RS Tower freemo modular system

We will be at the London Festival of Model Railways on 22nd & 23rd March 2014

This will include the main RS Tower layout and modular branch line

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upcoming events in the next few months that we will attending:-

27th & 28th April – NMRA  Western Rail Spring meet – Details Here

15th June – TVNAM Armitage, Staffs – Details Here

21st Sept – Seaboard Southern, Horsham, West Sussex – Details Here

Housekeeping

A couple new modules are in the planning stage Kimberly & Port Manitou.

Also Oakdale has moved on to pastures new, its still on the circuit as its now part of the Bearwood NMRA group

that’s all for now

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Hi All, bit of a while since we did the last update, but we have another 3 events to do this year…

* Next month Seaboard Southern’s show will feature their new modules, and Alpha and Dale from our group will also be travelling over for this reprising their switching layout role from TVNAM 2011.
* In October our group will be at the National Festival of Railway Modelling in Peterborough with RS Tower and 5 modules.
* Lastly, in November we’re having another of our modular meets – details below – if you want to join in let us know via the freemo forum – http://ukfreemo.forumup.co.uk/

Modular Meet details:

Date – 10th Nov 2012
Proposed times:
Access for setup 8am
Intended running from 10am
Knock down from 4.30pm
Building clear 6pm

Location:
Broadclyst Victory Hall on the outskirts of Exeter – NEW VENUE

Transport:
Large free car park at venue
Just off the B3181 between Exeter and Cullompton
Stagecoach bus 1/1A/1B to/from Exeter city centre (bus station) to Broadclyst (circa 15min journey)
From the North bus route 1 also connects to Tiverton Parkway railway station (circa 1 hour journey)

Amenities:
We will arrange free Tea/Coffee at venue
Post Office/Shop next door
Red Lion inn just across the village green advertises Accommodation, Restaurant and bar

Cost – £10 MAX – We need to cover our costs but the objective is not to make a big profit – the more people we can confirm as attending in advance the lower we can make this cost for you all (for example 30 confirmed people would drop the cost to £5 each) – if you can confirm your attendance to me please do so.

Call for Modules: All compatible modules welcome, the more the merrier – please book your module in with me by 1st Oct so that we can build your module into the plan.

Layout will feature.
45″ Running Height
RS Tower Spec electrics (talk to us if you have any queries)
Lenz DCC (bring your handsets if you have them)
Wireless handset capability

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Just a quick post to let you all know that with several groups now working in similar modular ways we’ve set up a forum for exchange of information and to share what we’re all doing – if you’re interested go to http://ukfreemo.forumup.co.uk/index.php and register, we look forward to seeing you there!

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Just a few days now until our next outing at the Exeter show this weekend – see http://www.exemrs.co.uk/Exhibition.html for show details.

This will be another large showing with RS Tower keeping a busy train service running and circa 150′ modules added giving branchlines for operations.

A change from last year is a move from car cards and waybills to switchlists (created from JMRI ops) to drive the operations.

Looking forward to seeing you there!  

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It’s just over a week now until our modular meet in Exeter on the 3rd March, hope to see many of you there. If you want to come but have no details please contact us and we’ll pass them on.

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we have another date confirm in the dairy now. Its the N Gauge Madness show near Derby on weekend of 27/28th April 2012. Details can be found here? we will be offering Dale Yard,  Gillsburgh MPD & Gillsburgh Brewery.

Also we have been working on some new modules, Clinch River, Rifle River, Gillsburgh Brewery & Rawlings.

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So it’s that time of year when we start planning what’s happenning next year, and whilst we’re still awful at updating these sites there has been lots going on.

More modules are under construction, both from within our group and by other folk, the crew from the Western Union NMRA group are also working on some modules, hopefully to debut at Exeter next year.

So what does the year have in store?

March 3rd sees our first ever modular meet, which will take place in Exeter – this will have a practical role in testing any new modules for the Exeter show in June, but will also be a good venue if anyone wants to come and chat about the concepts and work involved. If you’re working on a module we may also be able to include you – let us know!

June sees two shows in close succession involving the modules, on the 16th we are trekking up to the Midlands for TVNAM, (Trent Valley North American Modellers) with several modules.

The following weekend (23rd and 24th) we’re back at Exeter – with the 2011 show having been a success this year we plan to build on that, we should have even more modules involved, and we’re looking at having a couple of branches connecting back to RS Tower. The unique mix of frequent long trains past RS Tower and an ‘operations focussed’ network of lines operating specifically to move goods to the industries there is a rare combination in a UK model railway exhibition, you won’t see this kind of thing happenning too often due to logistics and personnel issues, so if you’re interested definately one for the diary!

And lastly for the moment (although there are other possibles) we will be travelling to Peterborough on the 20th/21st October with modules forming a branchline on RS Tower.

Look forward to seeing you in the new year!

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We’ve just returned from the Exeter Model Railway Show.

Eastbound:- Cab ride from Oakdale to the cement plant at RS East at the 2011 Exeter show, filmed on the our layout and modules. Modules in order are Oakdale, Gillsburgh (loco terminal), Dale Yard, Oak Creek (bridge), Emmery Crossing, Emmery, Depot curve, RSX (flat crossing), Alpha (start double track), Crosskeys (swing bridge), Bridge curve, Sterling Yard, farm and crossing curves, followed by the RS Tower layout, finishing up at the cement works. Power is a Genesis F45. The layout won the layout operators choice awards, so thanks to all our crew of helpers for making such a great show possible!

Westbound:- Cab ride from staging to the end of the line at Oakdale, shot on our modular model railroad setup at the Exeter show 2011. Starting in Staging we pass through the RS Tower layout, the interlocking there and the commercial bakery called Big Donut, we then swing left onto the modules – in order Crossing curve, farm curve, Sterling yard, bridge curve (start double track), Crosskeys swing bridge, Alpha (end double track), RSX (flat crossing), depot curve, Emmery and Emmery Crossing, Oak Creek (bridge), Dale Yard, Gillsburgh (engine terminal) and Oakdale.

More action can be found here

Also myself & Martyn will be at the Trent Valley North American show on June 11th 2011.

we will be taking Alpha, S.Kedzie Ave & half of Dale Yard, Era –  post 2000

Details can be found here

Hope to see you all there?

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