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Mike and his Road Crew set up his modular layout representing the 16mm association and BGRA at the Wirksworth Model Railway Exhibition. (Saturday 9th November 2024).
Organised by the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association, this is the second year that Mike has exhibited his evolving model layout.
This brilliant little workshop diorama enhances the layout.
Some of today's locos on display. Part of Joe's Wessex and Mercia fleet followed by Mike's green diesel.
Joe's newly repainted Edrig with it's custom cab roof.
A busy day for visitors where Dave, Phil, Ian and Mike promote the charms of Garden Railways. Phil Partridge on his stand, just out of shot, Ian hiding and Joe behind the camera.
Many thanks to Mike's tireless Road Crew and to Joe for his photos. This one taken by Phil from his stall opposite the layout.
Joe's excellent video of BGRA On Tour. (7.28 mins)
Joe, Darren and Glen had a fun Saturday at BGRA. Darren ran this great looking Roundhouse George. (Saturday 2nd November 2024).
Glen brought an attractive Roy Wood Salem, nick-named, "The Beast".
Joe ran his new Edrig with a freshly made cab.
Looking great when posing for the camera.
New member Glen showing off his distinguished looking Katie.
Glen had worried about running a live steamer but helped by Joe and Darren he gave "Allan" a good steaming.
Joe put "Athelstan" through its paces.
Joe also got his scratch built Diesel into the action.
Joe's video of the day (10.14 mins)
Glen brought his ballast train running to repair any damage done by Dave earlier in the week. Dave had a bit of a Coal Calamity.
Glen's excellent video of his latest BGRA excursion (11.43 mins).
New member Glen has an extensive YouTube site here.
Mike, Dave and Eric had fun on a quiet Wednesday. They all took the opportunity to run long trains and this is Mike's (Wednesday 31st October 2024).
Eric went with a Halloween theme. Ghouls and Duff Beer.
A better view of Eric's Ghouls.
Mike's super mixed train.
Dave's long coal train run ended in a Coal Calamity.
Darkness decends over Butterly at the start of our Autumn Night Run (Wednesday 23rd October 2024)
New Member Glen gets some fantastic photos of the evening.
Andrew concentrates in the gloom.
A whole gallery of photos here.
Glen's excellent video of the day (4.23 mins)
Glenis and Tom Brave Storm Ashley in a howling gale and in between downpours she lovingly tends the garden. (Sunday 20th October 2024)
Meantime, during the week, Mike and Exhibition Crew setup Mike's extended modular layout in the warmth of the cabin (it just fits).
Live Steam indoors .... ooh the possibilities.
Mike's imagination goes into overdrive when he asked ChatGPT (an A.I. app) to create a poster. It didn't understand Narrow Gauge but it made a remarkable attempt.
A pleasant Sunday afternoon saw steam on the Main Line. (Sunday 13th October 2024)
N0. 15 "Eustace Forth" pulls a short train of two B.R Mark 1 Carriages.
Tom and Doug making the most of the top track.
Tom's Mortimer standing in the sidings. (Stills taken from Dave's video)
Joe and new member Glen, have a mini midweek evening run. (Wednesday 9th October 2024).
Joe's new Accucraft Edrig pulls his soon-to-be-reconditioned train of nicely built Brandbright PS19 and PS20 coaches.
As the sun went down Joe got his illuminated train going.
Pulled by a Roundhouse Bertie. Perhaps a preview of our upcoming Night Run on Wednesday 23rd October.
Glen's video of the run on YouTube (2.19 mins).(Contains Adverts)
A lovely Autumn Sunday with several runners but very few pictures taken. (Sunday 6th October 2024).
Some imaginative photos by Elliot of Dave's stunning classic Roundhouse meths fired Lady Anne.
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A cold, damp and quiet Sunday at the start of Autumn. Alan captured the morning. (Sunday 29th September 2024).
Tom's track powered trains on display.
Ian, Tom and Lyndon watch Tom's train pulling out of the top sidings.
Alan's excellent video of the day featuring his intriguing 1/12 scale train.(3.47 mins)
A closer view of Alan's resplendent 1/12 scale model of miniature A3 Loco "Loch Alvie".
