Happenings in 2020
(February 2020 to January 2021)
November 2020 - January 2021
November 25th: SRW Club Night/ Old Railway Photos Night. Another interesting club night where members brought along old Railway related photos to share with the group. A lot of these photos included NZR publicity photos. Amongst these we also found some Traction Engines, Steam Roller, Tram and Wanganui River Boat photos. These brought back a lot of memories to some of the older members and some excitement re some of the rare not seen very often river boat photos. Thank you to all members that brought along photos.
December 12th: SRW & WMR&ES Combined Christmas BBQ. Members, families, and friends from both groups combined once again to enjoy each other’s company on this night for our annual Christmas BBQ. This was once again held at the WMR&ES club rooms. This was held after the WMR&ES closed their doors to the public on the first night of their annual Christmas show.
January 23rd,24th & 25th: Wanganui Vintage Weekend 2021. SteamRail Wanganui was once again involved with this great weekend. We had our doors open to the Public on all three days. Due to there being no trains coming in over this weekend this year we also offered Motor trolley/Jigger rides on both the Sunday and Monday instead of our usual one day only. Sunday was our busiest day of the three of them and the public seemed to really enjoy themselves. We had our locos out on display again as well. A big thank you to all members who helped over this busy weekend. We would also like to welcome new member Trevor Ferguson, who joined up after visiting us over this weekend. Photos taken by Blair Jordan (including cover photo), Paul Brooks (Wanganui Midweek) and Kylie Jordan or Keegan Jordan-Johnson.
December 12th: SRW & WMR&ES Combined Christmas BBQ. Members, families, and friends from both groups combined once again to enjoy each other’s company on this night for our annual Christmas BBQ. This was once again held at the WMR&ES club rooms. This was held after the WMR&ES closed their doors to the public on the first night of their annual Christmas show.
January 23rd,24th & 25th: Wanganui Vintage Weekend 2021. SteamRail Wanganui was once again involved with this great weekend. We had our doors open to the Public on all three days. Due to there being no trains coming in over this weekend this year we also offered Motor trolley/Jigger rides on both the Sunday and Monday instead of our usual one day only. Sunday was our busiest day of the three of them and the public seemed to really enjoy themselves. We had our locos out on display again as well. A big thank you to all members who helped over this busy weekend. We would also like to welcome new member Trevor Ferguson, who joined up after visiting us over this weekend. Photos taken by Blair Jordan (including cover photo), Paul Brooks (Wanganui Midweek) and Kylie Jordan or Keegan Jordan-Johnson.
In Print: Both clubs have been featured in the Wanganui papers over the last month. First was the WMR&ES who was featured as part of a promotion for clubs in the Wanganui area on the 8th of January. They reused the same photos that they took when we ran our last show at the Carlton School hall last October. SRW then featured on the 27th of January, for our part in the Wanganui Vintage Weekend, Paul Brooks (Midweek) did the write up and took the photos.
SRW Construction/Maintenance days. The Imlay Price loco No 212 is now looking nice and looked great out in the sun over vintage weekend. The head lights have now been put back in and all the body work has now been painted. It also looks great in the cab with all the wires and air lines done in polished copper tubes. Price loco No 149 is now a runner again, we have now attached the new battery knife switch and run new leads. The motor when running now sounds the best it has in ages since we have added the new spark plugs and leads etc. Other maintenance jobs have also carried on, e.g., work on the trolley’s and Guards Van.
Donations
SRW would like to thank Grant Allen (Sparky), for his donation of 2 steel frames, ideal for putting a builders plank on for painting etc, these have already been used to help fence off an area during our recent open day.
SRW Construction/Maintenance days. The Imlay Price loco No 212 is now looking nice and looked great out in the sun over vintage weekend. The head lights have now been put back in and all the body work has now been painted. It also looks great in the cab with all the wires and air lines done in polished copper tubes. Price loco No 149 is now a runner again, we have now attached the new battery knife switch and run new leads. The motor when running now sounds the best it has in ages since we have added the new spark plugs and leads etc. Other maintenance jobs have also carried on, e.g., work on the trolley’s and Guards Van.
Donations
SRW would like to thank Grant Allen (Sparky), for his donation of 2 steel frames, ideal for putting a builders plank on for painting etc, these have already been used to help fence off an area during our recent open day.
