AGENDA
AGENDA INFORMATION
23 December 2017
Monthly Social Meetings are held at the club rooms on the Second Thursday each month, commencing at 20:00 and finishing at 22:30. The club rooms are open at 19:30 for operation of HO trains on the club layout prior to the meeting.
23 December 2017
Monthly Social Meetings are held at the club rooms on the Second Thursday each month, commencing at 20:00 and finishing at 22:30. The club rooms are open at 19:30 for operation of HO trains on the club layout prior to the meeting.
- Timetable operation on the “Stonnington Valley” layout is held (unless the Note** below applies) on the First Sunday of each month commencing at 13:30 and finishing at 17:30, on the Saturday Following the Social Meeting of each month from 12:30 until 17:00, on the Second Friday, after the Social Meeting and the Last Friday of each month from 19:30 until 23:00. Waybill Sessions are held on the Last Saturday of each month from 11:30 until 17:30. DCC Running is held on the Fourth Sunday of each month from 12:30 until 17:00. UK operating sessions are held quarterly on the First Friday from 19:30 until 23:00.
- DCC Themed Running Sessions will be held on the Saturday Following the Social Meeting after the afternoon session from 18.00 to 22.00.
- Junior running days are held on the Second Saturday Following the Social Meeting (except August) during school terms, or on Wednesdays during school holidays, from 10:00 until about 15:00.
- Work nights on the club layouts are held each Tuesday at 19:30.
- Daylighters are retired people and anyone else interested in week-day attendance and operating the HO club layout. They meet each Monday except on a public holiday from 09:30 until 15:00.
- If you wish to operate your own HO rolling stock at these operating sessions it must be fitted with functional Kadee couplers and all goods trains must have a caboose, guard’s van or working flashing device indicating the rear of the train. You must be at the clubrooms at least 1/2 hour before starting time and, if there is an excess of rolling stock available, each member is limited to two trains on the layout.
- Large Scale Train Running on the Garden Railway is held on the Sunday Following the Social Meeting each month from 10:00 until 17:00 .
- Entries in the Photographic and Modelling Competitions are judged bi-monthly at the Social Meeting. They will be in Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct and Dec.
- There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit, however only the entry gaining the highest number of points on a given night in either Model or print will be credited to your annual score. Trophies will be awarded annually in both competitions – Photographic (1) with the winner being the entrant with the highest score over at least 3 competitions – and Models (2), Beginner and Open, with the winners being the entrants with the highest aggregate score over at least 3 different “subjects” within a Division. Models are judged in 2 Divisions – Beginner and Open – and 2 Sections – Scratch built (out of 100 points) and Kit or Modified Commercial model (out of 75 points). There are 5 Standard Subjects for Models – Goods Rolling Stock, Maintenance of Way, Passenger Rolling Stock, Structure / Permanent Way / Diorama and Locomotive.
- Changes to this Agenda will be announced at Social Meetings and will be printed in State News in Journal. The Agenda is published on the AMRA-VIC web site at www.amravic.com.au
- All meetings, unless otherwise stated, are held at the club rooms at 92 Wills Street, Glen Iris 3146. (Melways ref 59 H7) and there is adequate parking in the railway car-parks alongside and opposite the club rooms. For Layout Operating Sessions access is from the rear of the club rooms via Kerford Road (200 metres North of club rooms) and the lane to the rear of the property. Note Only limited parking is available at the rear and alongside the club rooms with two marked No Parking areas.
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