Our site wins yet another award
I am proud to announce that our club website has been awarded the Pewter web award as voted for by the visitors of the 1award program website.
This award has now been proudly added to our home page along with our other awards.
If you would like to vote for our site please click here.
POSTED 02/10/09
Hungate Bridge featured in eLayouts Directory
This directory is used by many Exhibition managers throughout the country so should hopefully generate more interest for our layout and the newly completed scenic section.
Please vist the site to look at our listing and indeed the many other interesting layout listings including some other local based layouts.
POSTED 01/10/09
5000 Visitors to our website
This is fantastic news for our website and our club. Thank you to everyone that has visited and will visit in the future, we hope to keep it interesting enough for you to return again and again.
Thank You.
POSTED 17/09/09
Boston Exhibition Cancelled
We would like to tank all the members who volunteered to assist at the event and apologise for any dissapoint caused.
Please speak to Brian if you would like to find out more details regarding this cancellation.
POSTED 11/09/09
New Venue Announced
We will meet every 1st, 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, plus August Bank holiday Monday. We have this venue booked and confirmed until the end of June 2010. It is hoped that within the next couple of weeks they will also be able to accomodate storage of our layout too.
So we look forward to welcoming everone back to 'The Club' on Monday 24th August 2009.
Look forward to seeing you all then.
POSTED 21/08/09
WMRC now on facebook
The Wisbech Model Railway club has now joined this growing network in a bid to further promote our club, news and events.
If you are on facebook then please join our group - Wisbech Model Railway Club.
POSTED 28/07/09
Model Railway TV Channel is now running
At www.modelrailway.tv you can watch great programmes on layouts that span simple to stunning. Get advice and tips from a team of experts and join in on visits to clubs and exhibitions.
New programmes are being added every week. Watch when you want, and as many times as you want for only £2 a month.
The channel is produced by ashdown tv who have over 30 years experience in the hobby market.
POSTED 11/07/09
Miniatur Wunderland
This is the worlds biggest model railway exhibition in Hamburg, Germany.
Make sure you click and view the video below, it has got to be seen to be believed, and its still growing as they are adding new sections all the time.
Check out the Miniatur Wunderland website for further information, it well worth the visit.
www.miniaturwunderland.com
Hornby Goes HD on You Tube
Launching this week is the brand new Hornby You Tube Channel, featuring High Definition videos of new products, tutorials, and roadshow events.
Currently featured is an excisting running demo of the New Class 395 Javelin Loco, a HD look at the standard 4, and footage of the recent Hornby Roadshow at Alexandra Palace.
POSTED 03/04/09
The WMRC Web Awards Program Launched
With the quality and quantity of train related websites on the increase we have decided to launch our very own web award program.
You can now vote for your favourite train related website, and if they are up to the required standard they will be awarded, and can display our badge on their home page.
This will not only promote our club and website, but will help continue to bring all railway enthusiast together.
Check out the program page for further details by clicking here.
POSTED 05/03/09
Great New Book Available Now
While at club on Monday night, Ron showed me a lovely little new book that has just been released called Peter's Railway by Christopher Vine (ISBN 978-0-9553359-1-4)
"At last here is a book for train loving kids who have grown out of the more junior railway books. They will love it."
Endorsement on the back cover by Dr Pete Waterman, OBE
While there are lots of railway books for very young readers, there is very little to follow on and maintain their interest as they grow older and more enquiring. The book came about because the author realised that there was nothing to keep youngsters interested in railways once they had grown out of the very young books.
The major part of this book is a story about a railway but there is also some simple technical, or how-it-works, information. The intention is for the story to interest the reader first, with the information there to feed the interest and answer some questions. It is not at all necessary to look at the technical pages to understand the story and these pages are all in a boundary box to make it clear that they are something different. They are spread through the book, at the end of the chapters where they are most relevant.
Peter’s Railway is a story about a young boy who lives with his family in a cottage at the edge of his Grandpa’s farm. It is quite a long way by road between their two houses and Grandpa does not own a car. So to make visiting each other easier, they build a miniature steam railway across the farm.
They have some adventures along the way and use all sorts of machines and tools to help them in their great building project. When they are having a rest, Grandpa tells Peter some stories from the old times on the railways.
The story ends with the grand opening ceremony with the first steam train running the full length of the scenic railway, through the fields, woods and past the river. The story is illustrated with some 30 watercolour pictures.
I would highly recommend that you buy this charming little book NOW! Click on the book cover to visit the publishers website.
POSTED 07/01/09
Hornby Magazine
I have managed to secure a special deal from Ian Allen Publishing, the creators of the excellent 'Hornby Magaine'.
They can offer all our members 20% off the current subscription price and will also make a donation to the club funds for any subscription taken out.
If you would like to take up this offer then please let me know so I can make the neccessary arrangements.
To qualify for this offer we have to take a minimum of three subsriptions.
Posted 18/12/08
Another Award under Our Belt!
We have been lucky enough to win another award for our club website. We have been voted for by visitors to the 1award website, and have received a Copper award for receiving over 100 votes.
We now proudly display this award along with the others on our homepage.