A short video from Alan's YouTube site showing the development of Loch Alvie. (2.01 mins)
Alan is a fan of 1/12 scale miniature railway modelling and there are several interesting videos on Alan's excellent YouTube Site.
Alan's 1/12 scale model runs on 32mm track and is a modified O Gauge loco. Here it models a 15 inch gauge, miniature, sit-on loco as might be found in a park or zoo.
A damp day at Butterley but with some pleasant late summer running. (Sunday 15th September 2024).
Joe's Talgarth pulling goods past Dave's Lady Anne in the passing loop.
Dave's newly acquired, vintage Lady Anne proves to be a brilliant runner (Impressive in Joe's Video).
Eric's Limited Edition Dylan pulling Joe's coaches.
One of only 100 Dylan locomotives produced by Roundhouse to celebrate their 40th Anniversary.
Eric's Dylan is an impressive model and is an updated version of Roundhouse's second loco after their iconic Lady Anne in 1982.
Dave's "other" Lady Anne.
Joe's Simplex loco based on "Arkle", from the Leighton Buzzard Railway. This lovely model, "started life as a Weetabix box", said Joe.
Dave's very interesting Tram Loco going through its paces on the Top Track (Was it the Welshpool Show last weekend?).
Joe's video of the day with some interesting detail. (9.22 mins)
A quiet running day at BGRA with a lot of heavy showers. (Sunday 8th September 2024).
Joe's ever reliable Roundhouse Millie on the lower circuit.
Tom's Mortimer pulling mixed goods on the upper track.
Tom's favourite loco looking very clean in these great photos by Joe.
"Alfred", Joe's Accucraft Talgarth, pulling his superb, scratch built stock.
Phil's Regner Vincent running solo on the top track.
Tom's little diesel with a smart set of Mamod wagons.
Joe's video of the day. (5.33 mins)
Rain and puddles not stopping Tom and Ian from having fun while the committee hold a meeting in the cabin.
Brilliant new arrival at BGRA, Colin's New Bench. (Wednesday 4th September 2024).
Here shown skilfully tested by Tom and Glenys. Thanks Colin and Ian.
Joe Built a Garden Railway in record time...
...and he kept us up to date with photos and videos ...
... and you can see the full story by clicking here.
A Cavalcade of Roundhouse Engineering Lady Annes on display. (Sunday 25th August 2024).
The Lady Anne first appeared in 1982 as a slip eccentric 0-4-0 meths fuelled, tin plate model. It was replaced in 1988 as an 0-6-0 in its current shape, with internal gas burner and Walshaerts valve gear. It has remained popular and kept up to date ever since.
The line-up features a kit built model by John Hayes' son, Mike's Spirit fired 0-4-0 Mk1 and Dave's two locos following.
Tram engines running on a hot Sunday afternoon (Sunday 28th July 2024).
Mike captures Eric's W.D. Loco on a pleasant Wednesday run (Wednesday 24th July 2024).
Joe's scratch built diesel based on a modified and improved IP chassis.
Mike runs his beautifully modelled Talyllyn mixed goods train.
Dave Ashworth shows off his resplendent, modded, Mk1 Roundhouse Russell.
Joe's video of our Open Day. (5.37 mins)
A busy day for members as so many of us were not able to attend. The weather was kind and everyone seemed to have a good time. (Sunday 14th July 2024).
A quiet Sunday with dodgy weather and a team effort to get ready for the Open Day. (Sunday 7th July 2024).
Thomas made a popular appearance.
Dave took a few photos, mainly of the garden.
Mike's perfect little Dolgoch in a sunny moment.
Lots of visitors to MRT discovered us while searching for the recently completed Jinty. (Sunday 30th June 2024).
Tom had a great day with his track powered stock.
This great looking Loco was not Tom's favourite because it started misbehaving.
Wife Glenis told him to stop moaning.
Meanwhile, Joe and Ian tackle the edging on the end loop.
Hard work needing an exceptional drill to get fixings into the concrete.
And a fantastic job done ready for our Open Day.
"Not The Bog Garden", tidied and looking great.
Hedge trimming.
And trains. Dave's scratch built loco performing well.
Joe's video of A Sunday Afternoon Steam Up.(5 mins)
Garden enjoying the summer.
