A surprisingly warm afternoon and evening drew many members to one of our most popular events of the year, the night run. We started early and were all busy by lunch time. Work was done on the site, organised by Glenis and Colin and assisted by Ian, Phil and Dave.
Mike and Eric set up the lighting for the evening. Every year the lights get better and better and this year the lighting was particularly impressive.
The chips were delicious as always and by the time they were cleared up it had started to get dark. Amazingly, for the end of October, the temperature didn't drop much and members didn't need all of the thermals they had packed. A terrific evening was had by all and some great photos taken.
Elliot and Glen took the photos.
(Wednesday 23rd October 2024)
Running commenced in the morning.
Eric prepares his train pulled by a Criccieth Castle.
Tom had a fun day (as always) and ran his brilliant track powered engines.
John H displayed his resplendent Roundhouse Harrogate.
An exceptionally impressive model running beautifully.
Mike ran his Jenny.
Tom moved on to live steam.
Pulling the club's goods wagons, Tom got working on cleaning the 45mm track.
Glen ran his cleverly weathered Bulldog.
Phil ran his Regner Vincent, recently rebuilt with new gauges and whistle (we won't mention the boiler).
Tom concentrates as he takes over all of the top track.
Track powered and live steam, Tom does it all, but be warned, don't spread muck on the 45mm after Tom has cleaned it.
Nice to see track and sidings busy.
Glen and Eric discuss the size of something but don't know what !
John H's new Funkey Diesel.
Dave's railcar.
Mike's train.
Tom's track powered loco.
Tom's steamer.
Glen's train.
Phil's Regner Vincent.
Phil's magnetic driver.
Lots of Locos and train sets appeared through the day and though there was plethora of diesels there was a good turn out of live steam.
John's green Funkey Diesel based on the W.H.R. Castell Caernarfon was particularly attractive. A metal kit built onto cleverly modified Roundhouse bogies, it was so lovely that we all forgot to take photos. Sorry John.
Boys love playing with water and if they have a decent length of hose then it is really heavenly.
When realigning the cabin.
Colin noticed water damage.
The overflow needed upgrading.
Andrew concentrating ?
There's always something that needs attention on our layout. Today it's the water butt. Popular for the soft water our locos need, it had been causing some damage to the base of the cabin.
Perhaps due to the amount of recent rain, we decided it needed an upgraded overflow. Colin and Phil get to grips with the solution.
More running in the afternoon. Here Elliot steams John's K1.
Andrew's gorgeous railcar.
Elliot poses his Mortimer.
Mike runs his smart Brandbright set.
John Rymer shows off his Merseysider.
John has recently decided to weather this normally shiny shunter.
Darkness falls. Illuminated trains run. Track becomes very atmospheric. Head torches are switched on. Thankfully it wasn't cold it was just the perfect night run.
Elliot finds the Need for Speed irresistible...
...for once, it's not him that's speeding...
... a great attempt to capture some speed in the camera and not on photoshop.
Using very little extra light, a good photo of Mike's Jenny.
Mike's "Michael".
Eric's Criccieth Castle towing its own light.
Phil's Vincent in the darkness.
Glen's excellent video of the day (4.23 mins)
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