Newport Model Railway Society

OK, not exactly heaving, but well attended. Of course, our big project Little Mill Junction was on display. Having received the last board from its builder, Chris Yates, earlier in the week this was the first time we had put up all of the main boards in one go. Its impressive/large/mad/ extensive/a lot of work, choose your own description. This is the south end where the sharply curved line to the brickworks diverges.

Here is the continuation onto the curved boards for the south end. We have four of these boards left to build for ourselves.

This is the fiddle yard which was also on show at the previous Open Day.

Here's the site of the junction with the main line to Hereford to the left and the Usk branch curving off to the right.

Cwmdu has evolved under the guidance of Mike Edmunds, aiming to represent a South Wales scene.

Compare to Cresselly Crossing in Mountain Ash.

Industrial steam held on very late in the Cynon Valley.

What could be more Valleys than a 56xx.

PC Claude Cox keeping an eye on proceedings.

Well, these guys are enjoying the day.

Have you seen that?

More conversation.

Bernie Baker's Allt-y-Graban Road . Bernie helped us enormously by agreeing to come at the last minute.

Allt-y-Graban Road drew a lot of well-deserved attention

And wasn't short of excellent stock

Another P4 in A4 challenge entry was Terminus by Dave Hagger and the late Tony Bennett. Mike Cwmdu is discussing presentation and viewing angles.

I really must put something over the blue at the front.

The club's Frecclesham was present of course. Its been well photographed so there's not much new to show ...

... except the very nice Lionheart pannier tank and autocoach built by Alastair Wagonman. sometime soon Frecclesham will be transferred from the Southern to the Western Region.

Ian Penberth came with his Penbits range of diesel bogies.

Rob Foot produced BrIAns Brewery (provisional title) for the P4 in A4 challenge. Yes, this does all (less stock) fit into an A4 boxfile.

Obviously the title is a twist on Cardiff's BrA1ns Brewery.

P4 in A4 challenge number 3 is Pont Llados from Steffan Lewis.

These shots concentrate on the scenic bit, but in all it is about 8ft long appearing from the boxfile.

The scene the prevoius evening as LMJ (left) Cwm Du (far, centre) and Frecclesham (right) had just been set up and Allt-y-Graban Road (foregound) was arriving.

The Welsh Railway Research Circle stand