Merioneth Railway Society
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  • About Us
    • In the beginning
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  • Mercury Reprints & Articles
    • Copyright Notice
    • Mercury Reprints 1 - 6 >
      • MM No. 1. October 1974
      • MM No. 2. May 1975
      • MM No. 3. December 1975
      • MM No. 4. Spring 1976
      • MM No. 5. June 1976
      • MM No. 6 Autumn 1976
    • Mercury Articles 7 - 10 >
      • Mercury Issue 7 >
        • Festiniog & Blaenau Railway locomotives.
        • The weekend at Hassocks 7 - 9 January, 1977.
        • Quarry Workers Coach.
      • Mercury Issue 8 >
        • ELECTRONICS AND 16mm
        • THE WATERMOOR LIGHT CLOSES
        • Redlake Revisited
        • Rubbish
        • PHOTOPAGE `NO. 2
      • Mercury Issue 9 >
        • A Double Fairlie in 16mm scale
      • Mercury Issue 10 >
        • Copyright & Credits Page
        • Les Tortillards
        • The Presidents Carriage
        • Coffeepots I
        • Cerrobend Casting
        • A Double Fairlie in 16mm scale
    • Mercury Articles 11- 20 >
      • Mercury Issue 11 >
        • Skip Wagons
        • Fiji
        • Port Class Pictorial
        • Hohenzollern
        • Coffeepots II
        • Victoria Amused Me
      • Mercury Issue 12 >
        • Cerrobond Casting Part II
        • Coffee Pots III
        • Excelsior
        • Side Tip Wagons
        • The Binnie File
        • Westcock Tramway
        • Drawings from Mercury 12
      • Mercury Issue 13 >
        • Trains by Emett
      • Mercury Issue 14 >
        • Ashbury Contractors Van
        • Corris
        • Flocking
        • Lady M
        • Lister Auto Truck
        • Ruston 16hp
        • Sauterelles
      • Mercury Issue 15 >
        • The Gentle Annie
        • Portable & Permanent Trackwork
        • The Boat
        • Trevellas Quarry
        • The Cherry Tree Brisk & Tile
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • The Planet 60HP Diesel
        • Excelsior The Facts
        • Railplane
        • The Finishing Touch
        • Open Day Pictures
      • Mercury Issue 16 >
        • Portable Trackwork
        • Permanent Trackwork
        • Bryant Switch
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • General Electric
        • The Ten Laws for Narrow Gauge Modellers
      • Mercury Issue 17 >
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • An Article for Cranks
        • Ffestiniog Gunpowder Vans
        • Ramblings on a Sunny Morning
      • Mercury Issue 18 >
        • The Mostest Two Footers
        • Bagnall at Birmingham
        • Drawings From Issue 18
        • Lynton & Barnstable Album
        • Decauville Type KE Trailers
      • Mercury Issue 19 >
        • Hookers & Shunters.
        • 10hp Planet & Penrhyn carriage.
  • Gallery
    • Drawings Register
    • Archive
    • Outings >
      • Mad Hatter's Tea Party - 2014
      • Statfold Barn - 2014
      • Apedale Gala Day - 2014
      • FR and WHR (Dave P) - Aug 2014
      • Statfold Barn - 2015
    • Models >
      • 7mm Narrow Gauge (Chris Holmes)
      • Clockwork Models
    • Members Open Days >
      • The Startops And Tringford Railway - 2014
      • Dave's July 2015
      • Dave's May 2016
      • Dave's December 2016
      • Dave's January 2017
      • Dave's July 2017
      • Graham's August 2017
      • Dave's July 2018
  • Technical
    • Scales and Gauges
    • Wheel & rail standards
    • Data sheet
    • Binnie Conversion chart
    • Pontifications
    • Muddling through with Desperate Dan
    • Mercury Drawings Index
    • Links
  • Modelling News
    • EPITAPH FOR A TRAIN SPOTTER
    • Dave P's Mogul
    • Geoff's articulated steam Sentinel "Updated"
    • Geoff's Kerr Stuart
    • Geoff's O-16.5 Layout
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INTRODUCTION:

This website is a new development for a Society formed more than 50 years ago.   The Society first exhibited a 16 mm to one foot scale model railway, at the 1962 Model Railway Club exhibition, constructed by David Newham, Tony Jenkins & Roger Marsh.

Over the intervening years the Society has seen fluctuations of activities and numbers of members.   The  light-hearted spirit has never failed where the sense of fun and whimsy often overrides more serious concerns.  The Society now comprises a small informal group of modellers with meetings on Friday evenings at various venues in the Home Counties, north west of London.   Visitors seriously interested in the modelling of predominantly Welsh narrow gauge will be most welcome.   Do contact us for details of the next venue.   A small charge may be made to cover refreshments.  [go to:  "Contact Us" ].

 The website intends to reprint edited extracts from early editions of the "Merioneth Mercury", that famous magazine produced between  February 1975 and the February of 2001 .   New reprints should appear at about 3 months intervals.   If you would like to see a particular article reproduced then do contact us.   There is no guarantee that copy will be available but we will do our best.