On Wednesday, the Golden Valley had an Open Day.
Lovely engines...
... of all shapes and sizes ...
.. and an inspiration for so many of our models.
Their splendid restored coach.
Meanwhile on the main line, The resplendent Jinty reappeared...
... in its gorgeous new livery.
Joe's video of The Jinty Returns.(3.57 mins)
Dave's new sign erected by Mike. (Wednesday 19th June 2024).
Crazy weather but Mike's photo shows that our garden loves it. (Wednesday 12th June 2024).
Sunshine and heavy showers makes everything grow but the Gardening Crew soon got to work. (Sunday 2nd June 2024).
Amazing little friend disturbed ... not a mouse or a rat but a tiny vole.
Remnants of the hedge ... thanks Dave.
Joe back from sunny Portugal, snapping the locos on a warm afternoon.
Eric ditches the woolly hat and overcoat for sun hat and shorts.
Time to chill out.
Tom concentrates on Live Steam ...
... his Mortimer is always impressive ...
... and a great runner.
Dave preps his train but take a look at that blue sky.
A lovely afternoon was had by all.
Joe took this video of the day. Worth a watch. (9.37 mins)
Not summer yet but its starting to feel like it. Dave's photos (Sunday 5th May 2024).
MRT were running their Victorian Train, pulled by No. 15 originally from Dunston Power Station near Gateshead.
Also nice to see James and his amazing Mamods.
James ran his other classic green Mamod.
Regular runner Eric steams his Alco pulling a colourful train.
James and his Saddle Tank Mamod that runs well on the original fuel tablets. He took the rest of the photos.
James hopped off on the main line and took these pictures of No.15
From Gateshead,this is 0-4-0ST CEGB Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne Ltd Forth 7063 Eustace Forth.
Everyone had a great day.
A pleasant Wednesday run in our lovely garden (Wednesday 17th April 2024).
Mike ran his trains...
... and fixed some track issues...
... and took some great photos.
Our new shelf in use. Thanks Colin and Ian and Mike for the photos.
A lovely warm afternoon in our garden (Sunday 14th April 2024).
Trains in a colourful setting. What could be better?
Lots of themed trains running including Eric's creation.
Super heros are popular with the passing public on the last day of their Easter break.
Alan ran his 1/12 scale miniature Colossus pulling a train of open miniature railway stock.
From Alan's video of his 'O' gauge model USRA 0-8-0 Switcher here posing as a 1/12 scale miniature railway model.
(Don't ask me about what scale it might be but it ran nicely on our 32mm garden track)
TOO COMPLICATED (I need a bigger brain)
Tom having fun on the top track, running his Mortimer along with his track powered loco pulling a Military Train.
Meanwhile our plantings look superb and are a terrific improvement to the outside of out cabin.
And inside the layout, Colin and Ian finish off their shelf.
A superb construction to save aching backs.
Elliot runs mixed goods on a quiet Sunday with normal weather including lovely sunshine, torrential rain and a howling gale (Sunday 7th April 2024).
Tom impresses everyone running a selection of track powered stock.
A few of us enjoying the sunshine before our committee meeting in the afternoon.
Colin and Ian work on new equipment shelves under the track.
Our garden loving the sunshine and showers.
Quite a few spectators, visiting MRT, inspecting our track.
Tom Runs His Locos in Joe's great little video (3.05 mins)
Joe's video of the Sunday running (4.45 mins) (Joe already knows about the squeeky wheel).
Mike's impressive illuminated train in a superb photo from Joe.
Joe's Bertie ended the running as the temperature plunged and we all packed up..
Joe's video of the event (9.45 mins)
A full write up of our event is in our gallery
Phil's photo of our visitors 1979 Beck's Anna here posing with a much more modern Roundhouse Billy..
The Anna is a very early garden loco with an excellent writeup online by Marc Horovitz.
Found in SideStreets Bannerworks OnLine.
Mike's train running on the top track and looking great. (Wednesday 13th March 2024).
A quiet but pleasant Wednesday at Butterley.
Dave's video of the day, slightly edited by Elliot. (1.34 mins)
A quiet Sunday was had by Dave, Ian, Tom, Glenis, Eric and Dave (Sunday 25th February 2024).