August - October 2020
August 26th: SRW Club Night/ Wanganui Rail Related Photos Night. An interesting club night where members brought along old Wanganui Railway related photos to share with the group. We finished off the evening watching a USB Blair had put together with a lot of old Wanganui photos he had either taken himself or collected over the years from Facebook etc. Its was amazing how much of the town had changed over the years. We only got about halfway through the USB, so we will use this again for another club night at some stage.
September 23rd: SRW Club Night/ Other hobbies Night. Five members attended this club night. Coilin showed his collectors cards albums (e.g. Weetabix Cards) for the 1960’s and 1970’s. Greg showed some of his old books from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. John showed his model loco he is building along with some photos of the Gyrocopter he used to own. There was even a photo showing him flying it. An enjoyable evening and thanks for the cake Leonie. More members attending these club nights would be great.
October 19th & 20th: SteamRail Wanganui was hired to do the night security of the Glenbrook Vintage Railways Train when it visited town for two nights. We had the meanest guard dog ever to help keep us and the train safe. (Thanks Skyla). DBR 1254 has been lovingly restored by the GVR to mainline running condition. It was here in town for 2 nights as part of their North Island tour. A big thank you to all SRW members who helped over these nights. Tim Kerwin (General Manager or the GVR) and the team at GVR send out their thanks also for the Wanganui groups help. There are talks they will be back in town next April, with the possibility of us joining force’s with them for a fund raising run somewhere. Blair’s Photos show the train parked up outside the SRW shed in the Taupo Quay rail yard.
September 23rd: SRW Club Night/ Other hobbies Night. Five members attended this club night. Coilin showed his collectors cards albums (e.g. Weetabix Cards) for the 1960’s and 1970’s. Greg showed some of his old books from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. John showed his model loco he is building along with some photos of the Gyrocopter he used to own. There was even a photo showing him flying it. An enjoyable evening and thanks for the cake Leonie. More members attending these club nights would be great.
October 19th & 20th: SteamRail Wanganui was hired to do the night security of the Glenbrook Vintage Railways Train when it visited town for two nights. We had the meanest guard dog ever to help keep us and the train safe. (Thanks Skyla). DBR 1254 has been lovingly restored by the GVR to mainline running condition. It was here in town for 2 nights as part of their North Island tour. A big thank you to all SRW members who helped over these nights. Tim Kerwin (General Manager or the GVR) and the team at GVR send out their thanks also for the Wanganui groups help. There are talks they will be back in town next April, with the possibility of us joining force’s with them for a fund raising run somewhere. Blair’s Photos show the train parked up outside the SRW shed in the Taupo Quay rail yard.
October 26th (Labour Day Monday): SRW Open Day and Motor Trolly Rides. We had another great open day with motor trolley (jigger) rides. Our first open day since January due to Covid. This event was well supported by the public with 156 going for a ride. Keith Hancock brought along his rubber tyred trolley for display and a couple of Waitara members came along with him for the day. We thank them for their support. A big thank you to everyone that visited us on this day, to SRW members for all their help and of course KiwiRail for letting us operate in the rail yard. Photos by Blair Jordan, Ewan Pound and Greg Tinnion.
October 28th: SRW Club Night/ Quiz Night. We were meant to have our Quiz night on this club night, but Blair was unable to make it. Also due to our big day with the jiggers on the Monday a lot of members forgot all about the Wednesday night club night, with only one turning up. So the meeting was cancelled. We will look at doing the Quiz night at another date.
SRW Construction/Maintenance days. All the windows are now back in the cab of Price 212, with the window wipers going back in and more paint applied on the river side. The guys have also been working on the piping for the horn (air supply) and wiring for the cab lights and window wipers. More old paint has been removed from the steam crane with new undercoat being put back on. Repairs and upgrades to Price 149 have seen the engine hood removed and repainted into the darker green, A new disrupter cap was sourced from Trevor Roberts, this has now been fitted along with new spark plugs and leads and the new battery knife switch for the loco has also been fitted. Once finished this should make our current only runner a lot more reliable. Work has also continued on the motor trolleys.
