No 15 drifts out of the tunnel with a train of empties and a tanker of ‘potable water’. She’s heading back to the high ground and the forest as she passes through Purgatory Peak. She’s got quite a climb in front of her.
No 15 is in Purgatory
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JULY 2019 NEWSLETTER
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As always, we’ve got loads of goodies in this issue ……. Udo continues his diesel shunter build project, Phil goes all ‘domestic’ and uses press studs (!) and Lego and Dominic’s been on his travels again (does he have shares in Lufthansa?). We’ve thrown in a few chuckles, too.
We hope you enjoy the read.
Please share amongst your family, friends, colleagues and anyone else you think may be interested.
FEBRUARY 2019 NEWSLETTER
Macclesfield Model Railway Group’s February Newsletter is here. Lots of information about the show coming up in March plus lots of other items of interest to all railway modellers.
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January Newsletter
Apologies to all non-subscribers to the Newsletter ….. it will be available on this web site, Facebook and a variety of other sites on Wednesday (2 Jan) evening ….. you have not been forgotten!
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HEADS UP
HEADS UP all Newsletter subscribers! Your New Year issue should be hitting your e-mail ‘in-boxes’ at 0800 hours, Sunday 30th December. If it isn’t in your ‘in-box’, check that it hasn’t been filed as ‘junk mail’ …… it does happen! We’d hate you to miss your copy.
DECEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER
The latest issue of the Newsletter is ready for you to download – simply ‘click’ the link below. Apart from the usual mix of articles there is also a fair smattering of festive cheer and something for our younger rail enthusiasts.
Hope you enjoy the read and, of course, have a really GREAT CHRISTMAS.
See you in the New Year.December 2018 Newsletter DOWNLOAD
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.
Simply “click” on the link below for your free download.
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!
Octobers Newsletter!
Hello again.
Octobers issue is now online here:
In this months issue, you will find:
- “Penny Project” – Paper Mache; Udo gives a tutorial on how to create this cheap alternative to “plaster and bandages” for landscaping your layout.
- Three Members Found Legless in Bakewell; Sutton Hilltop (our 00 layout), recently visited Bakewell for the Chesterfield MRG show. Alan and Tony give their account of the weekend and how they ended up literally legless!
- The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad; Dominic visits this wonderful museum. Incidentally at 6512ft is higher than anywhere in the UK. If you’re in the UK you’d like a closer to home fix for American narrow gauge, Purgatory Peak is at the Hazel Grove Exhibition on the 28th and 29th October.
- Some Facts From The Early Days of Railways; Mike supplies some trivia from the early days of railways.
- ‘Wolfe Lowe’ Goes to Telford; Mike was asked to help with the operation of Wolfe Lowe at Telford.
- Also in this issue there is;
- Useful Tip 1 – Making Your Own Paper Mache Stirrer.
- Useful Tip 2 – A ‘Power Stirrer’ for Those Pesky Little Paint Pots.
- A Guide to Model Railway Scales and Gauges.
I hope you enjoy this issue and remember if you like this please see our other issues here:
http://www.macclesfieldmrg.org.uk/newsletters/
June 2017 Newsletter
Late again I’m afraid…..
But cause for celebration, our newsletter is now four years old! Thanks to Mike for all the hard work. Please feel free to download it:
Past news letters can be found here.
In this month you will find:
- ‘Loxley’ – an ’N’ gauge layout in Germany.
- More Wintry Shots of Steam in Saddleworth.
- How do They do That? Building a Jetty (part 2).
- Snow and Rain; a few pictures from the internet.
- A challenge (or a plea); following on from the show. The editors final word is a challenge to see what we can do to help children move on with the hobby, beyond the loop of track on the carpet or dining table.