Welcome!

Welcome to the News page for the Hull Miniature Railway Society N Gauge Group.

Our main aim with this blog is to chart the progress of construction of our New layout "Lockwood Street" and keep readers up to date with where you can see our other layouts exhibited plus other interesting events in the club.

Currently we have four active layouts available for exhibition. Full details can be found from the individual pages on this blog:

Hoglington: - A Seaside terminus set in the 1950s/60s

Red Wharf Bay - North Wales in the 1920s

Martini Junction - "Any time, any place, anywhere"

Willersley - The next step on from the 'trackmat'

Wiggling Wires

The last month has almost entirely been focussed on wiring the layout sufficient for something to run on at least part of at at the Hull MRS Summer show on 4th June...

Not the most exciting of photos but here you are!

Winter Progress

It may be a while since we have updated the Blog, but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy...
In the last couple of months work has progressed on several fronts.

Track laying:
Phase one of the track work is substantially complete. This consists of the complex station throat and the platform and storage roads in the station. As previously mentioned we are using the FineTrax code 40 N gauge track. The pointwork is being assembled in situ allowing the  flowing curves to be created. The points can be curved slightly where required by cutting part way through the webbing between the sleepers

The approach to the Station. The middle two roads are the mainlines. You can just see the start of the climb on to the embankment.

Building begins

The first signs of serious modelling on the layout are the first buildings.

All these are scrach-built, mostly using plasticard over a card inner structure. All are closely based on actual buildings,  

This is the Railway Goods Offices. The most substantial of the railway buildings. The wall to the right is now the only remaining trace of the station still standing. 

On Show: Lockwood St at Hull Model Railway Show 2015

Lockwood Street was introduced to the unsuspecting pubic at the Hull Model Railway Show last weekend.

As well as the baseboards we displayed the first few buildings to be completed by Ray, samples of the Finetrax track we are using alongside pieces of Peco code 55 and code 80 to demonstrate the difference in appearance, and a slideshow of some of the prototype photos we are using for reference.

While very much early days, as a local subject the layout attracted a lot of interest and importantly several people offered information about the original Cannon Street and the environs which is much appreciated.

If you visited the show then thank you!

Hopefully the Completed Layout will debut at Hull Model Railway show  in either 2017 or 2018.

Another Award for Hoglington!

At the Huddersfield Railway Modellers' exhibition in Holmfirth on 24/25 October, the Hoglington team were proud to receive the award for the "Best Layout in Show" voted by the visiting public.

Thanks to all who may have voted for us, and the Huddersfield Railway Modellers for their hospitality over the weekend.

Owner Ray Hogben receiving the Trophy.

Board Meeting

The boards have been completed in short order

Hull Model Railway Show 7th & 8th November 2015

We are please to announce that we have been asked to put on a display of our plans for Lockwood Street at the forthcoming Hull Model Railway Show on 7th & 8th November 2015.

We hope to have the more or less complete baseboards, and maybe the first few buildings and trackwork components.

If you want to see how we are progressing or if you have any memories of the railways of Hull, please come along and see us, we will be pleased to talk to you!

Highlights among the other 16 layouts on show will be 'The World End' - Peter Goss's new layout, 'Boot' from Peter Kaser showing the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in original 3ft gauge form, 'Eaton Gommery' - Pre Grouping railways from Wigan Railway Modellers and Lego Trains for the younger visitors!