Donations
SRW would like to thank Trevor Roberts for his donation of disrupter cap and other bits and pieces to go with it for the Price 149 loco
SRW Construction/Maintenance days. All the windows are now back in the cab of Price 212, with the window wipers going back in and more paint applied on the river side. The guys have also been working on the piping for the horn (air supply) and wiring for the cab lights and window wipers. More old paint has been removed from the steam crane with new undercoat being put back on. Repairs and upgrades to Price 149 have seen the engine hood removed and repainted into the darker green, A new disrupter cap was sourced from Trevor Roberts, this has now been fitted along with new spark plugs and leads and the new battery knife switch for the loco has also been fitted. Once finished this should make our current only runner a lot more reliable. Work has also continued on the motor trolleys.
Donations
SRW would like to thank Trevor Roberts for his donation of disrupter cap and other bits and pieces to go with it for the Price 149 loco
May - July 2020
There was no May club meetings, due to the Covid 19. This also meant that both club’s open days were also cancelled along with other events our members were involved with. Both clubs basically started to run as normal again after their June Annual General Meetings.
A big thankyou to all members for being patient over these stressful times and no doubt like myself can’t wait to get back doing the things we enjoy.
A big thankyou to all members for being patient over these stressful times and no doubt like myself can’t wait to get back doing the things we enjoy.
June 17th: SRW Annual General Meeting, starting from 7.30pm. Our A.G.M was meant to be in April but due to Covid 19 this had to be postponed. The A.G.M was attended by 10 members. We started off with a minute silence for members who had passed throughout the year. All the reports were read and accepted and it was voted that the subs stay the same as the previous year. The Committee also stayed the same as the previous year and are as follows: - Board Chairman Blair Jordan and Board Managers Colin Hughes, Greg Tinnion, Russell Jackson, Ewan Pound and Hamish Coull. We finished off the night talking about Club projects and upcoming items the club needs to deal with. It was brought to our attention that Magic radio station has been running adds about our club telling people to come down on Sunday morning. Yet no one knows who has done this. But we will not say no to a bit of free advertising. It was also decided that we would run another Jiggers ride day on Labour Weekend Monday, since we had to cancel the Queen’s Birthday weekend event.
SRW President’s Annual Report – 2019/2020
For the Seventh time I have great pleasure in presenting my President’s Report for SRW. My apologies if this report sounds similar to others years but being a small group and we kind of do the same thing every year.
It's been an eventful 12 months for SRW, with April & May being a complete write off for the group with the Covid 19 lockdown. May I thank you all for the efforts in keeping the society running over this time.
The Covid -19 pandemic has had a big effect on the whole country, and it's very pleasing to see that we all made it through with everyone coming out the other side ok. This disease, in particular due to a lot of the member’s ages could well have had devastating effects. It's great that everyone is back on board now with the working bees and after tonight club nights back in full swing.
Year Highlights: We opened our doors twice during the year offering Motor Trolley/Jigger rides. The first one was over the Queen’s Birthday weekend 2019 and then other was the Wanganui Vintage weekend in January. The railcar from Pahiatua was also in town for the Saturday and Sunday. These days were well supported by the public. A big thank you for members help over these open days.
Fundraising: Our main fundraising over the last 12 months have been once again our Motor Trolley/Jigger Rides and Open Days, scrap metal recycling and donations from visitors have also helped. With costs rising every year, we will continue to look at ideas for fundraising. If you have any ideas let the committee know.
Donations: We have been donated a lot of railway related items over the last 12 months, e.g. Railway books, tools and Semaphore Signals coloured Glass’s etc. Always a big help is the members who donate items to the club. A big thank you to everyone who has donated items to the club over the year.
Club Projects: They are much the same as last AGM. Work has continued on the ex-North End Aramoho Signal Box. Work on the East Town steam crane E120 has carried on with paint being stripped off and new paint getting applied. Price loco no 212 (ex-Imlay) has had windows put back in and more new red paint applied, it looked great out in the sun during vintage weekend. The front head light has also been put back on. The repaint of the Baby price loco into a darker green is coming along slowly. Work has also continued on with the Guards Van, Motor Trollies and other tools and items we have. We are still working on the idea of putting a new floor in the ex-Waverley Jigger shed. We also have to finish of the demolish of the old Xc wagon body down by the turntable for spare parts as this has seen better days. There is always plenty to do down at the yard so come along and give us a hand.
Club Nights: Our club nights have been entertaining again with a variety of different programs. We have enjoyed DVD/ Video nights, BBQ’s, Mid-Year Dinner, Other Hobbies nights, Guest Speakers. We again combined with the WMR&ES on some of these club nights. A big thank you to all those who have hosted one of our club nights. It is still a bit of a concern the lack of member numbers we get on a few of these nights and if members have any ideas on programs for these nights please let us know.
