Romsey and District Railway Modellers Society

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Welcome to the first issue of our new web site. Initially we will be introducing the Romsey & District RMS with some brief details of the club, its interests, location and the layouts that we own. For those whose geography does not cover Southern England, Romsey is a town with a population of about 13,000 and lies on the edge of the New Forest some 10 miles north-north-west of Southampton. Its claim to fame being a 9th century Abbey and Broadlands House the home of the late Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

Please see our about page for more details about the club. This web site will develop over time with more photographs of our current and planned layouts, together with details of club activities.

Interests:

The interests of our members are wide and varied. These range from Z gauge to live steam garden railways, British Rail, all the Big Four, plus continental. Most members have an interest in railway preservation in some form.

Exhibitions:

We hold an annual exhibition usually over the first weekend of March in the Crosfield Hall close to the Romsey Town centre. It may not be the largest in the South but we aim for quality, with model railways operated as a railway, and limited trade support. Every layout has been seen running under exhibition conditions before an invitation is extended, unless we know the builder and what he/they can produce.
Details of our 2011 Exhibition can be found here.

Recent or forthcoming events:-

2008 Date(s)	Layout(s)	Event	Location
1st and 2nd March	Calmoor, Woodley Castle, SKG-Bahn	R&DRMS	Crosfield Hall, Romsey
16th March	Pindleton, Zweibrueeken	Talyllin Railway Preservation Society	Ferneham Hall, Fareham
29th March	Wintonchester Waterworks, Weal Kate, Malpaso County Rail Road	Narrow Gauge South	Sparsholt
10th May	Woodley Castle	N/A	Fareham
June	Melcombe Abbas, Woodley Castle	N/A	Copythorne
12th July	Wintonchester Waterworks	Twyford Waterworks	Twyford
12th July	Various	R&DRMS Open Day - Romsey Festival	Romsey
6th and 7th September	Blandings Road	Modelex2008, Andover MRC	Andover
2009 Date(s)	Layout(s)	Event	Location
7th and 8th March	European Transport Hub, Woodley Castle	R&DRMS	Crosfield Hall, Romsey
2010 Date(s)	Layout(s)	Event	Location
6th and 7th February	Pindleton	Mid-Hants Freight Weekend http://www.watercressline.co.uk/mhralp/special10/freight.html	Old Goods Shed, Alresford
6th and 7th March	Woodley Castle	R&DRMS	Crosfield Hall, Romsey
21st March	Wintonchester Waterworks	Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society	Ferneham Hall, Fareham
16th and 17th October	Melcombe Abbas	Christchurch Model Railway Club http://www.christchurchmrc.org.uk/index.html	Mallard Rd, Bournemouth

 

Recent updates to this site

Date	Change(s)
July 2008	Updated this home page to include this table plus the forthcoming events table. Updated the Exhibition pages to include photos for 2008, referred to 2009 exhibition, more details to follow
December 2008	Updated the Exhibition and About pages. Club and Members layout pages.
May 2009	Updated the Exhibition pages to include the 2009 Exhibition photos.
July 2009	Updated the club and members layout pages
September 2009	Updated the members layout pages, added 2010 Exhibition details
October 2009	Updated the members layout pages, updated 2010 Exhibition details
January 2010	Updated exhibition pages
March 2010	Updated exhibition pages, this page - events
April 2010	Updated the Exhibition pages to include the 2010 Exhibition photos. Initial references to 2011 Exhibition inserted.
April 2010	Modified New Forest MRS link, updated events details