Eric's beautiful Roundhouse Jennie ran perfectly.
Tom, assisted by Ian, had fun with his Accucraft ...
... but he got it running eventually.
Meanwhile, Dave decided to lay down a smoke screen to cover his activities.
A busy AGM and a great running session. (Sunday 18th February 2024)
See our new gallery.
Joe's excellent video of our AGM running session (10 mins). Well worth watching.
A fine Sunday afternoon running. Dave's Video from 11th February 2024 (3.30 mins).
Spring coming?
Running in 2024 (January 2024)
Joe's Video of the first run in 2024
Week three of our Christmas Running supporting MRT. (Sunday 10th December 2023)
Santa Specials on the main line and quite a few more visitors to our layout.
They all seemed to enjoy our efforts and our many Santa trains. This one is Joe's..
We got running after the rain had stopped and along came our visitors. Maybe our new sign was working.
Joe's photo of his train in an atmospheric setting.
Doug took this photo of his incredibly long festive special.
Santa and his self propelled sleigh. Who needs a loco?
But who is this sitting on our wall?
A nice model but i wouldn't want to bump into him on a dark night.
A charming Christmas Video of A Chilly December Afternoon by Dave. (2.40 mins)
Elliot's edit of Dave's festive video clips. Music and snow effects by Elliot.
As part of our bid to get MRT customers to visit us, we got a Christmas Banner to put up on the side of the Pullman Coach (Saturday 2nd December 2023)
Mike got his ladder out and got cracking on a very frosty Saturday morning.
Mike and the banner.
Meanwhile Dave had arrived and took some great photos of the thick frost.
Then the Santa Trains started running. This is Dave's.
A beautiful shot for Glenis, our Chief Gardener
And one for Tom, our our Chief Track Powered Operator.
Mike's Festive Train.
Our little people turned out in force.
Mike lines up his locos.
Overnight, several inches of snow appeared and Joe took this snap of the layout. (Sunday 3rd December 2023)
Glenis took this brilliant little video short. (Very Short) (Sunday 3rd December 2023)
Joe took this video of his lovely train being pulled by Dave's Coal Fired Ragleth being fired by Joe and assisted by Dave. Very impressive to see a good coal fired run. (3.56 mins)
Mike kicked off our Christmas running on Saturday while doing some jobs around the layout. (Saturday 25th November 2023)
Dave continued our Christmas activities on a very cold morning. (Sunday 26th November 2023)
Dominic's Bottom had a frosty start.
Eric's festive train.
Steam on the main line pulling Santa Specials.
Thunderbird Is Go (29 secs)
Elliot's imaginative reflection on the creation of his Funkey Diesel.
After many months & plenty of fiddling... Thunderbird; a Peter Yatton: Funkey Diesel kit has been created.
Elliot learnt a lot, assembling this kit. From: Using an Air Brush, understanding electrical circuits, and painting a line 😅. (Trust him, it's hard) and a lot more...
Big thanks to his Dad! For helping him build this beast, he couldn't have done it without him.
Dave, Colin and Joe met up for a fun session on Saturday. (Saturday 18th November 2023)
Dave ran his Coal Fired Lady Anne but took pictures of the flora and fauna.
The birds appreciate our feeder.
Joe made this video of the running session. (4.41 mins)
Joe did some double heading that didn't make it to the video.
Mike has a run and does some testing prior to the Roofing Crew's meeting on Tuesday. His Jenny now with fully working Radio Control. (Sunday 12th November 2023)
Mike's newly completed Corris Brake Van.
Tallyllyn hauling passengers round the back loop.
Mike's line up near the front station.
The Roofing Crew prepares to start on the cabin on Tuesday Morning. (Tuesday 14th November 2023)
Dodging Storm Debi on Monday, the team, led by Mike, got cracking.
Mike says JOB DONE except a tiny bit where it was damaged when the Pullman Coach burnt some years ago.
Many thanks to Mike, Tom, Doug, Dave, Jon and Phil... The Roofing Crew.
We had a committee meeting at 2pm but Joe arrived early to get some shots of his trains. Joe arrived at 8.30am! Maybe he was really keen or did he forget to put his clocks back? (Sunday 29th October 2023)
Joe's real reason for arriving at 8.30 am. Another excellent video of Two Train Running. (6.18 mins)
Diesel hauled passenger train at one of Joe's favourite spots.
