
CLUB NEWS VISIT TO RAMPART, DERBY 18 NOVEMBER 2011 Click here to see the report and photographs of the visit to Rampart. GOOD NEWS! Member Mick Cramp (190) who was looking for any information on the signal boxes that controlled the Marston/Egginton triangle has emailed to say that a member from Uttoxeter came forward with three pictures, taken in the 1960s, of Marston box, Dove box and one inside of Dove box. He also had a response from a local person who saw his plea in the local Newsletter and supplied him with information on the track and signal layouts. Thank you to the member who supplied the photographs. MODELLING A BREWERY BRANCH Artist and model maker, BRS member 267 David Wright, has another one of his regular Illustrated Layout Designs in the latest (November) Issue of “Railway Modeller” magazine. "This plan might be of particular interest to BRS members" David says. The plan he has illustrated is for a brewery branch line based here in Burton-on-Trent. He has used the Bond End Branch and he says that his main reason for this is “You can run off-the-shelf locomotives on this section of track, as it was served mainly by motive power from 17B!” He has even included the Ivatt 2P 2-6-2 T 42328, Push-Pull Fitted, which worked an LCGB (Locomotive Club of Great Britain) Special over the branch. The illustrated plan includes many familiar buildings from that side of the town. Although, using artistic licence, he has used a few others including the 'Coopers Tavern'. As David explains, “Well, you can't produce a model of Burton without including a pub, can you!” PETER BAUMGARTNER'S BOOK SIGNING Member, Peter Baumgartner, recently signed copies of his re-issued and updated book 'Memories of the Swad Loop and Other Railways in the South Derbyshire Area' at Waterstone's in Coopers Square, Burton. As reported in the Burton and South Derbyshire Advertiser (29 December 2010) a senior bookseller at Waterstone's said, "We were terribly busy so Peter almost got lost in the crowd and we had to leave him to his own devices, but he went down very well and was chatting away with people." "We must have sold about 60 or 70 copies so far and it's still selling well." Well done, Peter. CLUB PHOTO COMPETITION The annual photo competition was held on Wednesday 20th October. The results are as follows: Category A 1. Mark Ratcliffe 177 pts A Garratt on the Welsh Highland Line 2. Mark Ratcliffe 174 pts 'Great Marquess' on East Lancs Railway 3. Dave Hook 172 pts 44806 at Glyndyfrdwy on the Llangollen Railway Category B 1. Peter Wardle 159 pts Dad's Army 2. Peter Wardle 139pts Smart Car 3. Peter Wardle 135 pts Ghost car (?) Category C 1. Andy Colson 182 pts An HST at Dawlish Warren 2. Peter Kenyon 161 pts 46521 on GCR? 3. Peter Kenyon 156 pts 'Leander' The overall winner was therefore Andy Colson with 182 pts. Well done to the winners and thanks to the organisers and all those who took the time to submit entries. Finally, it must be recorded that the pie and peas supper was way up to expectations so much so that surplus meals were readily consumed by still hungry members! TWO REPORTS ON THE TRIP TO THE WELSHPOOL & LLANFAIR RAILWAY 1. Report by 11 year old Jeremy Nelson Hello, my name is Jeremy and I am going to tell you about the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway. Firstly me and my dad (Rod Nelson) went on a boring coach trip to Wales, let's move on to trains now. There were four trains, the names of them are: The Earl, The Countess, Chevalier and the smallest and the funniest, Dougal. The weather was cloudy and wet, bad news, isn’t it? We started at the station, Welshpool and joys of joys I was jolly ecstatic, you can think why, because the train was coming, The Earl! There was something I’ve noticed about the coaches, they had balconies! So I got on board and set off, most of the journey I was… guess… on the balcony, honestly I loved it, even my dad filmed some of it The most annoying thing was the level crossings, because the trains had to stop for them, I question, why do they have to stop for them? Anyway, lets forget it now. The best thing about the narrow gauge railway was that it had long straight bits, so that means that the trains are pretty fast (40 mph!). Llanfair Careinion station was good because it had a model railway show. These are the ones I remember, a G scale one, the mine one and one of them was for children to drive, a shunting one. Rules: pick four numbers and then shunt them out, done. Chevalier was the second oldest at 95 years old. The oldest was The Earl and The Countess of 108 years old, amazing! We went on all of them except Dougal, I thought, “ shame” and it was! The train was packed and The Countess pulled 5 coaches uphill and I watched her from the balcony and she was slipping a lot! At last, we are back at Welshpool and back on the coach and when I got home, I had a good nights sleep that night! If you want to go there… go there! Today was superb! Hope I go there again. Bye-bye! 2. Report by Rod Nelson A grey early morning on 5th September saw several stalwarts from Burton Railway Club gather outside the Nag’s Head public house in Mickleover. As the hour of seven approached, the coach appeared and picked us up. Many more members were picked up from various subsequent stops until the bus was fairly full, and well before 10 o’clock we had arrived at the Welshpool station of the narrow gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Railway for their gala event. Our arrival caused a lengthy queue at the ticket office, but we were all aboard for the departure of The Earl with a mixed bag of coaches. Some were from the Hungarian State Railway (MÁV), the remainder being from the Zillertalbahn in Austria. Austerity seating was provided, i.e. hard and wooden! The coaches had verandahs at each end, which proved very popular with the passengers. The leisurely journey took about an hour from Welshpool to Llanfair Careinion, through attractive rolling farmland and verdant hillsides. The weather was inclined to drizzle but was not really a problem – in fact the sun even came out for short periods. At Llanfair Caereinion, some members went off into the village, others stayed at the station, where an impressive variety of vintage vehicles (rail and road) had been assembled, plus a number of stalls selling gala essentials, i.e. railwayana and food. This reviewer can heartily recommend the bacon rolls, and the station café served a superb selection of home-made cakes. The engine shed housed several model railway layouts, including a shunting layout where the general public were invited to solve shunting problems. This was very popular with the junior members of the public. Static locomotives on display included one from as far afield as Romania, with at least two others from the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway. The locomotives at work on the day were The Earl, The Countess, Chevalier, and Dougal. Dougal was definitely a curiosity, being about one third of the height of the other two locomotives, with a completely open footplate. Its maximum capacity on the line appeared to be only one coach, and it was employed on shuttles between Llanfair Caereinion and Castle Careinion only. The other locomotives worked the full length of the steeply graded line, although Chevalier struggled, and was eventually retired with a hot axlebox. Our return trip back to Burton and Derby left at 6 p.m. just as the rain began in earnest, perhaps an indication that it was time to go. It had been a thoroughly enjoyable trip to what for this reviewer had been a line yet to be visited. Thanks to Baz for organising a great trip. BURTON RAILWAY SOCIETY CELEBRATES 25 YEARS In August 2010 the Society was officially 25 years old! To celebrate, the Committee commissioned David Wright to produce a limited edition print for members ony. The chosen subject is an interior portrait of 17B Burton Shed. It will be in landscape format 14" x 6" in former carriage print style. Five locomotives familiar with the Burton area will be potrayed around the turntable. These are a Bass Brewery engine, the Tutbury Jinny loco, a "Crab", a 4F, and a Class 20. The 17B shed plate will be depicted below. THE RAILWAY BOOKSHOP See the 'Links' page for details of BRS Member Chris Canner's Bookshop (including his website) if you would like to get in touch with him between meetings. ALUMINIUM Chris Smith and Steve Warren are pleased to accept aluminium cans to speed up the restoration of the Severn Valley's GW 2-8-0 2857. CLUB NIGHT REPORTS If you would be willing to write a report of a Club Night presentation to appear on the Society's website - just one a year if you like - please speak to Mark Ratcliffe. The amount of detail in the report depends on you - see previous reports on this site (through a link on the Meetings page) for a flavour of what has been done in the past! BRS 2008 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS The judging of the annual Photographic Competition by members took place on Wednesday 15th October. The event was attended by nearly 50 members and the numbers were no doubt influenced by the provision of a subsidised pie and peas supper. [Thanks to Mark Broughton and his assistant Linda, the pies were delicious as usual.] Luckily, with so many people attending, the event was moved into the main hall which was a far more suitable venue. The Committee changed the rules for judging this year in that members who submitted an entry were not allowed to vote. As usual there were four classes of entries to be judged: (A) Prints; (B) Digital Prints; (C) Novelty Section; and, (D) Transparencies. Each entry had to be awarded a score from a low of 1 to a high of 9. The results of the scoring are as follows. However, sharp-eyed members who attended will notice that the scores of the winning entries have changed from those given out on the night. Our scorer for the evening, John Tuffs, had been kept very busy (he could have even missed out on the pie and peas) and being conscientious he later scrutinised his Excel spreadsheet and found a minor glitch. Once it was rectified, the revised counts fortunately did not change any of the results. CLASS A: Winner John Marsh (147 points) - a picture of a Class 37 locomotive at Crewe diesel depot. CLASS B: Winner Mark Ratcliffe (186 points) - a Q6 on a North Yorkshire Moors Railway freight train at Newton Dale. Mark also took second place and Dave Hook third. CLASS C: Winner Peter Wardle (146 points) - with the mail drop at Quorn. CLASS D: Winner Andy Colson (179 points) - a train hauled by a GWR pannier tank crossing the Dee Bridge at Llangollen. Andy also took the second and third places. The overall winner with the highest number of points was Mark Ratcliffe who receives the Peter Clamp Trophy for the next year. During the