our own sounds , having produced a very convincing class 37 (free upgrade to members only) look out for the sounds on our layouts at exhibitions!

Oldham King street will not be shown at our 2008 show, due to the fact that a rather large (47 feet!) O guage layout will be our centrepiece! With DCC AND fully controllable electronic signaling, it has to be seen to be believed!

Here is a  picture of the layout on test  at the club.

   08077 runs to sidings. 

For more pictures please see the page headed  Apethorn junction .  

A sucsesfull year end and looking forward to next year !

Holden Junction is to go round and round hopefully this will be the last major alteration .

Two layouts have been invited to Layland MRG 2008 Show whitch are Kilchoan and Padgate Lane.

Thanks to Layland MRG For looking after us with Holden Junction witch ran better on the Sunday but We have come to the conclusion that it will require a full rewire and further modification.

We had a fun running night on one of our members layouts. Here are just a few pictures from the evening.

50008 Thunderer streches its legs and preforms with out fault.

47826  Springburn sounds off

A fine display of motive power on the MPD.

50035 Ark Royal pulls special out of the station.

37419 on freight!

50008 & 37426 on a final special of the night.

50035 & 50031 Await final turn.

The evening was judged to be a success and is hopped to be repeated in the near future. 

Summer Holidays Seem to have an impact on club nights with people appering and dissapearing however Life goes on and time is short we now have to consentrate on Holden Junction which is out at Layland in two weeks time.

50008 Thunderer and 37426 are new locos to Nodnol and Kilchoan.

50008 Thunderer with paint still wet on Holden Junction.

Thunderer on rail test.

37426 On rail test Bachmann Ltd eddition.

Bachmann's 37's are great!

Oldham King Street and Nodnol had a supper time at the Hartlepool Exhibition .

Oldham King Street was voted best layout in show!

Wednesday 20th June 2007

More new faces have arrived more hands to help with the layouts, Holden Junction moves forward and now needs attention to the wiring.

As for the O Gauge a little paint starts to change the appearance and making it DCC seems to be the answer. Points that were seized are freed and a start has been made on the ballast.  

This club was formed as a Model Rail Group which aims to promote the use of DCC and helping others get to grips with new equipment

the official web site http://www.lydcc.org.uk/ was set up soon after.

It was decided that we should become members of NWMRC and the fee to join was dispatched. All of our members exhibition layouts will be registered as a matter of course.

We hold a weekly meeting at: 

Alder Grange School

   Calder Road

    Rawtenstall

     Lancashire

     BB4 8HW

From 6.30pm till 9.30pm