Joe's Black Bertie has a run.
A gorgeous photo of Joe's Green Bertie hauling a goods train.
Some more photos of Tom's excellent work. We needed a way to isolate the sidings now that the upper 45mm circuit has been electrified.
Tom built and waterproofed this little switch box and installed it on the top track.
He also retrofitted the point with added isolating fish-plates.
Tom gives a thumbs up and we all join him. Brilliant work Tom.
Joe and Eric. We'll never know what they are saying.
Another outing for Elliot's Thunderbird. Very powerful but struggling for grip on a wet track. More lead weights needed perhaps.
A good crowd gathered for our very popular October Night Run (Wednesday 25th October 2023)
Joe's atmospheric video (1:39 mins)
Elliot's outstanding Funkey Diesel named "Thuderbird" had a good run. Follow the link to a Full Gallery.
Mike and the Track Crew (Tom) head to Butterley on a Saturday morning to complete work on the High Level Sidings. (Saturday 14th October 2023)
They added the Filcris side panels and flooded the area with a self levelling mix.
Making all the sidings much improved to complete our relay of this end of the layout.
Then on Sunday, Tom returned and ran his trains. (Sunday 15th October 2023)
Dave joined him with a mammoth train of coal wagons. But disaster struck....
... and a 3D printed buffer beam failed.
Tom meanwhile, had started running his faithful Mortimer...
... while Chairperson Alan sniffed the flowers and flew his drone on a fun but very cold Sunday.
Another fine Autumn afternoon brought out some outstanding trains. (Sunday 8th October 2023)
Mike's impressive Lawley.
Doug ran his sparkling red Lady Anne
Tom stole the show with his Santa Fe train. Running on the newly electrified top track with, what looks like, every wagon in his collection.
We captured a visitor seeking The G Scale Society and initiated him to our newly electrified top loop. (Sunday 24th September 2023)
Well done quick thinking Joe who invited him in, made him a cuppa and gave him a membership form as well as taking the photos and running his trains.
Regulars were running on this fine Autumn day.
Standing on our soon to be named bottom track station.
We aim to remodel this station with a viaduct theme so maybe this could be The Arches Junction ?
James came with his totally amazing Mamod. A brilliant runner that sounds terrific.
Dave took this photo for Glenis, The Cosmos Flowers.
Joe's excellent video of a steamy Sunday (3:25 mins).
BGRA Mamod Oscillator and Vinage Day (Sunday 16th September 2023)
BGRA Member BBQ Yummy (Wednesday 13th September 2023)
Joe's Bertie pulls a night goods train at the end of our BBQ Wednesday.
Elliot and Joe Double head a heavy goods train as the sun goes down at our BBQ event
Full gallery page of our Wednesday BBQ Event here.
Joe's skilfully edited and comprehensive video of the day (10.49 mins). (Sunday 10th September 2023)
Joe's Live Steam Extravaganza has a full gallery page. The video is above.
Tom connects up the new Track Power connection to our 45mm loop.
Lots of testing was done
Tom controls his track powered loco as part of the testing process.
Tom then successfully ran all afternoon on Track Power. (Sunday 10th September 2023)
The full story of a busy Sunday has its own gallery page here.
Alan's excellent documentary video of our recent Loco Olympics (6.00 mins) (Saturday 26th August 2023)
Made up from photos and videos taken on the day. Well worth watching to the very end and maybe a preview of Loco Olympics 2024.
Elliot's personal view of the Loco Olympics, narrated by James the AI.
Elliot cut 30 mins of footage into a short video, never really intended to be a documentary (2.31 mins) (Saturday 26th August 2023).
A quiet weekend at Butterley. James ran this Loco but we're not sure which model James has got. Any ideas? Definitely an Accucraft but not a Ragleth. (2nd & 3rd September 2023).
James ran his collection of Mamods. This one is a Silver Jubilee model from the New Mamod range. The totem badge on the tender says, "Midland Railway Butterley" (Saturday 2nd September 2023).
A totally amazing little traditional Mamod still running beautifully on Stinky Tablets.
