The Tuesday summer track meetings will soon be coming to a close and a wide variety of models have been seen on most weeks.  Also the fortnightly Friday evening meetings have proved quite popular.

Club visits were made at the beginning of June to the Iden Gauge One Railway and the Boatyard Railway at Grove Ferry.  Glorious weather on both occasions with many members enjoying themselves.  The Midsummer meeting and BBQ was held in brilliant sunshine and was a great success with ten locos on the main track and live steam in the garden railway.  A good attendance with over 150 burgers and sausages consumed.

Sixty members and family went on the 'Fish & Chip Special' on the RH&DR to Dungeness in July and it was a great success.  The weather was kind and a photographic run-by was arranged on the way back to New Romney.  The following week, 29 members of the Boatyard Railway enjoyed themselves on a visit to Rolfe Lane on a bright and warm Tuesday afternoon.  Refreshments were laid on with numerous activity to be seen on all of the tracks.

The club was open for the New Romney Country Fayre at the end of July and there was a constant stream of visitors during the day.  A number of locos were run giving rides to children and the garden railway was in use as well.

Visits were made to the Maidstone and Tonbridge clubs during August and some members took their locos and had a good run on both tracks.  At Tonbridge, they helped with the passenger hauling during the afternoon.

The Wednesday Gang still meet on a regular basis.  The traverser on the steaming bay has been extended to make the access easier.  New blocks and beams have been laid on the siding between the steaming bays and the swing bridge and the block path has been completed.  A start has been made on the track for the siding.

Our President, Bobby Jones, was interviewed in 2008 about his involvement with railways, full-size and miniature and also the RMMES, on the local radio station Romney Marsh FM.  You can hear a recording of the interview if you click here (might take a minute to load).