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Written by Peter Nicholson

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Last Updated: 03 January 2025

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One of our longest-standing members and ex-chairman of LMRG, Alan Morton, passed away on Wednesday 18th December 2024.

He had been ill for a while and was rushed into hospital on Monday 16th December.

Funeral arrangements are as follows:
Monday 20th January 2025 10.30am at Gilroes Crematorium, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QG

He will be sorely missed by his close friends and members of the club.

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Written by Stephen Wadsworth

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Last Updated: 05 November 2022

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Click to watch the video of O-Gauge and OO-Gauge models on our test track and layouts at LMRG in October 2022

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Written by Stephen Wadsworth

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Last Updated: 17 August 2024

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LMRG are showing our Stonesby Magna Layout at the Soar Valley Model Railway Club's "Heart of the Midlands" model railway exhibition at Loughborough Grammar School on the 17th and 18th of August.

The layout is DCC Controlled using an NCE PowerCab ^TM with a ProCab ^TM additional handset, and the points are servo-controlled using the MegaPoints ^TM system.  The OO-9 Quarry feature is controlled automatically using the EX-RAIL Automation features of the Arduino-based DCC-EX ^TM Command Station, demonstrating random locomotive sounds and varying time delays at each end ranging from 7 to 20 seconds.  Two line-tracking sensors are used detect the arrival of the locomotive at each end of the journey.  The locomotive can also be controlled manually using the Android Engine Driver App or iPhone Wi-throttle App.  Details of the code used are available on request.

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Written by Stephen Wadsworth

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Last Updated: 05 July 2021

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Roger Manning gave a comprehensive talk to Leicester Model Railway Group Virtual Clubnight on 12th May 2021 on modelling Signalling systems for Model Railway layouts.