Our "Gallery" will show a selection of photographs.   The "Drawings Register" will list scale drawings prepared and compiled by Society members.   The smaller drawings at A3 or A4 size are freely available for you to download for personal use only.   Larger drawings will be available as prints dispatched by post at cost of printing, p & p.   If it is necessary to research the Society archive in response to a particular request, a nominal fee will be charged to cover the Society's expenses.

Also under "Gallery" you will find a sub-page: "Quiz time" - this is just a bit of fun that you might enjoy.   There are no prizes and answers will be cobbled together by the next website update.

You will also find a button "Technical" that won't be too technical!   We will cover such interesting topics as scales, gauges, couplings and their heights, etc., etc. - all that stuff you did not have the foresight to ask someone before!   If you think of any further information that might be included under this heading then do let us know.

Terms & Conditions:

This website is the copyright of Merioneth Railway Society [MRS].

All content has been provided in good faith and the MRS cannot accept any responsibility for any losses sustained by anyone as a result of this content.

All photographs and drawings are credited to the trader or photographer who owns the copyright, where known.

Any comments or requests for more information should be routed through the "Contact Us" webpage.









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  • Home
    • Introduction
  • About Us
    • In the beginning
    • Copyright notice
    • Acts of Parliament >
      • Original Act
      • Extension Acts
    • Contact
  • Mercury Reprints & Articles
    • Copyright Notice
    • Mercury Reprints 1 - 6 >
      • MM No. 1. October 1974
      • MM No. 2. May 1975
      • MM No. 3. December 1975
      • MM No. 4. Spring 1976
      • MM No. 5. June 1976
      • MM No. 6 Autumn 1976
    • Mercury Articles 7 - 10 >
      • Mercury Issue 7 >
        • Festiniog & Blaenau Railway locomotives.
        • The weekend at Hassocks 7 - 9 January, 1977.
        • Quarry Workers Coach.
      • Mercury Issue 8 >
        • ELECTRONICS AND 16mm
        • THE WATERMOOR LIGHT CLOSES
        • Redlake Revisited
        • Rubbish
        • PHOTOPAGE `NO. 2
      • Mercury Issue 9 >
        • A Double Fairlie in 16mm scale
      • Mercury Issue 10 >
        • Copyright & Credits Page
        • Les Tortillards
        • The Presidents Carriage
        • Coffeepots I
        • Cerrobend Casting
        • A Double Fairlie in 16mm scale
    • Mercury Articles 11- 20 >
      • Mercury Issue 11 >
        • Skip Wagons
        • Fiji
        • Port Class Pictorial
        • Hohenzollern
        • Coffeepots II
        • Victoria Amused Me
      • Mercury Issue 12 >
        • Cerrobond Casting Part II
        • Coffee Pots III
        • Excelsior
        • Side Tip Wagons
        • The Binnie File
        • Westcock Tramway
        • Drawings from Mercury 12
      • Mercury Issue 13 >
        • Trains by Emett
      • Mercury Issue 14 >
        • Ashbury Contractors Van
        • Corris
        • Flocking
        • Lady M
        • Lister Auto Truck
        • Ruston 16hp
        • Sauterelles
      • Mercury Issue 15 >
        • The Gentle Annie
        • Portable & Permanent Trackwork
        • The Boat
        • Trevellas Quarry
        • The Cherry Tree Brisk & Tile
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • The Planet 60HP Diesel
        • Excelsior The Facts
        • Railplane
        • The Finishing Touch
        • Open Day Pictures
      • Mercury Issue 16 >
        • Portable Trackwork
        • Permanent Trackwork
        • Bryant Switch
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • General Electric
        • The Ten Laws for Narrow Gauge Modellers
      • Mercury Issue 17 >
        • A Chest of Drawers
        • An Article for Cranks
        • Ffestiniog Gunpowder Vans
        • Ramblings on a Sunny Morning
      • Mercury Issue 18 >
        • The Mostest Two Footers
        • Bagnall at Birmingham
        • Drawings From Issue 18
        • Lynton & Barnstable Album
        • Decauville Type KE Trailers
      • Mercury Issue 19 >
        • Hookers & Shunters.
        • 10hp Planet & Penrhyn carriage.
  • Gallery
    • Drawings Register
    • Archive
    • Outings >
      • Mad Hatter's Tea Party - 2014
      • Statfold Barn - 2014
      • Apedale Gala Day - 2014
      • FR and WHR (Dave P) - Aug 2014
      • Statfold Barn - 2015
    • Models >
      • 7mm Narrow Gauge (Chris Holmes)
      • Clockwork Models
    • Members Open Days >
      • The Startops And Tringford Railway - 2014
      • Dave's July 2015
      • Dave's May 2016
      • Dave's December 2016
      • Dave's January 2017
      • Dave's July 2017
      • Graham's August 2017
      • Dave's July 2018
  • Technical
    • Scales and Gauges
    • Wheel & rail standards
    • Data sheet
    • Binnie Conversion chart
    • Pontifications
    • Muddling through with Desperate Dan
    • Mercury Drawings Index
    • Links
  • Modelling News
    • EPITAPH FOR A TRAIN SPOTTER
    • Dave P's Mogul
    • Geoff's articulated steam Sentinel "Updated"
    • Geoff's Kerr Stuart
    • Geoff's O-16.5 Layout