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Welcome to the North Shore Railway Modellers' Association (NSRMA) website.
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Introduction
The North Shore Railway Modellers' Association (NSRMA) was formed in November 1971 by a group of individuals who, in August that year, organised a model railway exhibition on behalf of the Hornsby Police Citizens Boys Club. The club, which in its first six months was called the Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Model Railway Association, had the original aim of demonstrating to the public, though further exhibitions, a higher standard of modelling than was the norm in Australia at that time. From this beginning, the club has held an exhibition every year except 1974, and the layouts displayed have been at the forefront of modelling standards.
The club caters for all modelling standards and prototype interests, and now numbers about 40 members who meet in in our clubrooms in Collaroy Plateau every Tuesday and Thursday from 7.30 pm onwards. A great deal of camaraderie and a depth of knowledge exists among the membership, who come from a wide cross-section of the community.
We have three operational club layouts at the moment. These are Dungog in H0 gauge (NSW outline), Mainline Mark 2 in 00/H0 gauge and our youth group layout Kids Power Railway in 00/H0 gauge. We also have some new layouts planned or under construction in H0 and N gauges.
News and updates
Our youth group is now well established under the leadership of Michael Grey. Visit Kids Power Railway for more details.
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Following the AGM on 9 July, the committee members and office bearers for 2010 - 2011 are:
President - Catherine Norman
Vice-President - Deirdre Norman
Secretary - John Douglas
Treasurer - Alan Walton
Assistant Secretary - Peter Moses
Committee members - Cathy Grey and Marsh Hill
Registrar - Bill Harrington
Public Officer - John Douglas
Exhibition Co-ordinator - Deirdre Norman
Assistant Exhibition Co-ordinator - Bill Harrington
Bring and Buy Manager - Alan Walton
Team Leader (Dungog) - David Taylor
Team Leader (Mainline Mark 2) - John Nuttall
Team Leader (Kids Power Railway) - Michael Grey
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At the AGM on 9 July 2010 Mick Bluett was elected as a Life Member of NSRMA in recognition of the huge amount of work he has done for the club over very many years. Well done Mick.
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Our junior group is now meeting regularly and already has half a dozen members. The junior group was featured in the Manly Daily newspaper on Wednesday 31/3/10.
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We are delighted that Dungog won the trophy of "Best Club Layout of an Australian Prototype" at the AMRA Liverpool Exhibition, October 2009. Congratulations and many thanks to David Taylor and the team for the time and effort spent preparing the layout for, and operating it at, the show.
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Contact us
If you would like to know more about us, contact our Honorary Secretary, John Douglas, by post at:
NSRMA Inc, PO Box 527, Forestville, NSW 2087
or by phone on:
02 9452 3515.
You can also contact us by email.
To download a membership application form, click here.
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