First off is the weekend of 9th/10th July with the Hartlepool MRC & Hornby Live event, held at the Wynyard Rooms in Wynyard Park, Hartlepool, followed by a weeks break in the Lake District where I'll be once again visiting the Ravensglass and Eskdale Narrow Gauge Railway and also my first visit to the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway.
August sees the return of the 'Flying Scotsman' to the NRM York taking pride of place on the turntable of the Great Hall, now repainted in the famous LNER Apple Green livery as seen below:
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| LNER Class A3 No. 4472 'Flying Scotsman' |
Another Model Rail Exhibition follows that on the 27th/28th of August in North Shields, which is organised the Blyth & Tyne MRC. Into September, and I can be found at the NRM for two steam gala's linked by the mainline running of the one and only 'Flying Scotsman', which will be hauling shuttle services between York and Shildon! Closely behind is another Steam Gala during September, only a 10 minute drive from me up at Tanfield Railway.
So plenty to do and see all which will appear on the blog in the forthcoming months, look out for them by signing up for updates to the right hand side of my blog....thanks!
Until then.....
Craig
