Summer Holiday Driver Training Experience
Over the Summer Holidays we are offering non-members the opportunity to drive our class 37 Locomotive pictured above. Anyone interested is invited to come to our site on Trinity Crescent, LL30 2PQ on a Wednesday morning. The train running times will be between 10.30 am and 1.00 pm (or later by prior arrangement, please contact us if interested). The experience is open to adults and children (6 years+), although adults must accompany children aged 6-16 years.
Following an introductory lap from a qualified NWMES driver, the trainee drivers will be shown how to use the controls to drive the train and talked through how to do so in a safe and responsible manner. The trainee driver will then be invited to drive the locomotive around 4 laps of the track. All drivers will be accompanied by their instructor and a guard who can independently stop the train and ensure that that the experience is both fun and safe.
The cost per experience is £15 (driver + 1 guardian, if applicable)) and upon completion, participants will be awarded a Souvenir Certificate and Badge.
Please send any queries to enquiries@nwmes.org.uk
We are open to New Members wishing to join the club so if you are interested in Model Engineering, general engineering, gardening, building or general DIY or would just like to help us to build, run and maintain a miniature railway then why not get in touch. You will find us at our West Shore Site on a Wednesday or Saturday where you can just show up for a chat, have a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy friendly welcome.
You can also contact us by email at enquiries@nwmes.org.uk.
About the NWMES
The Society was formed over 70 years ago as a result of 3 people meeting in a café in Llandudno and it has grown slowly to its present size with a membership in the region of 70 members.
The Society aims to foster an interest in engineering through the construction of model engines of all kinds. Many members have had no previous training in engineering but with the help of other members have been able to gain such skills as necessary to produce working models.
We also welcome members interested in taking up the opportunity to develop skills in the construction, development, maintenance and operation of our miniature railway. Members are encouraged to take part in the public running events the Society holds and appropriate training on all aspects of running such events, including the driving and maintenance of live steam and electric model locomotives, is available to those wishing to participate.
The Society is in a continuous process of developing it’s facilities at West Shore, Llandudno. Our permanent track of both 5″ and 3.5″ gauge, is approximately 1/3rd of a mile in length. August 2016 saw the completion of the final phase of track building. Our current projects include the provision of water locations and 12/24v power outlets at all steaming bays, levelling and installing a new driveway to the steaming bays, general landscaping and planting around the site, and the building of a permanent Clubhouse on the site. To help raise funds for these projects we hold Public Running sessions on Saturdays 12:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs, weather permitting, from Easter to October, where donations for rides are always welcomed.
During the winter we meet once each month with a mixture of talks on diverse topics, video evenings and the opportunity to discuss the latest engineering problems members may have encountered in their model making.
Interested members of the general public are welcome at these meetings which are currently held at the Craig y Don Community Centre, Queens Road. Llandudno, LL30 1TE.
A list of forthcoming meetings and topics is available on our Information/Meetings & Events page.
The Society aims to organize at least two trips each year to venues of interest to the members and their families, including the main Model Engineering Exhibitions.
Finally, if you are interested in Model Engineering of any kind or would like to help us to build and run a miniature railway at our site at West Shore, then why not pop in and see us, we are here most Wednesdays and Saturdays, you will be sure of a friendly welcome.
Members Models