Newsletter: I have also continued with the newsletter and have once again had good feedback. We have had a good range of stories in the newsletters over the year. Thank you to all who have contributed to this. I couldn't do this without you. Once again our thanks go out to Greg Tinnion and Phillips Electrical for their help with printing of the newsletters and to my partner Lloryian for the proof reading. My apologies with a few issues of this being late.
Running of the club: Once again a big thank you to the committee members for all they have done over the year. We have had some highs and lows to deal with. LTNZ came and did their yearly External audit with the group. This in turn opened up new rules and issues that we have been putting into place. More updates needed to be done to our safety case etc. This has taken us a lot longer than planned. It feels like every year they make it harder for us little groups to operate and their costs seem to also go up every year. A Big thank you to Ewan for all his work he has done with this. Thank you to John Pudsey for taking on the internal Auditor role. The worrying rumors that we might have to move if KiwiRail turns the Taupo Quay yard into a log loading site, have come to nothing at this stage, but there is also worries the turntable is being moth balled. The table has now been out of action for 12 months, some work has been done. But there’s now talk about problems with the concrete ring.
My Life: I continue to love my job as a Locomotive Engineer (driver) with KiwiRail. July this year I would have been with KiwiRail for 9 years, the time goes so quick. I have now done my Passenger drivers ticket and I’m in the middle of doing my on the job training for this, but Covid 19 has not helped with this as all passenger trains have been stopped. I must thank everyone for the support you have given me over this time. Being a shift worker does make it harder for me to get across to club meetings and the help and understanding I have had from members because of this has been appreciated. I enjoy my roles with SRW and look forward to continuing, that’s if you want me of course.
The Next 12 Months: This upcoming year looks like it will be another busy one for the club. We are looking at dates when we can do more Motor Trolley rides and Open Days, we are also planning some full day/weekend working bees. We hope to get back up to Waitara with the Motor Trollies at some stage and we might have a display again with the WMR&ES Model Railway Show in October if this goes ahead. There are some early rumours that Steam Inc. may be the visiting early next year (but this will depend on whether the turntable is operational by then). We are still waiting for our meeting with KiwiRail re our JOP renewal as its now over-due, but all the other groups in the Manawatu/Wanganui area are too. Members help over the next 12 months would be appreciated.
Once again I would like to thank everyone who has helped me over the past year and a big thank you to all committee members for their help.
Thank you
Blair Jordan
President SRW.
July 18th: SRW Club Night/ Mid-Year Dinner. We decided to head to the Rutland Arms Inn again this year. 25 members and partners enjoyed the meal and each other’s company. Some even coming down from Waitara for the evening. It was great catching up with some of the members we don’t see very often. This was held on a Saturday night instead of our usual Wednesday.
SRW Construction/Maintence days. Due to Covid 19 levels coming back down to level 1, SRW Sunday working bees started happening again a few weeks earlier than our club nights did. Our first job when members returned was to paint out the local lowlife’s tagging all over our buildings and rolling stock down by the turntable. It seems not everyone was isolating like they were meant to be. The other job was to mow the lawns and make a start at cutting back some of the trees around the turntable site, since everything was looking very much overgrown since we hadn’t been there for almost 2 months.
Since then members have carried on with the projects we started well before the lockdown. More work has been done on the Price 212, with the window wipers going back in and more paint applied on the river side. More old paint has been removed from the steam crane with new undercoat being put back on. Repairs and upgrades to Price 149 have seen the engine hood removed and repainted into the darker green, A new disrupter cap was sourced from Trevor Roberts, and we are also getting new spark plug leads. We also got a new battery knife switch for the loco. Once these have been fitted it should make our current only runner a lot more reliable. Work has also continued on the motor trolleys.
The last Sunday of the school holidays (19th July) members arrived to find several items tagged again (note that a few members went past the night before after our mid-year dinner and the tagging wasn’t done then). So a couple of us spent the morning covering these again. Then later on that afternoon Greg got a call from the fire brigade saying that they had just been called to our yard to put a fire out in one of our wagons. They had to cut a hole in side to get to get to the fire. Luckily this was spotted quickly and there was not a lot of damage done. These random acts of vandalism seem to be happening more often now. Every school holidays we get some form of damage done now.
