Event Name: NORTHANTS & RUTLAND COARSE O GAUGE RUNNING MEET
Classification: Other event
Address: HARRINGWORTH VILLAGE HALL, GRETTON RD, HARRINGWORTH, NORTHANTS NN17 3AD
Day 1: 27 FEBRUARY 2017
Opening times Day 1: 4.00PM
Prices: ADULTS £3 CHILDREN FREE
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Organising body: NORTHANTS & RUTLAND O GAUGE GROUP
Organiser: RICHARD HOLDER 07970 965546
rj.holder@tiscali.co.uk
Coarse O gauge 3-rail group, no membership needed. Bring your own locos and stock to run, vintage or modern, clockwork or electric or just come to watch and chat with fellow enthusiasts. Hornby & Bassett-Lowke very welcome. Please bring your O gauge buildings and relevant models. Home-made snacks, cakes, tea and coffee available. Fantastic location next to the mighty Harringworth viaduct.Car parking.Bi-monthly.NB this is not an exhibition as such, the accent is on running.2 trade stands and a bring and buy table.
An opportunity for running coarse O gauge electric and clockwork trains on 3-rail track.Vintage as well as modern trains can be run so Hornby tinplate and even Bassett-Lowke may run.Revival tinplate such as Ace, Darstaed and Seven Mill also very welcome, we can also accommodate MTH. Mostly models of steam trains but Diesel/electric welcome too. Informal group so as long as it's O gauge and has wheels it will be welcome.We hope to make it possible to run 2-rail at our February 27.
Fourtracks planned: (1) 27" (Atlas) & 36" radius (Merkur tinplate) and 50" radius (Atlas) (2) 27” Radius (Atlas)
Even if you have no trains to bring, why not just come to enjoy these amazing trains running in a beautiful English village virtually underneath the eighty-two arch, 1.2 km Harringworth viaduct? A stunning location. A six-coach O gauge train measures about ten feet in length so they are amazing to watch. Close to the beautiful Rutland towns of Uppingham and Oakham. Home-made snacks and beverages.
Please bring any O gauge buildings, water towers, bridges, signals & ancillaries or any other models which you would like to show
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION; THE ACCENT IS ON THE TRAINS SO SCENERY ETC IS MINIMAL.
PARKING FOR ABOUT 20 CARS IN THE VENUE's OWN CAR PARK.
Single Day Event On: 27 Feb 2017