Category Archives: News
Our Facebook Group
For quite a time the Ten & a Quarter Inch Gauge Railway Society has had an official Facebook page but it’s not being used that much. Recently Jordan Whitfield set up a 10 1/4 Inch Gauge Railway Facebook group and … Continue reading
Ingfield diesel day invitation
Ingfield Light Railway is very much a 10 1/4″ scale railway although it does have two resident Lister locos, Aidan Favell’s Hudswell Clarke ‘Coughing Polly’ and Drummond Randall’s AutoGrimmett ‘Thumper’. The railway has decided to hold its first Diesel Day … Continue reading
Roy Francis funeral
The funeral of Commander Roy Francis, founder of the Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, in 1982, died on 26th January after a short illness will be held at 12.30pm on Friday February 13 at St Peter’s Church, Forncett St Peter, … Continue reading
New tram being built
News from Ferry Meadows Railway in Peterborough is that they have started building a new tram for the railway. It will be some 38 feet long and 34 inches wide and will consist of two 12 seat cars with a … Continue reading
Norfolk hero: Roy Francis
Lieutenant-Commander Roy Francis, founder of not one but two iconic 10 ¼ inch gauge lines, has died aged 92. In the 1960s and 1970s Commander Francis operated miniature steam trains at fetes and fairs for people to ride on before … Continue reading
Founder member Bob Symes dies aged 90
Bob Symes (Robert Alexander Baron Schutzmann von Schutzmansdorff), one of the founder members of the Ten and a Quarter Inch Gauge Society, membership no 8, died on January 19 aged 90 years. Best known in 10 ¼ inch circles for … Continue reading
Alexandra Palace show
The society attended the annual model engineering show at Alexandra Palace this weekend, mid January 2015. The display, organsised by Aidan Favell, comprised ‘Alice’ an approximately half scale Bagnall 0-4-2 built by Giles Favell in 2001. ‘Alice’ is an efficient … Continue reading
