Would you like to join the Hoo Peninsula Model Railway Club?

Members of the Hoo Peninsula Model Railway Club meet regularly in Hoo, and they’re keen to attract new members to the group.

I attended one of their activity nights late last year, and I had a good time meeting existing members. I was quite surprised though by how much knowledge I had somehow retained from my own youthful obsession with model railways.

It was good to meet up with the Model Railway Club and to see their dedication and enjoyment constructing and building layouts and scenery, as well as the more social elements of sharing information, knowledge, skills and stories - and enjoying a nice cuppa and biscuits of course!

If you’d like to find out more about the group, or to arrange a visit to one of their activity nights, get in touch with Ralph on 07527 596 630.

  

Level Crossing, Isle of Grain

According to the BBC, British Transport Police have prosecuted one hundred people in the past three months, for ignoring the lights at the level crossing on the Isle of Grain (photographed below).  British Transport Police say CCTV cameras and higher fines have helped cut the number of incidents at the crossing, by 20 a week to just one or two since 1 May.

Last month, Network Rail said they were considering the possibility of installing automatic barriers at the crossing, to replace the manual system currently in use.

NOTE:  Images supplied by the British Transport Police.