TRAIN ORDERS – XTRA September 2019

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CALDER NORTHERN GROUP                                             XtraTRAIN ORDERS September 2019                                CALDER NORTHER FREIGHT CAR DECALS                                                     Hi everyone,   Further to the information given in the last Train Orders concerning Calder Northern decals we are now in a position to give much more details for these items.   Alf Milliken has kindly produced […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – September 2019

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CALDER NORTHERN GROUP                                           TRAIN ORDERS September 2019                                                                                      Hi everyone,   Just a quick reminder – please note that our September Meet and the October Meet are each being put back 1 week? This means September Meet will be on Saturday 21st and the October Meet on Sunday 13th. This is to avoid […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – Decal Photo

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Alf Milliken has kindly sent a copy of the Calder Northern Double Rose logo and the 4 Counties logo so everyone can see these items. Alf says sheets of these logos will be £5 per sheet with enough images to do a few freight cars. So guys, get cracking and maybe we will see a […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – November 2019

CALDER NORTHERN GROUP TRAIN ORDERS November 2019 Hi everyone, First of all, will you please note that as the Heritage Centre has closed its doors to the public for the winter you can now bring cars onto the site until the beginning of April. At our October meet a general discussion took place regarding work […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – March 2019

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                                                           CALDER NORTHERN GROUP                                           TRAIN ORDERS March 2019   Our next Group meeting is on Saturday 9th March when we will conduct our Annual General Meeting. The meeting will commence at 11.15 on that date and I include as part of this mailing a copy of the Agenda for our meeting. Please do come […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – December 2018

Friends, I can now inform you that the funeral of Andrew Wicks will be at 14.30hrs on 11 January. This will be at Vale Royal Crematorium, Shurlach Lane, Davenham, Northwich CW9 8RP For those using the M6, suggest you exit at Junction 19 and take the A556 west (signed Northwich and Chester). This busy road […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – November 2018 – EXTRA

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EXTRA notes  A quick reminder – our next meeting is this coming Saturday 10th November. Please arrive as early as you can so you can park on site. A large number of people could turn up for the “Patriot” loco event. Don’t forget the latest new build steam locomotive; a “Patriot” Class loco – to […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – November 2018

Hello, Important News – Change of Meeting date Will you please note that our next meeting planned for 17th November has been changed to that of Saturday 10th November. The reason for this change is that the Signal Display Room in North Junction Signal Box has had a long term booking and will mean that […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – September 2018

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                                           TRAIN ORDERS September 2018 Despite the request in last month’s Train Orders on the handling and storage of throttles on the North Western Mills layout, members are still wrapping up throttles in their cables and placing them in the Store Room. I therefore, repeat the message again. Please note that after operating the layout […]

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TRAIN ORDERS – October 2018

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                                          TRAIN ORDERS October 2018 Back from my holiday in Canada having enjoyed train travel with VIA Rail from Oshawa (about 45 miles east of Toronto) to Montreal and then on ‘The Ocean’ train to Halifax, Nova Scotia. ‘The Ocean’ was formed of Renaissance stock (cancelled Nightstar stock intended for overnight services to Europe from provincial […]

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