count and after the results were announced, Mark Ratcliffe showed slides of the local area that he had recently acquired. This rounded off a most enjoyable evening and thanks go to all the members who submitted entries, to the winners, to John, to Mark and Linda for the food, and to all those who contributed to the organisation and those who attended. BRS 2007 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS The winners of the BRS Photographic Competition as judged by members on 18th October were as follows: Section A (Colour Prints) Chris Worley (360 points) with a shot of 41241 hauling two coaches on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Section B (Digital Prints) Mark Ratcliffe (455 points) with B1 61306 on the Nene Valley Railway with a spectacular smoke effect. This photograph was also judged to be the overall winner of the competition. Section C (Happy Snapper) Dave Hook (380 points) whose entry was entitled: "The chap doesn't seem to be having much fun." - getting drenched by the water column. Section D (Slides) Peter Kenyon (445 points) with a shot of 71000 Duke of Gloucester. We congratulate the winners and thank all those who entered the competition. Thanks also go to John Tuffs for organising the event and to Dave Hook who spent most of the evening entering the scores into a laptop prior to announcing the results. Whilst this was happening members enjoyed a substantial meal of Pie & Peas prepared by Mark Broughton - well up to his usual excellent standard. The collating of the scores took some time, but members were kept entertained by Mark Ratcliffe with the screening of 70 slides. The first 14 were a mixed bag of pre-Colour Rail Slides by CCQ & ADC which Mark obtained from a recent visit to the Mid Hants Railway. These slides featured scenes from all over the country and included some rare colour shots of pre-nationalisation steam. Next came half a dozen local scenes of industrial locos at work at Tutbury Plaster Works & Bagworth Colliery. The second magazine was dedicated to bygone scenes in Derbyshire with just an occasional excursion over the border. Steam locomotives were the main subject matter, but a few diesel locomotives and a couple of DMUs were screened. Those present voted the evening a great success - especially the pie & peas - so if you didn't come this time the meal is already booked for 15th October 2008 - see you there! Finally thanks to John Marsh who once again volunteered to engrave the trophies for the winning entrants. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS The Society has several photographic albums mainly of scenes in and around Burton with a few covering a wider area and some devoted to loco portraits. First the Eric Edwards Collection Eric is a local man who travelled all over the country photographing trains, but also took a considerable number in Burton. Eric is unfortunately now blind and the Society purchased his collection of 17 albums from him. These are kept at the Club and can be readily accessed on Club Evenings should members or visitors so desire. Requests should be made to the Club night organiser Mark Ratcliffe. They are titled: * The Burton Area * Burton Mainly Jubilees & Scots * Derby Shed & Works * Early Diesels At Derby * LMS Classes 40024 - 54398 * GW Classes Vale of Rheidol No.7 - 3814 * GW Classes 3824 - 6023 * GW Steam Around The Country * SR Classes Vol. 1 A1X - Lord Nelson * SR Classes Vol. 2 Lord Nelson - USA Tanks. * LNER Classes A4 / A3 / A! / A2 * LNER Classes A2 - D49 * LNER Classes D49 - A8 * Mixed Bag GW / SR / LNER * Around The Country Featuring LMS & BR Standards * BR Standards & Irish Locos * Crewe / Shrewsbury & Snow Hill The Tom Heavyside Album This features 50 photographs taken at Cadley Hill Colliery by this well-known photographer. Other Albums at Club H.Q. Twenty-three volumes of diesel photographs plus a few electrics are also available at the Club H.Q. These photos are 7" x 5" in size, many taken around Burton and are generally stored in albums according to classes. The photographic quality of these is mixed and some are quite poor, but they form a record in many cases of the recent past. Other Albums The Society holds the following albums which contain many first class shots with some in colour and some rare shots eg. 92220 'Evening Star' on 17B Burton Shed. * The 17B Albums (2 Volumes) * Burton Brewery System (2 Volumes) * A North Staffs Album With Reference To The Burton Area. These albums are looked after by Committee Member John Tuffs and a special request is required in order to view them. They are usually made available to members at least twice a year. Video & DVD 'Diaries of a Trainspotter' - illustrated talk by Michael Harvey Books of Local and Wider Interest Owned by the Society 'Brewery Railways' by Ian Peaty 'Brewery Railways of Burton on Trent ' by Cliff Shepherd 'British Steam Nostalgia' by Colin Garratt 'Leicester and Burton Branch Railway' by H N Twells 'Life on the Leicester Line' by Tony Gregory 'LMS Album' by C C Dorman 'LMS at War' by G C Nash 'North Staffs Locos' by K Hopkins 'Our Model Railway - the Bass System Railways in Burton' by H N Twells 'Rail Centres - Derby' by Brian Radford GRAHAM COXON SCRAPBOOKS The Society now has in its possession the Graham Coxon Scrapbooks. These contain articles pertaining to railway interest with many items being of local interest, there are three volumes altogether.

