Page 11 - January February 2000

...out and about with the NMRA
Refreshments, snacks, licensed bar.
12+ layouts, incl. Ft. Myers (USA), English, Continental, and N scale W. African, using ex-US stock.
Traders: Model Motors, Transport Treasures, Keith’s Models, Tool Station, Sanda Toys, Three Counties Models and Plus Daughters.
Town centre car parking, Metropolitan Line underground, Che- sham Stn. nearby.
Southtrak Model Railroad Club Exhibition
Date: Venue:
Entry:
Saturday 11th March 2000, 10am till 5pm.
Hampden Park Community Centre, Broderick Road, Eastbourne
Adults £2, Child/OAP £1
British and American layouts from N to O, Specialist Trade Stands, Refreshments available in hall.
Buses 11, 11A, 12, 12A, 13, 13A pass the door;
Close to Hampden Park Station. Car parking nearby.
Contact Phil Cooper for details, on 01323-504108
Also contact Phil if you have a layout you would like to show at Southtrak-2001 next year.
Ntrak/N scale Weekend
The sixth annual N Scale Weekend is being held at the Barton Halls Holiday Village, Torquay, from 31st. March to the 2nd. April 2000. The all in price is £83 per person, Friday dinner to Sunday lunch inclusive.
Booking forms and further details from: Ray Hamilton, 17 Rowse Gardens, Calstock, Cornwall, PL18 9RB.
Tel. 01822 834247 email: hamiltonray@hotmail.com.
Crawley MRS Show
Dates: Venue:
Entry:
Saturday 29th April & Sunday 30th April 2000 Tanbridge House School, Guildford Road, Horsham,
West Sussex. (Fully accessible for disabled)
Adults £3.25, Concessions £1.60, Family 2+2 £8.50
Minimum of 18 layouts in standard and narrow gauges, in UK, USA, German, Italian prototypes. Full trade support, refreshments, free parking.
Contact No. 01403 258688 Email mursell@lineone.net
ANNUAL CONVENTION 2000
Dates: Friday 20th October - Sunday 22nd October
Venue: Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford
This year’s Annual Convention will be held at the Cedar Court
Hotel, Bradford, a modern 4 star hotel with exceptional
facilities. The hotel offers one of the largest exhibition halls
that we have ever had at a Convention and we intend to fill it
with layouts and trade stands.
For those wanting diversions from pure model railroading,
Bradford has many other attractions including the National
Museum of Photography, Film and Television. Within a few
miles is the attractive Yorkshire countryside.
Further information and booking forms will appear in future
editions of Roundhouse and can also be accessed on the
Region’s Web Site at:
http://home.freeuk.net/nmrabr/welcome.htm
Information will also be available at the Region Meets during the year or by contacting the Convention Registrar:
Gil Firth, 51 Garden Road, Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Herts SG3 6JZ. Tel No. 01438 812655
LSWR MODELS
10 Conyers Close Walton-on-Thames Surrey KT12 4NG
Tel: 01932 246123
Thank you for all the Christmas cards/calendars and caviar! Many new items still to come in the last year of the 20th Century - reserve now to avoid disappointment! FAIR prices always!
