And with that, our 2025 main season has come to an end, unfortunately we were not blessed with good weather on our last day and had to close early but we would like to thank those who came and braved the weather regardless!
Some of you may have seen we had a stand at this year’s Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition, a somewhat overhauled stand from previous years with a few new additions and a different location. See the photo.
Now begins our Winter Maintenance period, this is when we do the more major work on the railways that we cannot do during the season. This year we have the major project of relaying the raised level track as the rails that were laid in the late 80s have now become life expired. This is the most major project the society has undertaken since the ground level extension was finished in 2019.
As always the railways could not open to the public each year without our members giving up a lot of their time for free to run and maintain them, from those who bring and run their locos, to those who stand and clip tickets all afternoon.