October ’24 Meeting at the Brockhampton and Umbridge Railway

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This last of the ‘catch-up’ posts from our 2024 meetings is about our October gathering at the Brockhampton and Umbridge. The weather held out for us and we benefited from the low autumn light meeting this late in the year. When the clouds looked threatening, we were able to retreat to the cosy garden accommodation to eat a wonderful lunch spread. And we ran lots of trains around the extensive model village at the heart of this line.

A model village from above, with the railway looping behind it and sidings in the foreground
The village (Photo: Ali)
A steam loco with passenger carriages on a scenic indoor layout
Indoor layout (Photo: Ali)
Two models of the steeple cab loco Magaera
Two Megaeras (Photo: Simon Wood)
A steam loco pulling a passenger training with a miniature tree behind it
Lucy (Photo: Simon Wood)
Steam tram with the roof taken off
Roofless (Photo: Ali)
Steam tram with a range of good wagons in a siding
Mixed goods (Photo: Ali)
A model village with the railway looping around it, a shed and behind it hills in the distance
The village (Photo: Ali)
A railway line beside a gravel path, with scale buildings in the distance
Track (Photo: Ali)
An empty line with behind it a water tower and a stone wall with a gate in it - beyond the gate there is another line and a steam tram is passing
Gateway (Photo: Simon Wood)
A diesel loco with a van and an open wagon
Crossing (Photo: Ali)
Steam tram with flat wagons
Tram (Photo: Ali)
A diesel pulls a mixed goods around a curve, on the outside a lawn, inside a scale flint and brick building
The curve (Photo: Simon Wood)

There are also a lot more of Simon’s photos in his web album of the meet-up.

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