News and events from 2023.
We are delighted to announce that Perth Model Railway Group (PMRC), part of the Scottish Model Engineering Trust (SMET), won the Glenrothes Model Railway Club’s (GMRC) Silver Link Trophy at the recent Glenrothes model railway show. The Silver Link Trophy is awarded after a public vote over the two days of the exhibition and was awarded to our Whyte Hills Pass layout.
Designed and created by Bill Garden, Whyte Hills Pass is a North American themed N scale layout. While it was never intended …
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Recently there was a request for articles to interest both the non-members and the membership. It strikes me that such articles might also stimulate the enthusiasm of the relative beginners to our hobby. As usual this is not a new concept and I remember LBSC targeting articles for the “tyros” as he called beginners in the 1960s. Many clubs have formal talks together with displays of work in progress which seem to be very successful. At least in part this can now, of course, be shared digitally. …
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Not long until our next open day! Sunday 28th May, 2023 will see our Wester Pickston site open at 11am for the general public to join us on member’s steam and electric locomotives (7¼″ and 5″ gauge) for rides around our 2km of track. The open day will run through to 4pm and if the weather is good, bring a picnic lunch to have next to our Wester Pickston station and enjoy watching trains go by!
The model railway shed (63A) will also be open, show casing O, OO and N gauge layouts, where you will …
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Easter Sunday, 9th April, saw our first open day of 2023, and what a treat! While it wasn’t a particularly sunny day in the end, the weather held and it was warm enough for picnicking next to Wester Pickston Station as the trains went by!
Five steam engines and two diesel electrics were in operation on the main line with hundreds of passengers taken around the sights of Wester Pickston. In 63A we were treated to a preview of the O gauge San Andreas Beach before its outing at the PMRG show …
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We are delighted to host our first open day of 2023 on Sunday 9th April. Our Wester Pickston site will open at 11am through to 4pm for the general public, with rides being offered on member’s steam and electric locomotives (7¼″ and 5″ gauge engines will be running on our 1.5km of track). The Miniature Road Vehicle members will be offering rides on steam powered engines around the site. The model railway shed (63A) will be open show casing O, OO and N gauge layouts. The 32mm gauge garden railway …
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