Bringing NMRA to the masses
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 12:43 pm
Well,
not the masses, but about 200 hardy souls in North Shields!
I have had a number of conversations with Mike Hughes about promoting NMRA in the North East of England.
NMRA membership here totals about 10 and with such a large geographical area travelling times and distances preclude successful meets. (Average numbers at the bi-monthly Northumria sub division meetings has been 3.)
Through membership of the Blyth and Tyne Model Railway Club I have had some success in promoting USA modelling:
the club now hosts the Northumbria sub division meetings
the club has purchased the California Surfline layout from Mike Arnold
the club has purchased some stock to run on California Surfline
one layout has a USA theme - Apache Plains
Contikits provided a trade stand at our open day - with a significant amount of USA based stock in N and HO
Mike Hughes has provided art work for promotional literature
Ron Gager has provided an ample supply of leaflets
Culmination of this activity was an Open Day at the club yesterday. While not a specific themed event, we had three layouts running in Z, N and HO!
Attendance was in excess of 300, and while many of the guests walked past without a second glance, we gave out about 20 leaflets and about 10 people entered into conversation about the layouts and about modellling the USA scene.
Apache Plains was built by a club member and donated to the club by his son when he passed away last year.
The Saturday Evening Post layout was given to the club after a near neighbour of a member found it in attic. It is ?Z? gauge with all buildings and scenery moulded in in glassfibre type material and came complete with a working waterfall and watermill!
Photos here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90963457@N03/
Videos here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thcxPVPekcM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTDYJ5NyNho
Trevor
not the masses, but about 200 hardy souls in North Shields!
I have had a number of conversations with Mike Hughes about promoting NMRA in the North East of England.
NMRA membership here totals about 10 and with such a large geographical area travelling times and distances preclude successful meets. (Average numbers at the bi-monthly Northumria sub division meetings has been 3.)
Through membership of the Blyth and Tyne Model Railway Club I have had some success in promoting USA modelling:
the club now hosts the Northumbria sub division meetings
the club has purchased the California Surfline layout from Mike Arnold
the club has purchased some stock to run on California Surfline
one layout has a USA theme - Apache Plains
Contikits provided a trade stand at our open day - with a significant amount of USA based stock in N and HO
Mike Hughes has provided art work for promotional literature
Ron Gager has provided an ample supply of leaflets
Culmination of this activity was an Open Day at the club yesterday. While not a specific themed event, we had three layouts running in Z, N and HO!
Attendance was in excess of 300, and while many of the guests walked past without a second glance, we gave out about 20 leaflets and about 10 people entered into conversation about the layouts and about modellling the USA scene.
Apache Plains was built by a club member and donated to the club by his son when he passed away last year.
The Saturday Evening Post layout was given to the club after a near neighbour of a member found it in attic. It is ?Z? gauge with all buildings and scenery moulded in in glassfibre type material and came complete with a working waterfall and watermill!
Photos here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90963457@N03/
Videos here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thcxPVPekcM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTDYJ5NyNho
Trevor