CLUB NEWS

VISIT TO RAMPART, DERBY 18 NOVEMBER 2011

Click here to see the report and photographs of the visit to Rampart.

GOOD NEWS!

Member Mick Cramp (190) who was looking for any information on the signal boxes that controlled the Marston/Egginton triangle has emailed to say that a member from Uttoxeter came forward with three pictures, taken in the 1960s, of Marston box, Dove box and one inside of Dove box. He also had a response from a local person who saw his plea in the local Newsletter and supplied him with information on the track and signal layouts. Thank you to the member who supplied the photographs.

MODELLING A BREWERY BRANCH

Artist and model maker, BRS member 267 David Wright, has another one of his regular Illustrated Layout Designs in the latest (November) Issue of “Railway Modeller” magazine.

"This plan might be of particular interest to BRS members" David says. The plan he has illustrated is for a brewery branch line based here in Burton-on-Trent. He has used the Bond End Branch and he says that his main reason for this is “You can run off-the-shelf locomotives on this section of track, as it was served mainly by motive power from 17B!” He has even included the Ivatt 2P 2-6-2 T 42328, Push-Pull Fitted, which worked an LCGB (Locomotive Club of Great Britain) Special over the branch.

The illustrated plan includes many familiar buildings from that side of the town. Although, using artistic licence, he has used a few others including the 'Coopers Tavern'. As David explains, “Well, you can't produce a model of Burton without including a pub, can you!”

PETER BAUMGARTNER'S BOOK SIGNING

Member, Peter Baumgartner, recently signed copies of his re-issued and updated book 'Memories of the Swad Loop and Other Railways in the South Derbyshire Area' at Waterstone's in Coopers Square, Burton. As reported in the Burton and South Derbyshire Advertiser (29 December 2010) a senior bookseller at Waterstone's said, "We were terribly busy so Peter almost got lost in the crowd and we had to leave him to his own devices, but he went down very well and was chatting away with people." "We must have sold about 60 or 70 copies so far and it's still selling well." Well done, Peter.