James got a whole load of circuits no problem.
Alan popped in on Sunday while Eric was running his famous Toys R Us celebration special. Only half of the toys are showing here (Sunday 3rd September 2023).
Sunshine and Showers for our day of Loco Olympics. (26th August 2023).
We all got wet but the sun soon dried us out.
Loads of fun was had by all. See the full gallery and report.
Joe's video of the day (6.57 mins) Well worth a watch to the end.
A pleasant Sunday at BGRA. Many members on Holiday but Alan snapped this gorgeous train (Sunday 20th August 2023).
Tom fixes his Accucraft that had thrown a grub screw. It really is Tom but he was wearing his Phantom of the Opera outfit, hence the white gloves.
Some Visitors were present to enjoy the running.
Joe took a photo of Master Cameraman, Alan, filming the full sidings.
Joe always manages a few atmospheric shots.
Joe also likes to pick out interesting features around our garden, like this tree (see below).
And unusual angles.
ED... Anyway ... I asked Joe about that new tree and Joe said that Glenis had given permission to trim it because it had always been a miniature tree and had just been hidden up to this time (see above).
Joe had a quiet Sunday, playing trains and relaying ballast (Sunday 13th August 2023).
After loads of heavy rain, the ballast had shifted leaving sink holes and much filcris exposed.
Joe found a bag of old ballast (the coarse stuff), washed it and started work on the track.
It looks like Joe's done a great job. Many thanks Joe.
Windows repaired ... Hurrah. Mike met the installers after some months of negotiation. Well done Mike (Wednesday 26th July 2023).
Dave took some great photos of our garden.
Looking lovely.
Glenis, on holiday, said sorry about the weeds (Ed: What weeds?)
Our layout looking stunning.
Super Heros on Eric's Railtour.
Eric's outstanding Roundhouse Jenny and her crew.
Another great Sunday (Sunday 30th July 2023).
A truly varied day of sun and downpours turned our Coal Firing Day into a display of photographic skills from Dave, Elliot and Joe. (Sunday 16th July 2023) Dave took this one.
Elliot got soaked running his coal fired loco so cheered himself up by taking some cleverly posed photos.
Driver Chalky White navigates a Roundhouse Millie through the floods.
Elliot's much complimented image of the Ais Gill Signal Box opposite our layout.
Joe snapped Elliot setting up his camera angles after a huge downpour.
Joe concentrated on the garden and...
... the trains.
There are many great photos on our social media pages including Facebook and Instagram. Check them out
A Day Out at Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. Edited by Elliot from clips by James and Dave (1.50 mins).
Mike took his brilliant LLantaliog Valley Modular Layout to Wirksworth with help from BGRA Members.
Full story in our Gallery (8th & 8th July 2023).
Thomas makes a special appearance at Butterley. (Sunday 2nd July 2023) Thanks Mike.
Mike enjoyed a Wednesday run (Wednesday 28th June 2023).
Mike ran his stunning Accucraft Lawley.
Another long, hot weekend with new member Doug and Dave (Sunday 25th June 2023).
Dave took the photos.
Doug's Red Katie passes the blooms around the track.
Class 44 'Peak' D4 'Great Gable' on the main Line.
A bee inspecting the Filcris.
Doug's video... He said that he was, "multi-tasking, driving and recording at the same time" and doing a great job of both. The video quality is slightly lower than usual for unknown reasons (1:01 min).
Dave's video of a balmy day at Butterley (2:44 mins).
An extremely hot day for our Open Day (Saturday 10th June 2023).
Joe's video of the day (4:25 mins).
Dave's video of the day (3:19 mins).
Elliot's Video of the Day in 9.3 seconds (set to repeat).
A hot Sunday at the start of Summer as the committee has a planning meeting for our Open Day next Saturday.
Dave snaps the action as trains run and plants grow (4th June 2023).
Dave's tram engine standing in the top sidings, photos by Elliot.
The kids loved Eric's train hauled by his War Department Alco.
Colin's yellow Battery Diesel Loco pulls an impressive breakdown train.
And Colin also ran is Lilla with some heavy goods.
New member Doug runs his very shiny Katie.
Elliot uses his Silver Lady to pull a FFestiniog themed train.