BRASS: Let me quote for all models, all scales - SUNSET/PSC/OVERLAND/KEY/HALLMARK/CHALLENGER/SHOREHAM SHOPS
HO SCALE: Coming from LIFE-LIKE: 2-8-8-2 (2#s): Undec/N&W/ATSF • ATLAS: GP40 (2#s): BN/CN/Chessie/CBQ/CR/DRGW/
L&N/SP(ex DRGW )/WP • BACHMANN in late 2000 ‘Russian’ 2-10-0: WM/ACL/ERIE/Frisco • 0-6-0 Saddle Tank • 80T 3 Truck Shay! • KATO SD40-2 Snoot nose (2#s): BNSF green & orange/BCR lt & dk green/CP multi mark/ATSF yellow warbonnet/UP large numbers • NOW IN STOCK - ATLAS AEM7/ALP44 (2#s): Amtrak/Amtrak N.D./MARC/SEPTA/NJT • RS3(2#s): B&M/ Cotton Belt/L&N/SPS/WM • ACF 23500 gal Tank (2#s) all owners • KATO SD40-2 most roads • ATHEARN SD70/75: BNSF/CN/Demo • MIKADO PRR/UP • STEWART C628 PRR • LIFE-LIKE E6A/B: ACL purple/SAL citrus/ATSF/UP £90.00 E6A: Milw/KCS/IC £59.95 Latest 50’ Boxcars:SP/SSP/P&LE/CBQ/NYC/GTW • 10000 gal Tanks 4#s + 2#s assembled: AMOCO/BELCHER/GATX/Magnolia/Sinclair/Tidewater • PS2CD Hoppers kits and assembled • GP7 Torpedo Tubes: CBQ/NYC/IC/Mopac/Rock Island/NP/Wabash/Undec £49.95 • GP30: ATSF/CR/PRR/C&O/SOO/SP etc • GP7/GP20 • Also CANADIAN locos and cars - phone • RIVAROSSI: Big Boy (inc. Digital)/Challenger/NKP Berkshire/SP Cab Forward(3#s) • INTERMOUNTAIN F7A/B shells chassis in APRIL • ACF 2-Bay: MKT/N&W/CNW • Composite Gondola: CNW/CBQ • KADEE boxcars • WALTHERS Thrall door boxcars/89’ Enc. autoracks & latest structures • Plus many more items from ATHEARN/BOWSER/ATLAS/ACCURAIL/RED CABOOSE/LIFE- LIKE/McHENRY/DPM/MDC etc• WALTHERS 2000 HO and N Catalogs
N SCALE: Coming from KATO SD40-2 snoot nose (2#s): BNSF grn & orange/BCR/CP multi mark/SANTA FE warbonnet/UP • ATLAS: SD35 (2#s): MRL/N&W/SP/Chessie B&O and C&O/Conrail/L&N/PRR/SP/WM • Now in stock KATO SD40-2 (2#s): BN/CNW/CSX/ EMD lease/Milw/ NS/UP and CN/UP without db • LIFE-LIKE SW9/1200(2#s): Undec/ATSF/B&M/C&O/FEC/GN/LV/NKP/UP • SD7/9; PA1/PB1; GP20 • ATLAS RSD4/5 (2#s): SP/ATSF £50.00 RS3 (2#s): RI/GN/B&M/SR £50.00 Kaolin tank cars (2#s): EEC/Dry Branch/DuPont/Thiele/Freeport • SD60: UP/BN SD60M:UP/CR • CONCOR Budd passenger cars: NYC/ATSF/CBQ/CP/SR/ACL/B&O • MICRO-TRAINS cars/couplers etc • Plus more items from: WALTHERS/DPM/MDC/BOWSER/RED CABOOSE/INTERMOUNTAIN etc •
BOOX: Over 150 titles in stock inc. most MORNING SUN and FOUR WAYS WEST • Latest titles include: Diesels of the UP #l (Withers), Cont. Diesel Spotters Guide (Withers), SP Coast Line Pictorial, Boston & Maine City & Shore, RRs of the Pinetree State #1, American Car Foundry, Rio Grande Secret Places #2, NYC Stations & Terminals, CSX Diesels in Color, KCS Color Pictorial, Maine Central in Color #2, Trackside around Scranton, CBQ in Color #3, SP Historic Overland Rte Pictorial, BNSF 1998/9 Motive Power Review, Magnetic North, DRGW Superpower RR of the Rockies, Historical Guide to N American RRs 2nd Ed • Also KALMBACH boox
Advice & information (and honest opinions of models) is always free - please phone. Send a 9 x 4 sae for latest list of models/boox.
Exhibitions: FEBRUARY: 5 NMRA Nailsea, 25/26 Southampton • MARCH: 4 Moulton, 11 Lancing, 19 Burton on Trent, 25/26 Wembley • APRIL: 29/30 Derby
PENGUIN has been importing models for over TWENTY years – you can rely on PENGUIN.Whatever you want see PENGUIN first!
Finally, from the bard of Billingsgate – “When in disgrace with Fortune and men’s eyes I do alone beweep my outcast skate...”
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