CLUB PHOTO COMPETITION

The annual photo competition was held on Wednesday 20th October. The results are as follows:

Category A

1. Mark Ratcliffe 177 pts A Garratt on the Welsh Highland Line
2. Mark Ratcliffe 174 pts 'Great Marquess' on East Lancs Railway
3. Dave Hook 172 pts 44806 at Glyndyfrdwy on the Llangollen Railway

Category B

1. Peter Wardle    159 pts Dad's Army
2. Peter Wardle    139pts Smart Car
3. Peter Wardle    135 pts Ghost car (?)

Category C

1. Andy Colson 182 pts An HST at Dawlish Warren
2. Peter Kenyon 161 pts 46521 on GCR?
3. Peter Kenyon 156 pts 'Leander'

The overall winner was therefore Andy Colson with 182 pts.

Well done to the winners and thanks to the organisers and all those who took the time to submit entries. Finally, it must be recorded that the pie and peas supper was way up to expectations so much so that surplus meals were readily consumed by still hungry members!

TWO REPORTS ON THE TRIP TO THE WELSHPOOL & LLANFAIR RAILWAY

1. Report by 11 year old Jeremy Nelson

Hello, my name is Jeremy and I am going to tell you about the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.

Firstly me and my dad (Rod Nelson) went on a boring coach trip to Wales, let's move on to trains now. There were four trains, the names of them are: The Earl, The Countess, Chevalier and the smallest and the funniest, Dougal. The weather was cloudy and wet, bad news, isn’t it? We started at the station, Welshpool and joys of joys I was jolly ecstatic, you can think why, because the train was coming, The Earl! There was something I’ve noticed about the coaches, they had balconies! So I got on board and set off, most of the journey I was… guess… on the balcony, honestly I loved it, even my dad filmed some of it

The most annoying thing was the level crossings, because the trains had to stop for them, I question, why do they have to stop for them? Anyway, lets forget it now. The best thing about the narrow gauge railway was that it had long straight bits, so that means that the trains are pretty fast (40 mph!). Llanfair Careinion station was good because it had a model railway show. These are the ones I remember, a G scale one, the mine one and one of them was for children to drive, a shunting one. Rules: pick four numbers and then shunt them out, done. Chevalier was the second oldest at 95 years old. The oldest was The Earl and The Countess of 108 years old, amazing! We went on all of them except Dougal, I thought, “ shame” and it was! The train was packed and The Countess pulled 5 coaches uphill and I watched her from the balcony and she was slipping a lot! At last, we are back at Welshpool and back on the coach and when I got home, I had a good nights sleep that night! If you want to go there… go there! Today was superb! Hope I go there again. Bye-bye!

2. Report by Rod Nelson

A grey early morning on 5th September saw several stalwarts from Burton Railway Club gather outside the Nag’s Head public house in Mickleover. As the hour of seven approached, the coach appeared and picked us up. Many more members were picked up from various subsequent stops until the bus was fairly full, and well before 10 o’clock we had arrived at the Welshpool station of the narrow gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Railway for their gala event. Our arrival caused a lengthy queue at the ticket office, but we were all aboard for the departure of The Earl with a mixed bag of coaches. Some were from the Hungarian State Railway (MÁV), the remainder being from the Zillertalbahn in Austria. Austerity seating was provided, i.e. hard and wooden! The coaches had verandahs at each end, which proved very popular with the passengers. The leisurely journey took about an hour from Welshpool to Llanfair Careinion, through attractive rolling farmland and verdant hillsides. The weather was inclined to drizzle but was not really a problem – in fact the sun even came out for short periods.

At Llanfair Caereinion, some members went off into the village, others stayed at the station, where an impressive variety of vintage vehicles (rail and road) had been assembled, plus a number of stalls selling gala essentials, i.e. railwayana and food. This reviewer can heartily recommend the bacon rolls, and the station café served a superb selection of home-made cakes. The engine shed housed several model railway layouts, including a shunting layout where the general public were invited to solve shunting problems. This was very popular with the junior members of the public. Static locomotives on display included one from as far afield as Romania, with at least two others from the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway.

