The Layout returns !

 Week Commencing 12th October 2026

Monday

Main job of the day was to bring  `Little Broadway ` back to Broadway. Since the model railway show it had been looked after by the Diesel Department ( Thanks again ).It was on show again on the weekend of the mix traction Gala , where a few different locos crept onto the layout.

Very nice .

3 of us went to collect a flat bed truck at Winchcombe then to Toddington pick up the layout and back to Broadway .

Home again .

Whilst we had the flat bed at Broadway , all of our scrap metal was loaded on to the wagon and on the way back it was deposited in the scrap metal skip.

Killing two birds with one stone as they say.

Ron took Billy out again , both the platform and drive having a liberal amounts of needles on them.

Ian and Kevin were seen in the car park garden removing a dead tree .

Wednesday

Over on platform 2 some wood work has appeared , hard to spot , brickwork on the front carries on .

Kevin on Monday managed to clear the fence of all the bind weed and other vegetation.

Myself and young Dave tackled the bottom corner

Chris has all most finished the top coats on the lamps.

To end the day Ron gave the small garden a trim.

Locos today on the Blue timetable ! were the Bubble car and 2807 .

Dave

Change in the Weather

 Week Commencing 5th October 2026

2 days of very different weather

Monday

Bright Sunny day , Ian , Ron , Chris , Kevin and myself busied our selves with various jobs around the station .

New gadget time !

Kevin bought a gutter brush and cleaner , Ron put it together and used it to clean the car park side of the station building . worked well on that side but far too short for the platform side .

Where else would Chris be . another overgrown Buddleia gets the chop.

This time of year Billy comes out quite regularly , Ron's turn today on platform 1 .

Wednesday

Raining most of the day and so I thought nobody would turn out , wrong .Any way not much to do when wet . An errand down to Winchcombe on the Bubble car , Ian and Young Dave tagged along .

Kevin didn't mind the rain and planted up some troughs with winter plants , and spread around a large bag of spring bulbs which had been donated to us.

Chris stayed behind in the dry to top coat the lamps .

Dave

After The Show weekend .

 Week Commencing 28th September 2026

Monday

After a very different weekend for some of us , it was back to normal at Broadway.

Our model railway which depicts Broadway Station and its environments from the past got a lot of interest and comments . and depending on which locomotives were running changed its era from the 30`s to the 50 `s .

Back at base , the weather was good enough to have the first fire of the autumn !

Billy was out on the platforms , a couple of bags full of needles kept the fire going.

On the drive Kevin was attacking the bind weed and Chris did a bit of mowing.

Ian was replacing dead flowers in the troughs.

Wednesday

Over on platform 2 , more riveting and brick work at the front on the building has been taking place. 

Ron and Ian were working on the wooden troughs which will replace some of the plastic containers

The Two Dave's were keeping the weeds and grass down behind platform 1 .

2807 and 3850,  back off its trip to the SVR ,  were on duty today

Back at the model railway shop , its a long old day , so a bit of silliness creeps in !

How many wagons and trucks could we get behind the Black 5 , all of them apparently and it still goes strong .

Dave

Show Time

 Week Commencing 21st September 2026

Monday

Bit short on numbers this week 3 on Monday and 3 on Wednesday ! 

Kevin was helping Neal and his fellow workers with a bit of riveting , that's Kev up on the boards in the orange  .Something different for Kev.

Nothing different for Chris seen deep in the undergrowth in the car park garden.

A visit from the railways weed killing train .

Wednesday.

Over on platform 2,  Riveting and brick laying continues .

Monday saw us getting " Little Broadway " ready for its trip to Toddington to be shown at the Model Railway Show . Everything was cleaned up and everything needed was packed away. it was to be transported to Toddington on train 2 . It did cause quite a stir being out on the platform .

Would it fit through the doors ? Only just another 1/2 inch and we would have had to call the whole thing off.

We made it, Ian and Kevin check everything is in one piece , It survived and now the long carry to the diesel shed where we will be over the weekend.

Real trains out today were Betton Grange and the Black 5

As I mentioned we will be in the Diesel Shed this weekend , come and have a chat and see Little Broadway in action. 

Dave

Autumn Tidy Up

 Week Commencing 7th September 2026

Monday

Grass in places has finally appeared , still a bit patchy , but Ron was out with the mower to keep it in check.

I had to take  " Billy  " out for a walk on the drive , needles are dropping regularly now its Autumn .

The wooden trough was getting filled with small trees which have come out of some plastic pots .

A find behind the fuel store, a boundary post got pulled out and put on the bench,  ready to be renovated , a correct date on this one than the one that's been put on the drive.

Hopefully only one session on the back behind platform 1 , little and often.

Wednesday

Back from a gas bottle change and meeting , i found young Dave on the drive doing it the old way .

A tidy up job behind the old office , the Heras fencing which had been stored there when not needed , it had fallen over and made cutting the grass a problem , it was decided to move it elsewhere .

Down to behind the slabs for now , probably ready for the scrap lorry !

Chris carried on etch priming the lamp tops .

Kevin was turning his home made compost heaps .

Ian was giving the boundary post a coat of black paint after a severe rubbing down. Just need to stick it the ground somewhere ( answers on a post card )

Talking of answers on a post card , please caption this , Chris taking a break. !

Locos around today were 2807 and 3850

Dave