SRW President’s Annual Report – 2019/2020
For the Seventh time I have great pleasure in presenting my President’s Report for SRW. My apologies if this report sounds similar to others years but being a small group and we kind of do the same thing every year.
It's been an eventful 12 months for SRW, with April & May being a complete write off for the group with the Covid 19 lockdown. May I thank you all for the efforts in keeping the society running over this time.
The Covid -19 pandemic has had a big effect on the whole country, and it's very pleasing to see that we all made it through with everyone coming out the other side ok. This disease, in particular due to a lot of the member’s ages could well have had devastating effects. It's great that everyone is back on board now with the working bees and after tonight club nights back in full swing.
Year Highlights: We opened our doors twice during the year offering Motor Trolley/Jigger rides. The first one was over the Queen’s Birthday weekend 2019 and then other was the Wanganui Vintage weekend in January. The railcar from Pahiatua was also in town for the Saturday and Sunday. These days were well supported by the public. A big thank you for members help over these open days.
Fundraising: Our main fundraising over the last 12 months have been once again our Motor Trolley/Jigger Rides and Open Days, scrap metal recycling and donations from visitors have also helped. With costs rising every year, we will continue to look at ideas for fundraising. If you have any ideas let the committee know.
Donations: We have been donated a lot of railway related items over the last 12 months, e.g. Railway books, tools and Semaphore Signals coloured Glass’s etc. Always a big help is the members who donate items to the club. A big thank you to everyone who has donated items to the club over the year.
Club Projects: They are much the same as last AGM. Work has continued on the ex-North End Aramoho Signal Box. Work on the East Town steam crane E120 has carried on with paint being stripped off and new paint getting applied. Price loco no 212 (ex-Imlay) has had windows put back in and more new red paint applied, it looked great out in the sun during vintage weekend. The front head light has also been put back on. The repaint of the Baby price loco into a darker green is coming along slowly. Work has also continued on with the Guards Van, Motor Trollies and other tools and items we have. We are still working on the idea of putting a new floor in the ex-Waverley Jigger shed. We also have to finish of the demolish of the old Xc wagon body down by the turntable for spare parts as this has seen better days. There is always plenty to do down at the yard so come along and give us a hand.
Club Nights: Our club nights have been entertaining again with a variety of different programs. We have enjoyed DVD/ Video nights, BBQ’s, Mid-Year Dinner, Other Hobbies nights, Guest Speakers. We again combined with the WMR&ES on some of these club nights. A big thank you to all those who have hosted one of our club nights. It is still a bit of a concern the lack of member numbers we get on a few of these nights and if members have any ideas on programs for these nights please let us know.
Newsletter: I have also continued with the newsletter and have once again had good feedback. We have had a good range of stories in the newsletters over the year. Thank you to all who have contributed to this. I couldn't do this without you. Once again our thanks go out to Greg Tinnion and Phillips Electrical for their help with printing of the newsletters and to my partner Lloryian for the proof reading. My apologies with a few issues of this being late.
Running of the club: Once again a big thank you to the committee members for all they have done over the year. We have had some highs and lows to deal with. LTNZ came and did their yearly External audit with the group. This in turn opened up new rules and issues that we have been putting into place. More updates needed to be done to our safety case etc. This has taken us a lot longer than planned. It feels like every year they make it harder for us little groups to operate and their costs seem to also go up every year. A Big thank you to Ewan for all his work he has done with this. Thank you to John Pudsey for taking on the internal Auditor role. The worrying rumors that we might have to move if KiwiRail turns the Taupo Quay yard into a log loading site, have come to nothing at this stage, but there is also worries the turntable is being moth balled. The table has now been out of action for 12 months, some work has been done. But there’s now talk about problems with the concrete ring.
My Life: I continue to love my job as a Locomotive Engineer (driver) with KiwiRail. July this year I would have been with KiwiRail for 9 years, the time goes so quick. I have now done my Passenger drivers ticket and I’m in the middle of doing my on the job training for this, but Covid 19 has not helped with this as all passenger trains have been stopped. I must thank everyone for the support you have given me over this time. Being a shift worker does make it harder for me to get across to club meetings and the help and understanding I have had from members because of this has been appreciated. I enjoy my roles with SRW and look forward to continuing, that’s if you want me of course.
