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Macland Terminus
Following the issues with the flooding and all the hard work that has been put into clearing away the damaged walls and lifting all the flooring, no mean feat as the DC layout needed to be dismantled and moved away from the wall. Two layouts are now up in the smaller club room such that after the AGM on 3rd September members will be able to run trains again! Dongor the N gauge layout is up and will is undergoing refurbishment and 'Grandads' layout is up for OO trains.
During the session on Monday 12th July, just when we thought we would be opening up more following lifting of COVID restrictions there was a sudden torrential downpour, which caused flooding in areas of the Island. The result was the excessive amount of water brought down the ceiling above the DC layout and made its way right through the building damaging the floor. Luckily a few members were present when it happened and did their best to prevent items being damaged by moving equipment and mopping up as best as they could.
Following the changes to Club opening times due to COVID-19, it has been decided to continue with the new times after all restrictions have been lifted. The new times are: Monday afternoon between 14:00 and 16:00 Wednesday and Friday evenings between 19:00 and 22:00
Today we had a demonstration of a speed wagon running on the OO DCC layout. The wagon can be run on either DC or DCC. It will measure the speed of the train and give a value in either miles per hour or kilometres per hour. The scale can also be selected to be either OO or HO, if you wish you can change the function to measure the distance travelled rather than the current speed. The speed wagon is marketed by Black Cat Technologies . It works by having a small magnet that is attached to one of the axles and a sensor that records each pass of the magnet, there is an onboard processor which converts the number of revolutions into the speed or distance.