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Kit Building Demonstration - Peter and Peter [Photographer: Ann Cater]
Some of our members were giving kit building, painting and weathering demonstrations at the London Festival of Railway Modelling that was held 21/22 March. Thanks to everyone that came along for advice and a chat.
Club Meeting 7 May
There will be NO CLUB MEETING THIS EVENING due to the hall being as a local election polling station.
Next Test Track Running Day
OO Gauge Running Track [Photographer: Gary Kerr]
Our next club open/running day is being held 10:00 to 15:00 on Saturday the 6 June 2026, (confirmed). We charge £6.00 per person to cover the rental of the hall.
These are NOT exhibitions so please bring along your own locos and rolling stock and try them out. We have three running tracks, one each with N, OO/HO and O gauge track. Our N-, (three loops that can be made to operate on DC or DCC); OO-, (four DC loops and one DCC loop) and O- (four DC loops but one can be run on DCC if requested) gauge test tracks will be set up for operation. In busy periods we may have to introduce a time limit on occupation of a track to allow everyone a fair turn.
Setting Up of the O Gauge Running Track [Photographer: Brian Hodgson]
There is usually someone around to give advice on a poorly running loco and some small fixes may be possible (for a small donation to club funds). We can also supply, install and program DCC chips to suitable locos.
Bacon rolls, teas and coffees and other refreshments will also be available throughout the day.
Some photos of previous open days appear in the gallery section.
'Residents only parking' now only applies Monday-to-Friday until 17:00. On-street parking for our open days and our Thursday evening meetings, on Colham Avenue and other roads nearby, is now permitted. Please see our Contact Us page for our location, bus and rail information.
TFL ULEZ
TFL (Transport for London) has expanded the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to cover all London boroughs. Our meeting place is within this zone that is in operation 24 hours per day. Newer vehicles may not have to pay the charge but older ones might. Please see Check your vehicle and to verify whether you have to pay the fee or not.
Open Day
On 4th July we are holding a Club Open Day (11:00 to 15:00) to show some of our other layouts. Note this is not one of our Test Track Days.
Our apologies but please note this is a change to original published opening times of 10:00 to 15:00.
General
The canal bridge and surrounding area now entering its completion stage as 9F 92008 exits the tunnel [Photographer: David Brocklehurst]
Welcome to Hillingdon Railway Modellers club web site.
We are a group of railway modelling enthusiasts based to the West of London in the West Drayton/ Hayes/ Yiewsley area.
Interests of our members cover the majority of the smaller gauges, (N, OO, HO, O and narrow), with club layouts and test tracks in N, OO and O.
The club usually takes its completed layouts to exhibitions throughout the year. Two new layouts are currently under construction, one in OO (not yet named) and another in N (Exceat Bridge); so if you've never built a model railway, come along and pick up some tips on how (and how not) to do it. For the latest updates on the layouts see our Facebook page.
On the social side, we enjoy the occasional day out to places of railway interest in the South of England; occasionally further afield, and last but not least, our annual Christmas dinner for members and their partners.