Forest of Dean Model Railway Club
TypeModel Railway Club
HeadquartersDrybrook, Forest of Dean
Region served
United Kingdom
Membership
32 (as of March 2014)
Chairman
Paul Lansdell
Websitewww.fodmrc.co.uk

The Forest of Dean Model Railway Club is a model railway club based in, Drybrook, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.[1] It is a non-profit organisation, and builds, maintains and exhibits model railway layouts around the southwest. The club also organises an annual exhibition at the Dean Academy school in Lydney, every year, the next one being in late September 2014.[2] Starting in early 2014, the club introduced a guest speakers inititiative, with well-known modellers from around the country taking part in talks to both members and the public.[3]

Current layouts

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The club currentely owns two exhibital layouts:

Name Built Based on First exhibited Size Notes
Baynards[4] 2013 Baynards railway station 2013 20ft x 6ft OO gauge (1:76 scale)
SM32 Layout[5] N/A Fictional N/A 20ft x 10ft 32mm gauge (16mm to 1ft scale)

Future Layouts

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The club is currentely building/re-building three layouts for future exhibitions:

Name Based on First Exhibition Notes
Awre Junction[6] Awre for Blakeney railway station 2015 (planned) To fit a universal fiddle yard built for modular layouts
Martinsdale[7] Fictional Unknown Under re-furbishment
O gauge shunting layout[8] Fictional Late 2014 (planned) Newbuild

See also

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Dean Forest Railway - A heritage railway based in the Forest of Dean

References

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  1. ^ "About Us". Forest of Dean Model Railway Club. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Lydney Show 2014". Forest of Dean Model Railway Club. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Guest Speakers". Forest of Dean Model Railway club. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Baynards". Forest of Dean Model Railway club. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ^ "SM32 Group". Forest of Dean Model Railway club. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Awre Junction". Forest of Dean Model Railway club. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Martinsdale". Forest of Dean Model Railway club. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  8. ^ "O Gauge Group". Forest of Dean Model Railway club. Retrieved 27 May 2014.