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Monthly Club News

September 2025 - Again this month we are working on threemain projects. The first is completing the upgrade of our Smallwood layout with its new station roof ready for the Great Electric Train Show.  The second project is the continued construction of the  for the new Saltley TMD layout were work is currently concentrated  on the construction of our model of Duddeston Mill Road Bridge.  The third project is the continued construction of the buildings for our new Norgrove layout. This month also marks the 20th anniversary since we staged the first Birmingham Model Railway Exhibition on 17th & 18th September 2005. We went onto stage five events before we abandoned the show as it was costing us more money than we were generating to stage the exhibitions.

August 2025 - Over the weekend of 16th & 17th August we took our Dagnell End layout to the  Soar Valley Model Railway Exhibition in Loughborough. The layout performed very well and for a first time the underground section of the layout performed faultlessly on both days. Like in July we continue to work on the three layout projects of improvements to  Smallwood and the construction of our new layouts Saltley TMD and Norgrove. We ended the month by taking the Auch Ae layout to the Avonvale Railway open weekend on the 23rd & 24th August.

July 2025 - This month we are working on 3 main projects. The first is a new scratch built station roof for our Smallwood layout. The original one was looking a little battered. The second project is the continued construction of the baseboards for the new Saltley TMD layout. We are getting close to being able to lay some track. The third project is continued construction of the buildings for our new Norgrove layout.

June 2025 - Sunday 1st June 2025 marked the 58th anniversary of the formation of the Redditch Model Railway Club. On the evening of Thursday 1st June 1967 a meeting was held at the White Hart Public House in Headless Cross in Redditch which resulted in the Redditch Model Railway Club being formed. In terms of the Saltley layout we have completed all 6 boards and the legs to support them. Work is now centred on the fitting of the baseboard joiners. Work is also continuing on the buildings for Norgrove.

May 2025 - We started this month with The exhibition of our Arrowmouth layout at the Severn Valley Railway model railway event over the weekend of the 3rd & 4th May 2024. The layout was well received by the visitors. We are continuing with the construction of the baseboards for the Saltley layout and buildings for the Norgrove layout. We have also made some minor repairs to Arrowmouth followings its visit to the Severn Valley Railway.

April 2025 - We started the month by continuing to make buildings for the Norgrove layout as well as making the extra baseboards we need for the Saltley TMD layout. We ended the month by taking the Temple Bridge layout to the second Key Model World Event at the NEC over the weekend of the 26th and 27th April. The layout was well received by the visitors.

March 2025 - We started the month by staging the 52nd Redditch Model Railway Exhibition over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd March. Our decision to move the show date from September to March last year was further vindicated with another successful show. Work has continued in making buildings for our Norgrove layout together with further planning for the Saltley TMD layout

February 2025: Work has started on the Saltley TMD layout. We have decided to add some extra baseboards as part of the adaption of making it a viable exhibition layout. We are planning to model more of the surrounding buildings at the depot to add to the interest for the spectator at an exhibition. Work on this layout will step up after our March exhibition. We are spending time preparing for the show including sorting out the stock we have for our club second hand stall for the show. 

January 2025: We started the new year with the arrival of our new exhibition layout Saltley TMD. This part finished layout will now be finished by club members in the coming months. Work also continues on making building for our Norgrove layout.