Evening all. It’s now only three weeks from our rally at Saracens Head, from Friday the 19th through to Sunday the 21st. For any GL5 member wanting to take part, head over to the entry form on our website to book in, and we’ll see you all there. https://www.gl5.org/copy-of-home-1

Notes from the signalling group meeting 28/6/20155 Base construction.:- Top plate 1.5 mm steelike 18mmPVC spacer CNC routed to profile 1 or 1.5mm steel or PVC bottom plate Note: All drivers at Shildon will have the signalling system explained to them before they are allowed to drive. Signalling Type...

I will do my best to come along to the meeting at yours on Sunday,. Dave

All. Sorry to be a little late to the party, but I am also interested in helping out and building a signal or two. I noticed that Richat mentioned the S&D which would be of specific interest to me but happy to go with a more mainstream type. Again semaphore preferred. I live very close to Banbury wh...

I received this via email. Not our usual fare but if anyone interested, please contact Jeremy direct. Hi cpntact email at thre bottom of this post. Dear Secretary, Some years ago I built a 5" gauge railway around my garden. I now which to dispose of it. It consists of: About 150 metres of aluminium ...

I received this via email. Not our usual fare but if anyone interested, please contact Jeremy direct. Hi cpntact email at thre bottom of this post. Dear Secretary, Some years ago I built a 5" gauge railway around my garden. I now which to dispose of it. It consists of: About 150 metres of aluminium ...

I have to confess to ownership of the gas wagon. I always try and support the Midlands exhibition as I only live 5 miles away and drive past the showground every day. Thanks for the compliment. Guy. (New GL5 Secretary)

Hi Mikeg I used the Upload Attachment tag that you get at the bottom of the "Post a reply" option. The image needs to be resized to the 460 pixels maximum required by this forum. I used microsoft paint to open and resize the image. Once the file is attached I selected the include in line option to m...

Another image test. Just seeing how easy it is to upload a picture. A mobile phone shot circa 2Mb which had to be reduced using paint to the size required.

Thanks to the membership of GL5 for having the confidence to vote me into the post of Secretary. I do have a bit of history as I was secretary of Basingstoke and Deane MES for many years untill I moved away following work. Until the official e mail is set up, if anyone needs to contact me then pleas...

Hi all Just a quick link to my son's blog, lots of GL5 images on it from Greystones and Gilling Mainline. Its on the railway modelling forum RMWeb Link: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1096-lcs-5-inch-gauge-blog/ Go down to the bottom of the page for the start. He'll probably cover ...

I am building Metropolitan Railway Pooley wagon as used by the weighbridge companys engineers to travel round the system and calibrate the weighbridges at stations. They were used on many different railways but usually as conversions of other wagons. This wagon had workshop facilities including a fo...

Alan Thanks for the prompt reply. I have checked the membership list but Dave Alexander's details are not obvious. Is he known by an alias? His name seems vaguely familiar, I seem to remember meeting somebody at an Acton depot open day who had Met stock that could have been him. Do you have contact ...

Is anybody builing or has built Metropolitan railway rolling stock?
I an currently building ballast wagons and a 5 plank wagon and would be interested compare notes with others.