Dave pulled heavy goods with his Lady Anne.
John amazed himself by taking his newly repaired Regner Lumberjack for a spin.
John had a Regner day out and got his trusty Chaloner to go after the traditional burner lighting ritual.
Looking impressively filthy after a brilliant day out.
Dave's video of the day, edited by Elliot (2.02 mins)(4th June 2023).
A hot bank holiday weekend brought out the few that hadn't headed for the coast (28th May 2023).
Dave's photos.
Phil's Regner Willi having a run.
Phil's ModelEarth Davenport next to his 7/8 Willi (Phil's Photo).
Alan snaps long standing member Mike discussing the garden with Glenis.
A quiet but most enjoyable weekend (28th May 2023).
A sunny weekend brought Joe and Dave out for a run (20th May 2023).
Amazing us all, the MRT were running steam on the Big Railway.
Glenis was pleased to see the garden blooming.
On the Sunday, Mike had a good fettling session on the newly laid top track as it settled..
Joe's video of the day (9:07 mins).
Alan's Video of the Coronation Day Run part 1 (2:44 mins)
Alan's Video of the Coronation Day Run part 2 (1:16 mins)
Alan's Dress Rehearsal for his Coronation Train (1:42 mins) (Monday 1st May 2023)
A very relaxed Sunday Run while MRT ran their Vintage Train (30th April 2023).
MRT Vintage Train passes Elliot's Millie.
Phil's Regner Willie going through its paces.
John's recently rebuilt Lady Elliver, pulls his E.O. & D. mixed goods train.
A visitor to BGRA runs his superb Roundhouse Argyll.
Colin's train looks great with it's distinctive blue and white coaches
Tom dreams of extending the 45mm siding as he parks his diesel.
Photos by Elliot (30th April 2023)
Dave raises steam on our Coal and Spirit Firing Day (23rd April 2023).
The business end of Dave's Coal Fired Lady Anne
Mike raises steam at the top track station.
Mike's Riverdale Katie in the foreground with Dave's DJB Lady Anne waiting.
Dave's videos of the day, edited by Alan (1:06 mins).
Joe's Video of Easter Sunday.(2:43 mins)
Elliot's video shows a mix of both days with clips from Dave's videos.(2:05 mins)
Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th April 2023
Ongoing improvements to our garden with a rebuilt rockery (Sunday 26th March 2023).
Joe's Video of an ordinary Sunday Afternoon that became a garden improement session (3.55 mins). Click here to see the gallery (Sunday 26th March 2023).
Our Spring Evening Run photos are now on line.
Joe invited his friend, Alex, to come for a run. He brought two wonderful models with him (Saturday 18th March 2023).
Alex is from Northamptonshire.
Alex ran this stunning, weathered, DJB, coal fired Talgarth...
...And a very impressive Roundhouse Darjeeling 'C' Class.
Joe's video of A Busy Saturday (7:43 mins)
Lyndon joined the session making a busy Saturday run.
A quiet Sunday run but Joel has fun after clearing the snow.
Colin's train on the top track. The bottom track was snowbound..
Eric runs his Jenny through the melting snow (Sunday 12th March 2023).
Dave and crew make sure that the hut is happy before they play trains.
Last month an orgy of vandalism saw our windows smashed along with many others on the site.
Awaiting renewal and with cold weather and snow forecast, a few members got together to make temporary repairs.
Not wishing to waste the day after the repair session, Colin runs his Lilla.
And Tom gives his Edrig a run
The Happy Hut Crew at work. Many thanks to Dave, Tom, Colin and Lyndon. (Sunday 5th March 2023)
Elliot's atmospheric edit of Dave's AGM photo. (Sunday 19th February 2023).
Gareth and family have a Saturday running session. (Saturday 25th February 2023).
Joe's video of the AGM Running Session (3.53)(Sunday 19th February 2023) with some stills at the end. A collection of AGM photos is here.
Elliot's video of Mike's stunning Accucraft Lawley (45 secs).
Joe spends a chilly Saturday double heading his Roundhouse Berties (4:28) (Saturday 11th February 2023).
Colin's atmospheric shot of his beautiful Lady Anne on an extremely cold Sunday (Sunday 22nd January 2023).
