CALDER NORTHERN DIVISION
TRAIN ORDERS
April 2023
Welcome to the Calder Northern Division Train Orders for April 2023.
I will create a dedicated email address soon but in the meantime can be contacted via email at
mike.pringle1962@gmail.com or telephone 07799760604.
Les Herriot Book Collection
An offer has been made for the British books in the collection but we still have numerous American
books hardback and softback for sale to interested members.
Layouts
The layout operating rota will only be for Saturdays this year and Paul Mitchell has published the
operating roster for the coming months.
Devils Creek – Sales of surplus stock from the layout are continuing & can be found on Ebay.
Baltic Street – this has replaced Devils Creek and is being re-planned in order to take advantage
of being set up the whole time and the enhanced possibilities that arise both from that and more
space.Progress on the project is continuing.
Western Mills. It has been proposed that we organise some rudimentary operating sessions for
the Wednesday sessions. This will allow us to develop an operating schema which could be tried
on at a weekend meet. If anyone is interested in knowing more/joining in the operating sessions
talk to Len Ford who has devised an intriguing computer programme.
The Crewe Heritage Centre Visitor Season 2023 commenced Saturday 1st April.
Myself & Roy Harris hosted visitors to the Clubroom.
Roy gave me a good introduction into the setting up & running of Western Mills and we ran some
fantastic locomotives,pictured below,including the Fox River Valley SD-24 & the Union Pacific
EMD DDA40X which was popular with the young families and individuals we entertained.
NMRA Meets
All Members are welcome to attend our monthly meetings or attend our informal working meets on
a Wednesday
The calendar for the group meetings for 2023 is as follows……
8th April, 13th May, 17th June, 8th July, 12th August, 9th September, 14th October, 11th November, 9th
December.
NMRA X
Members may be interested in viewing the recent NMRA X presentation on the NMRA ORG
YouTube Channel aired on 26/2/23 . Cameron Lafleur gave an in depth user guide to registering
for the new NMRA Interchange which has the potential to connect us with like minded NMRA
members around the world. There are many other informative videos on the channel.
NMRA Turntable for March 2023 also featured a wide variety of links to interesting YouTube
content for those eager to participate in this medium.
Several Members participate in the Brew and Natter online chats each Saturday where you can
interact with other like minded individuals.There is no obligation to speak or show your face if you
do not feel confident in doing so.
I look forward to seeing you all on 8th April at Crewe
Mike Pringle
3/4/23
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