Posted 20/11/08
Youngest Member Join's Our Club
On Sunday 26th October 2008, 'The Club' played host to the youngest member Ben aged 10, because with 'The Club' meeting on a Monday night, he can't attend due to the distance he lives from there and having to get up for school the next morning. Due to his vast interest in railways, a couple of the members offered to hold a 'Special Opening' for him, plus his Mum, Dad and Sister, and so he could also have a go at Train Driving. As you can see from the photo's, Ben was well chuffed at being allowed to drive after just a few minutes tuition, doing extremely well at it as well.
To Ben and Family, we all thoroughly enjoyed the day and above all, your company. Thank You.
Posted 05/11/08
Brian & The Bramley Line
Brian has done a new article on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire giving an Update on The Bramley Line.
Its well worth a read, click here to read the article.
Posted 04/11/08
Katie Arrives at The DLR
Another locomotive has been added to Mark's fleet ready for use on The Dovecote Light Railway.
To celebrate we have made a picture of her into a jigsaw puzzle.
Enjoy and see what your best time is?
Check out our new fun page - more items to be added soon.
And Another Award...
We have been lucky enough to win another Model Railway Club web award, this time it is from allabourdntrains.com.
It just goes to show that we must be doing something right.
WMRC Clothing Range
It's taken a long time but its finally here, the brand new range of WMRC clothing.
Polo shirts, sweatshirts, Fleece Jackets and Caps.
Click here to download an order form.
Samples of the clothing will be available on Monday 29th September 2008 at the clubroom.
Special Prices for the first order placed in September.
Our Website Wins an Award
I am proud to announce that our club website has been presented the Green Light Award Merit in recognition of the producing a quality model railway site.
The report that came along with the award also highlighted some points and errors that I am now in the process of correcting and improving so that we may hit gold next time.
http://www.tandem-associates.com/glaward/gl_winners_2008_merit.htm
Hungate Bridge Track Replacement
Work has begun on alterations to the track layout on 'Hungate Bridge' the clubs first 'OO' layout.
The plan is to replace the three way point with three seperate points and make a few other alterations around the engine shed to allow better operation.
Watch this space for further information as work progresses.
Magazine Article
Be sure to check out the August/September 2008 issue of Downham Life Magazine, as our club gets a full page article.
Thanks to Brian for the article content and picture.
The magazine can be picked up free in local newsagents and shops, if any problems obtaining a copy speak to Brian.
I hope to get the article scanned and published on the website soon.
New Website Content
Another new section has now been added to our club site. Daniel Cousin in bringing us a number of new articles on detailing. Starting with 2 articles on detailing a Hornby Shark Wagon and Caledonian Pug Locomotive.
Click Here to start reading.
Maybe some other members would like to start submitting articles too? Please support our website and keep it interesting, contact me with anything that you would like published.
More Pages from Mark for the DLR
Be sure to check out the latest news update on The Dovecote Light Railway.
Two new pages have been added, a News Update, and A Review of the new range of coaches from IP Engineering.
A fantastic read, don't miss it!
New Membership Cards On The Way
You will all be pleased to know that the newly designed membership cards are now at the printers and should be with us in the next couple of weeks.
I will distribute them to all members as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
Prams & Toys Wisbech Discount for Members.
We have received a letter from the above store in response to a letter I sent them about advertising on our website. They have kindly agreed to offer all our members 10% discount in store and at City Cycle Centre in Ely.
Members must show their membership card or some proof of membership to obtain any discount. Discounts will not be given on train sets or items already reduced.
Many thanks to Philip Cox, Manager for this kind offer.
www.citycyclecentre.com
Hornby Magazine Launches Website
This brand new website can be found at www.hornbymagazine.com and launches on 11th July 2008. The website contains details of how to subscribe, purchase back issues and general information about the magazine.
The site is to be updated regulary with new content - including previews of stories and events listings as well as feature extracts.
Check it out, its well worth a look! Also, if you don't already buy the magazine make sure you do, its a really well produced magazine and I highly recommend it.
Happy Birthday Mark!
Monday Night (30/06/08) saw us getting together beside The Dovecote Light Railway for the Club to present Mark with His Birthday Present.
A totem for his new layout. As you can see in the picture he was very pleased with his gift and described it as "the cherry on the top". Happy Birthday Mark!
Website Down!
At about 11pm on Mon June 30th, one of the hard-drives on one of the storage systems for the website broke down. Approximately 15 minutes later, another drive failed, causing one of the storage systems to go completely offline.
As a result, our site has been offline for near on 2 days. I apologise for this situation. I have been working closely with Weebly to correct these problems and I am now pleased to say that our site is working again and we have lost no data.
There may be short times of limited access of the next 24 hours while a few bugs are corrected. Thank you for your patience.
The Dovecote Light Railway Project
Mark has now laid the last piece of track and written the last instalment of The Dovecote Light Railway Project. Be sure to read it. I must Thank Mark for producing this wonderful series for our website. It has been fantastic to read and a joy to publish on the site. Thank You
Website Success!
Our website is going from strength to strength at the moment. In the few months that we have been online was have had over 550 hits from all over the UK! Mark's fantastic weekly report on the Dovecote Light Railway in 'G' Gauge has received the most viewings, and not just locally. Thank's to everyone that has had an input to this website, and I look forward to receiving more material soon!