The locomotives at work on the day were The Earl, The Countess, Chevalier, and Dougal. Dougal was definitely a curiosity, being about one third of the height of the other two locomotives, with a completely open footplate. Its maximum capacity on the line appeared to be only one coach, and it was employed on shuttles between Llanfair Caereinion and Castle Careinion only. The other locomotives worked the full length of the steeply graded line, although Chevalier struggled, and was eventually retired with a hot axlebox.

Our return trip back to Burton and Derby left at 6 p.m. just as the rain began in earnest, perhaps an indication that it was time to go. It had been a thoroughly enjoyable trip to what for this reviewer had been a line yet to be visited. Thanks to Baz for organising a great trip.

BURTON RAILWAY SOCIETY CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

In August 2010 the Society was officially 25 years old! To celebrate, the Committee commissioned David Wright to produce a limited edition print for members ony. The chosen subject is an interior portrait of 17B Burton Shed. It will be in landscape format 14" x 6" in former carriage print style. Five locomotives familiar with the Burton area will be potrayed around the turntable. These are a Bass Brewery engine, the Tutbury Jinny loco, a "Crab", a 4F, and a Class 20. The 17B shed plate will be depicted below.

THE RAILWAY BOOKSHOP

See the 'Links' page for details of BRS Member Chris Canner's Bookshop (including his website) if you would like to get in touch with him between meetings.

ALUMINIUM

Chris Smith and Steve Warren are pleased to accept aluminium cans to speed up the restoration of the Severn Valley's GW 2-8-0 2857.

CLUB NIGHT REPORTS

If you would be willing to write a report of a Club Night presentation to appear on the Society's website - just one a year if you like - please speak to Mark Ratcliffe. The amount of detail in the report depends on you - see previous reports on this site (through a link on the Meetings page) for a flavour of what has been done in the past!

BRS 2008 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS

The judging of the annual Photographic Competition by members took place on Wednesday 15th October. The event was attended by nearly 50 members and the numbers were no doubt influenced by the provision of a subsidised pie and peas supper. [Thanks to Mark Broughton and his assistant Linda, the pies were delicious as usual.] Luckily, with so many people attending, the event was moved into the main hall which was a far more suitable venue.

The Committee changed the rules for judging this year in that members who submitted an entry were not allowed to vote. As usual there were four classes of entries to be judged: (A) Prints; (B) Digital Prints; (C) Novelty Section; and, (D) Transparencies. Each entry had to be awarded a score from a low of 1 to a high of 9.

The results of the scoring are as follows. However, sharp-eyed members who attended will notice that the scores of the winning entries have changed from those given out on the night. Our scorer for the evening, John Tuffs, had been kept very busy (he could have even missed out on the pie and peas) and being conscientious he later scrutinised his Excel spreadsheet and found a minor glitch. Once it was rectified, the revised counts fortunately did not change any of the results.

CLASS A: Winner John Marsh (147 points) - a picture of a Class 37 locomotive at Crewe diesel depot.

CLASS B: Winner Mark Ratcliffe (186 points) - a Q6 on a North Yorkshire Moors Railway freight train at Newton Dale. Mark also took second place and Dave Hook third.

CLASS C: Winner Peter Wardle (146 points) - with the mail drop at Quorn.

CLASS D: Winner Andy Colson (179 points) - a train hauled by a GWR pannier tank crossing the Dee Bridge at Llangollen. Andy also took the second and third places.

The overall winner with the highest number of points was Mark Ratcliffe who receives the Peter Clamp Trophy for the next year.

During the count and after the results were announced, Mark Ratcliffe showed slides of the local area that he had recently acquired. This rounded off a most enjoyable evening and thanks go to all the members who submitted entries, to the winners, to John, to Mark and Linda for the food, and to all those who contributed to the organisation and those who attended.

BRS 2007 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS

The winners of the BRS Photographic Competition as judged by members on 18th October were as follows:

Section A (Colour Prints) Chris Worley (360 points) with a shot of 41241 hauling two coaches on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

Section B (Digital Prints) Mark Ratcliffe (455 points) with B1 61306 on the Nene Valley Railway with a spectacular smoke effect. This photograph was also judged to be the overall winner of the competition.

Section C (Happy Snapper) Dave Hook (380 points) whose entry was entitled: "The chap doesn't seem to be having much fun." - getting drenched by the water column.

