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Come unto me all you sad and lonely...
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Welcome to the Newport Model Railway Society website.
Please note that normally the "Club Goings On", and the "Hazelhurst 7mm Fine Scale" pages are updated weekly. Other sections are updated as and when.
The society was formed back in the frozen mists of time, well, the early 1960's, when some of the members were young and not old enough to know better. Now they are old enough, but still don't know any better and have become sad, train lovers - be it steam or otherwise. The rest of us are contented modellers. So, if either of these descriptions suits you ... then read on you've found a home!
At present we have two exhibition layouts being completed. The first, called "Belle Vue", is to P4 standards (4 mm models on a track gauge of 18.83 mm). This is a terminus station, but we have plans to make it through running. This will allow us to run significant freight trains and through express workings.
The second layout is in 7mm finescale. This is named "Hazelhurst" and when fully extended is 42 feet long.
 Weighbridge and Gates guarding entrance to Carriage Works.
When on exhibition, both layouts are run to a timetable sequence. However, both are in need of more workers to get them finished, or rather, to a better standard of "finished".
Membership of the club falls into two categories, country and full membership. The cost of full membership is fifty pounds per year payable during January of the new year. If you join later in the year then the subs reduce accordingly. Country membership is for those who wish to belong to the club, but cannot get to the club except every month or so. The cost is twenty-five pounds per annum.
We meet every Wednesday, after 8.00 pm and every Friday from 7.00 p.m. The clubrooms are heated and tea and coffee are always available. Biscuits and crisps are available, too. The clubrooms are situated in the Shaftesbury Community Centre in Evans Street, Newport. If you look at the "Sat" view of the map, our clubrooms are in the large whitish roofed building on the corner of Evans Street and Hoskins Street.
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Evans Street is the road which runs at right angles to the main Shaftesbury Street/Malpas Road at the Harlequin Roundabout. It is best to advise one of the contacts listed before arriving so we can meet you at the door.
The fact that we have two exhibiton standard layouts does not mean that we consider ourselves to be elitist, the fact that this website is a bit Heath Robinson-ish should tell you something. We will also have a large test track which will cover 7mm, P4 and OO, so if you have an engine that needs to stretch its legs for an hour or more, then, why not drop by...a list of contacts appears on the contact and other sites page.
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