Rusper Railway Commuters Association
Welcome to Rusper Railway Monthly Newsletter 12 Issue 5/6 September 2011
Last Session
Unfortunately, both September sessions had to be cancelled due to not sufficient members being able to attend, mainly because of holidays
Maintenance Session
The next maintenance session will be on Thursday 13th from around 5.00pm.
Meeting on October 23rd.
Just a reminder that this will be our "Help for Heros" day. Donations (cash) welcome on the day!
Meeting on November 20th.
This proposed meeting date clashes with the large model railway exhibition at Warley, and in view of the distance involved (to Warley) it s felt that it would be best to change this date to the week after, 27th November.
Can you please let the chairman/secretary know if this causes any particular problem? We cannot bring the meeting a week closer as it is Remembrance Day on 13th November.
Maintenance Report (Roger Denman, Gerard Pearson and Brian Roper)
The following tasks have been completed over the summer (!) months at the fortnightly maintenance sessions:
Shed 2
Underlay at entrance to shed on mainline and branchline from Glovers Lane (shed 3) has been replaced.
General tidy up of pictures and under baseboards.
Shed 3
The underlay at Newdigate has been replaced.
A few wires in the control panel and on the turnouts at Newdigate have been re-soldered.
New double panel controller fitted to replace handhelds
Stations buildings have been removed for rebuilding but they are not yet back on the system.
Underlay at entrance to shed on mainline and branchline from Glovers Lane (shed 3) has been replaced.
General tidy up of pictures and under baseboards.
Shed 5
Removed all old rotten underlay in Prestwood Station and fitted new Carr's 3mm underlay
Same to part of Birchfields yard
Refitted and added point rods
Tidy up in and removed unwanted roofing felt - tidied up remainder
Fitted pictures to walls
Made shelf for transformer for Birchfield controller. This previously just sat free on felt!
Removed rubbish and debris
Hung garden tools onto door
Added hook to door, so it can be held open at different angle.
Removed, cleaned and refitted the Russ Hill tapper so the bell rang correctly in shed 4.
Fitted new wheels to one Bullied coach and reinstated in appropriate Southern Bullied CM set.
Fixed unreliable clock by extending wires and soldering new brass metal connectors to wire ends.
New connector piece of track for up line on branch to Tillgate
Roof re-felted (special thanks to Mrs Hammond!)
Shed 6
Removed rubbish at entrance and general tidy up
Spare stock for CB and NB sets found loose in unmarked box "dumped", removed and placed in safe location in drawers at rear of shed 4 with other similar stock already there.
New pictures hung on walls
General
Located a supplier and purchased spare bags for the club vacuum cleaner.
If anything omitted, they will be mentioned in the next newsletter.
Date of Next Operating Meeting
The next Operating Meeting will be on Sunday 23rd October 2011.
Please advise the Secretary Tim Crumplin on 01323 848051 beforehand (or 0777 573 4853) or the Chairman, Trevor Hammond on 07957 102411 if you cannot attend. Text messages are also accepted!!!
This is also the contact number if you have any queries on the day. Please note that e-mail messages
will not be read after lunchtime on the Friday before a meeting. THIS APPLIES TO ALL MEMBERS! Visitors to the Club over the age of 18 are always welcome; please call the
Secretary, Tim Crumplin for more information about meeting us at an
operating session.
THIS IS IMPORTANT AS WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER TO SET UP FOR 4 OR 6 SHED OPERATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