Section D (Slides) Peter Kenyon (445 points) with a shot of 71000 Duke of Gloucester.

We congratulate the winners and thank all those who entered the competition.

Thanks also go to John Tuffs for organising the event and to Dave Hook who spent most of the evening entering the scores into a laptop prior to announcing the results. Whilst this was happening members enjoyed a substantial meal of Pie & Peas prepared by Mark Broughton - well up to his usual excellent standard. The collating of the scores took some time, but members were kept entertained by Mark Ratcliffe with the screening of 70 slides. The first 14 were a mixed bag of pre-Colour Rail Slides by CCQ & ADC which Mark obtained from a recent visit to the Mid Hants Railway. These slides featured scenes from all over the country and included some rare colour shots of pre-nationalisation steam. Next came half a dozen local scenes of industrial locos at work at Tutbury Plaster Works & Bagworth Colliery. The second magazine was dedicated to bygone scenes in Derbyshire with just an occasional excursion over the border. Steam locomotives were the main subject matter, but a few diesel locomotives and a couple of DMUs were screened.

Those present voted the evening a great success - especially the pie & peas - so if you didn't come this time the meal is already booked for 15th October 2008 - see you there!

Finally thanks to John Marsh who once again volunteered to engrave the trophies for the winning entrants.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS

The Society has several photographic albums mainly of scenes in and around Burton with a few covering a wider area and some devoted to loco portraits.

First the Eric Edwards Collection

Eric is a local man who travelled all over the country photographing trains, but also took a considerable number in Burton. Eric is unfortunately now blind and the Society purchased his collection of 17 albums from him. These are kept at the Club and can be readily accessed on Club Evenings should members or visitors so desire. Requests should be made to the Club night organiser Mark Ratcliffe. They are titled:

* The Burton Area
* Burton Mainly Jubilees & Scots
* Derby Shed & Works
* Early Diesels At Derby
* LMS Classes 40024 - 54398
* GW Classes Vale of Rheidol No.7 - 3814
* GW Classes 3824 - 6023
* GW Steam Around The Country
* SR Classes Vol. 1 A1X - Lord Nelson
* SR Classes Vol. 2 Lord Nelson - USA Tanks.
* LNER Classes A4 / A3 / A! / A2
* LNER Classes A2 - D49
* LNER Classes D49 - A8
* Mixed Bag GW / SR / LNER
* Around The Country Featuring LMS & BR Standards
* BR Standards & Irish Locos
* Crewe / Shrewsbury & Snow Hill

The Tom Heavyside Album

This features 50 photographs taken at Cadley Hill Colliery by this well-known photographer.

Other Albums at Club H.Q.

Twenty-three volumes of diesel photographs plus a few electrics are also available at the Club H.Q. These photos are 7" x 5" in size, many taken around Burton and are generally stored in albums according to classes. The photographic quality of these is mixed and some are quite poor, but they form a record in many cases of the recent past.

Other Albums

The Society holds the following albums which contain many first class shots with some in colour and some rare shots eg. 92220 'Evening Star' on 17B Burton Shed.

* The 17B Albums (2 Volumes)
* Burton Brewery System (2 Volumes)
* A North Staffs Album With Reference To The Burton Area.

These albums are looked after by Committee Member John Tuffs and a special request is required in order to view them. They are usually made available to members at least twice a year.

Video & DVD

'Diaries of a Trainspotter' - illustrated talk by Michael Harvey

Books of Local and Wider Interest Owned by the Society

'Brewery Railways' by Ian Peaty

'Brewery Railways of Burton on Trent ' by Cliff Shepherd

'British Steam Nostalgia' by Colin Garratt

'Leicester and Burton Branch Railway' by H N Twells

'Life on the Leicester Line' by Tony Gregory

'LMS Album' by C C Dorman

'LMS at War' by G C Nash

'North Staffs Locos' by K Hopkins

'Our Model Railway - the Bass System Railways in Burton' by H N Twells

'Rail Centres - Derby' by Brian Radford

GRAHAM COXON SCRAPBOOKS

The Society now has in its possession the Graham Coxon Scrapbooks. These contain articles pertaining to railway interest with many items being of local interest, there are three volumes altogether.