The Next 12 Months: This upcoming year looks like it will be another busy one for the club. We are looking at dates when we can do more Motor Trolley rides and Open Days, we are also planning some full day/weekend working bees. We hope to get back up to Waitara with the Motor Trollies at some stage and we might have a display again with the WMR&ES Model Railway Show in October if this goes ahead. There are some early rumours that Steam Inc. may be the visiting early next year (but this will depend on whether the turntable is operational by then). We are still waiting for our meeting with KiwiRail re our JOP renewal as its now over-due, but all the other groups in the Manawatu/Wanganui area are too. Members help over the next 12 months would be appreciated.
Once again I would like to thank everyone who has helped me over the past year and a big thank you to all committee members for their help.
Thank you
Blair Jordan
President SRW.
July 18th: SRW Club Night/ Mid-Year Dinner. We decided to head to the Rutland Arms Inn again this year. 25 members and partners enjoyed the meal and each other’s company. Some even coming down from Waitara for the evening. It was great catching up with some of the members we don’t see very often. This was held on a Saturday night instead of our usual Wednesday.
SRW Construction/Maintence days. Due to Covid 19 levels coming back down to level 1, SRW Sunday working bees started happening again a few weeks earlier than our club nights did. Our first job when members returned was to paint out the local lowlife’s tagging all over our buildings and rolling stock down by the turntable. It seems not everyone was isolating like they were meant to be. The other job was to mow the lawns and make a start at cutting back some of the trees around the turntable site, since everything was looking very much overgrown since we hadn’t been there for almost 2 months.
Since then members have carried on with the projects we started well before the lockdown. More work has been done on the Price 212, with the window wipers going back in and more paint applied on the river side. More old paint has been removed from the steam crane with new undercoat being put back on. Repairs and upgrades to Price 149 have seen the engine hood removed and repainted into the darker green, A new disrupter cap was sourced from Trevor Roberts, and we are also getting new spark plug leads. We also got a new battery knife switch for the loco. Once these have been fitted it should make our current only runner a lot more reliable. Work has also continued on the motor trolleys.
The last Sunday of the school holidays (19th July) members arrived to find several items tagged again (note that a few members went past the night before after our mid-year dinner and the tagging wasn’t done then). So a couple of us spent the morning covering these again. Then later on that afternoon Greg got a call from the fire brigade saying that they had just been called to our yard to put a fire out in one of our wagons. They had to cut a hole in side to get to get to the fire. Luckily this was spotted quickly and there was not a lot of damage done. These random acts of vandalism seem to be happening more often now. Every school holidays we get some form of damage done now.
SRW Open day: Since we had to cancel our last Motor Trolley rides/open day over Queens Birthday weekend due to Covid, we have decided to run another one on Labour Weekend Monday (the 26th of October). Members help with this day would be appreciated.
Donations
SRW would like to thank the following for their donations. Lloryian Nordell for her donation of some old roof paint to cover up the tagging. Ewan’s work for their donation of new spark plug leads for Price 149. Ross Duncan for some waste oil. The late Henry Ching’s family for some more rail and other items and to the Aramoho Rowing Club for their donation of a set of old Railway Station Scales.
Donations
SRW would like to thank the following for their donations. Lloryian Nordell for her donation of some old roof paint to cover up the tagging. Ewan’s work for their donation of new spark plug leads for Price 149. Ross Duncan for some waste oil. The late Henry Ching’s family for some more rail and other items and to the Aramoho Rowing Club for their donation of a set of old Railway Station Scales.
We would like to also like thank Henry’s family for their offer of his old railway carriage body (A 807) and to Chris & Denny Harts offer of an old workman’s hut to the club. It’s great the club is being thought of by members of the public. Although these would be a nice addition to our collection, the committee decided with the ongoing vandalism we keep getting and the many projects we have on the go or still to start, that we couldn’t give these items the attention they needed. On talks with both parties we found out that they were happy for these to go into private hands. The Club President Blair has now taken on these 2 items. You can find out more info about the workmam's hut and carriage on his web site - https://buzzzsrailwayworld.weebly.com/
February - April 2020
February 26th: SRW Club Night – Working Bee at the Club Shed – members took the advantage of day light savings and did some work and a lot of talking down at our shed for this night.
There was no more club nights, construction nights/days and committee meetings for the club from March due to the Covid 19 lock down. This also meant that SRW's open day were also cancelled along with other events our members were involved with, e.g. The Steam Traction Society’s - Steam Fair and the Bulls Model Railway Show.