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Inside this issue you’ll find articles on the finer side of dining aboard I-o-M trains, show reports from Swindon and Poynton, diving under the baseboards of ‘Purgatory Junction’ and salvaging an ‘ugly duckling’.
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September Newsletter
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Newsletter – August 2018
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There’s lots for you to read including articles on the railways of the Isle of Man, fires in Colorado, Pat Honey’s been haunting the auctions again and cycle brakes. Did we say cycle brakes? What on earth have these got to do with railways??
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July 2018 Newsletter
Gosh, another month and we’re suddenly halfway through the year!
Never mind, you can always have a look through Julys splendid issue of our newsletter.
June 2018 Newsletter
We’re here again with another bumper issue! But this month marks a special birthday, our newsletter is now 5 years old. To celebrate and thank the editor, we have allowed Mike 5 minutes off from the job. Seriously though, thanks to Mike for hard work that he puts into the newsletter.
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MAY 2018 – NEWSLETTER
The ‘techno-dinosaur’ (the editor!) has put together another bumper issue with a host of new features including ”clicks” for extra information and video links as well as all your favourites.
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March 2018 Newsletter
As we are now less than a week from the exhibition as you might expect there is a quite a bit on that. But fear not, there is the usual spread of fantastic articles.
In this issue you will find:
- On the Exhibition;
- A final round up.
- Ken Ball – Celebrating 60+ Years of Model Making!
- Win a Layout For £1!
- Don’t Forget The Secondhand Stall
- Getting To And From The Show
- And the rest;
- Wolfe Lowe Goes To Pontefract
- How Times Move On. Old and the new looking at Saddleworth viaduct
- More Of That ‘BIG STUFF’ (G1)
- Wolfe Lowe Steals The Show – Again!
February 2018 Newsletter
Hi Folks
Your February Newsletter is now available to download. This month it not only contains lots more information about the show, the final instalment of RM 467’s history and details of our FREE show bus service, it also has Udo’s take on building cobbled streets, Vic’s cheap and easy way to monitor loco performance ‘on the go’ and much, much more. As ever, we hope you enjoy the read. Simply ‘click’ the button to download …….
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January’s Newsletter
Hi, I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. Our January newsletter is now available.
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Route Master 467; an ex London bus which will running a service between Macclesfield Railway Station and Tytherington School on the 10th and 11th of March during our 2018 Model Railway Exhibition. In this months issue you will find:
- RM 467 and our Exhibition this year
- The Route Master Story Pt1: A history of the Route Master, probably one of the longest serving busses in the world (RM 467 was in service from 1960 until 2004).
- RM 467’s CV; a closer look at the service history of “our bus”
Other articles include:
- Heads Up! It’s on Its Way; Some information on the Exhibition.
- Double Header at Uppermill; Ken shares one of his photos of Uppermill in Saddleworth.
- A Personal View of Modelling; Surfs up! Some special modelling.
- The Brockenbahn; Dominics’ adventures in Germany early last year.
- Penny Project: Buying Secondhand; Mikes guide to buying secondhand.
- Pounds or Dollars for a Bargain; Mikes interest in American narrow gauge has him investigating buying direct from the states.
Novembers Newsletter!
Hi.
Our November newsletter is now available to download:
In this months issue you will find:
- “The 0N30 Group Searched For The Pies” Purgatory Peak visits Wigan.
- “The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad”; Dominic’s grand tour of America visits another high altitude narrow gauge railway. Both terminus are over 7,800ft with the high point being 10,015ft!
- “Do Model Buildings Have to be Boring?”. I think the answer is no definitely not, as Alek comments, a gallery of some beautiful examples of railway and scenic modelling.
- “Paignton Model Shop Theft”. Recently Paignton Model Shop was broken into and a lot of stock was stolen. Mike makes some excellent comments and we at MaccMRG hope that Susan and Richard manage to recover the stock and wish them well through what must be a difficult time.
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