Glenis is over the moon about Dave's photo of Long Tail Tits on our Bird Feeder (Wednesday 11th January 2023).
Alan snaps Eric attacking his remote on a quiet Sunday (Sunday 15th January 2023).
Alan's video of A Quiet Sunday (2:16).
Blink and you'll miss it ... Elliot's quite amazing video tutorial on The Art of Coal Firing (in 30 seconds).
Watch out Nigel Town, you've got competition.
Mike and Dave came in to fix the burst pipe and managed a day of running too. (Wednesday 11th January 2023).
More of these photos, in high quality, can also be seen on the BGRA Instagram Page.
Gareth and family have the track to themselves on New Year's Eve (Saturday 31st December 2022).
Gareth's handsome Pearse Countess hauling two beautiful Welshpool and LLanfair Pickering Coaches.
A very detailed model made by Pearse Locomotives in the 1990s, pre-Accucraft.
A Roundhouse Dylan pulling a heavy train.
Gareth's video of his day out.
Very cold Sunday for the Christmas Party (Sunday 11th December 2022).
Alan's video of proceedings (2:22)
Alan's new Santa Train does a full circuit for the Christmas visitors (Sunday 27th November).
First Christmas Trains of the year (Saturday 26th November 2022).
Joe's Christmas Train.
MRT was running Santa Specials and Phil entertained the visitors with his superb Regner Betty.
Dave's Festive wagons.
Ginger Joe took the pictures.
A few short videos edited together by Alan (12th November 2022).
New crossover in action as 32mm and 45mm loops get used while finishing work continues (12/11/2022} Photo by Joe.
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Mike's Peckett celebrates the Hindu Festival of Colours ? Perhaps (12/11/2022} Photo by Joe.
Eric auditions for Grandpappy Sunshine in a new kids TV Series, "Teletubbies Meet Thomas and Friends". (30/10/2022}
James ran his Silver Jubilee Mamod on a warm sunny Sunday afternoon (16/10/2022}
Preserved HST proving popular with the enthusiasts and an unusual sight at Butterley (16/10/2022}
Smart little Mamod belonging to James, pulling a log wagon and amazingly well on tablets (16/10/2022}
Eric's DUFF BEER train passing the Station (16/10/2022}
James's Accucraft passes his Mamod parked up in the sidings (16/10/2022}
Dave's video edited by Alan
Mike poses his locos on the new Top Station (9/10/2022}
Fun on a Sunny Saturday (8/10/2022}
Upper Track Relay Crew (28/9/2022}
Gareth has a Saturday run with his family (24/9/2022}
Mike has some fun with Thomas (28/8/2022}
Mike invited the 'Tugs' crew to show their Thomas selection during their Open Day
Alan's Video from our Coal Firing and Spirit Firing Day.
24th July 2022
First of two short videos from around 2004/5.
Second of two short videos from around 2004/5.
A fast Mamod
Blue Mamod resting
Brian Dominic's family and friends running his engines at a Memorial Run on Brian's Birthday.
Brian sadly passed away in October 2019.
From happier days, a very well produced video of Brian's Mid Derbyshire Light Railway (12 mins from circa 2013). Well worth a watch. Brian's mdlr.co.uk website is still available online.
Produced by The Railway Channel
The layout being built by Calvin Green in 1990 before the top circuit was even imagined.
Running on the original layout from August 1991 (Photos by Barry Sumsian: SMT 057)
An intersting view showing some construction details and the missing wall art (circa 2003)
Sunday Morning Chat, March 2004
From left to right: Max Bryce (one of the founders of BGRA); David Haynes, Steve Acton, Derek Booth, Barry Firth & Matt Acton
A Selection from Trent Industrial Tramways Society
2011 Gala Day
2012 Gala Day Part 1
2012 Gala Day Part 2
Some old videos rediscovered recently. Produced in 2011 and 2012 by the renowned Trent Industrial Tramways, proprietor Kevin Gregory, known by everyone as Greg.
You might want to visit Greg's YouTube Site
Overview of layout from 2010
2014 Gala Day
Coal firing fun with Nigel on a cold day in 2016.
A visit by The East Midlands Group in 2016
Busy on both loops
Early view of the End Loop circa 2010
Tony preparing a loco
