 Hello, thank you for joining me on this lovely spring day. I'm at Stoke Park in Guilford amongst the Daffodils but what we've come here to do today is another episode of Miniature Rally Britain and see the Guilford Model Engineering Society's Miniature Rally which is just over here as you can see for anyone who is driving or walking, it's a fairly office, it says steam train ride So that's what we've come here to do So this is their car park There's my car over there. I have actually driven here. I just walked over there to start the video You could come by train because Guilford London Road Station is only just there Well, I say just there, half a mile that way. There's a bus stop That's what we say. It's a bus stop just there, but let's go and have a look see what we can see So Guilford Model Engineering Society exists the wet of a traction engine They've got a few different railways. Well, I've got two passenger carrying railways I've got various model railways of Different sizes. I'm very excited to be spending the afternoon here. We'll be able to have a look at all the different Oh, thank you very much So we'll have a look at all the different railways We've got as we come to down here. Hold it and there's a train passing on the ground level track So as you can see, you've got the ground level track here and you've got the race track And over there up and see some various miniature trains Let's go for a walk down here And then what we'll do we'll have a look at everything there is to see obviously we'll have a ride on both tracks So the club's been here since 1954 but they've been here since 1958 so quite a long time They've been here With their railways it has gradually expanded so I understand so if you look at the race track here This is the original one and it used to go over to see where that head is So it was just a circuit round here and it was gradually extended right out over there Which will have a good look around and then the ground level track was put in So it seems everywhere you look I can just see trains moving about so my kind of place really So this is the level crossing goats to get locals in and out of the shed There's a high net there on the turntable. I can just see a v2. Let's go over here. There's a v2 Coming round. Can we get there in time on the ground level track? green arrow That's nice to see green arrow. I did have a ride on the full-size green arrow just before she was retired I remember going up to Barrow Hill. She didn't have long left in service, but I really Wanted to get green arrow for haulage. Oh, look at that as a Morish minor. That's not a railway thing, but look this is cool Sorry, it's not Morish minor. I feel like it's Morish Traveller. That's really nice to see a really nice shining example Now then let's go and have a look around. So there's various bridges over all the different railways Because the ground level track especially crosses the countryside like a fence. So you kind of Can't exactly have a level crossing. So we're going to go over this bridge now We'll go and buy tickets and have a ride. It's a train coming. I think there is so we'll we'll stand and see a train pass underneath The ground level track picks them. I think it's cool. No, it's not for picks. It's called Stoke. It's a Kerr Stuart locomotive So now from this bridge we get fairly good view of the site. So the ground level track goes in a big circuit around here the race track Is effectively Yeah, you'll see when we go on it. Well, we'll we'll see everything as to where they go Let's kind of look at some of the model railways though. As soon as we're coming down here We've got gauge one set up over here. I've always liked gauge one trains and we should remember to gauge one association at one point That's another classic car, a little woozy And uh, we know again Come past on this gauge one model railway. Yeah, there's something coming. What is that? It looks like a Yeah, and that said SNCF. So that's a french railways locomotive. So that's what I like about come to these places Okay, it's all in miniature and models, but you just never know what you're going to see There's a few locos here, so as you could say on shed And that's a navy cast, an LMS Locos, a Q1 Bandicoot as well because that's french local again And then over here. So that's gauge one There's a 16 millimeter gauge layout. So that's pretty cool. It's a bit like Really cool little model village see various tracks. I can see some steam. So it's all live steam as well They're all live steam. They're not um, electric. Look at this as an american local for a very long good strain there That's a shame. See how it's um, it's got vertical cylinders which drive gears. That's pretty cool So as the shale locomotive goes off with her rather long good strain I think it's time. I bought my tickets and went for a ride. So if you come to over here That's that's the ticket office That way for the race track and that way for the seven and a quarter. So I'm going to buy my tickets and let's go and have a ride Where are you going? Black five, black five just pulled in behind me. I was on the Kerr Stuart. So coming out over the bridge That's the race track platform below What I thought I'd do though, before I go for a ride on the race track I thought I'd go and get a cup of tea and I've been told there's some more interesting stuff to see In the tea room. So the tea room is over where we came in cheers buildings over there. I believe it houses the club's workshop um, and then there's tea room Building there. So if we head over to there, we're going to have a cup of tea and tell us the model row is in there So we must go and see that let's watch this great western local go past this though now on the race track Which we should soon be riding on a mammoth glass locomotive It's appearing into the tunnel which I'm looking forward to riding through later. Let's go over this bridge And the tea room. I've brushed down on this bridge for quite a while watching trains Perhaps a little later So we'll go through here now into the tea room and we'll have a look at the modern railways So let's just watch this like we go past That's just gone through the station on the fast line, which we saw when we were on the train Oh now here is the tea room. So we'll be able to get a cup of tea over here. But look at this is a big model railway Big HO gauge model rail I've been told it's a model of Cheltenham St James station. So the railway station is down there I'll put some footage in of the trains before we go. Um, I'll do a bit of filming So yeah, it's a great western style model rail. It's a really nice scene of a great western shed just behind me You can see into the actual engine chair there. Look at that And then down at this end is the Terminus of Cheltenham St James. You quite often see pictures of steam trains with Cheltenham St James station See the church in the background. You can just see the church there on the So yeah, we'll watch some trains on that for right now. I'm going to go and have a cup of tea as this train backs into the station Please go back I've had a great afternoon here at the Guild for Model Engineering Society. They're starting to pack up now. There's a Class 66 Reversing over there. So it looks like it's the end of the day for most of the locals here The manor has just gone on shed. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to make my way back to the car and With no passengers. So that's that's going to go on shit again soon. It's really nice though It's got a jack-o-bike headboard. Didn't want to jack a bike a few times great for it with black fives or any other steam locomotive So let's make our way out Over the foot bridges and back to where we started. It's it's been really good fun here So after that, it's very easy to get to I came by car. I think the I think the steam locomotive is reversing into the shed because uh, yeah That's the main line which we work on He's going that way into the shed. Let's go down. We'll see it go past. Yes, you can get here easily I came by car, but you can get a very easy public transport Like I said by train, there's a bus stop next to the station outside You should see this back there So yeah, as I said, it really is the end of the day now. So I really enjoyed it here. So, you know, if you're out Guilford way, do come and visit them. It's a great afternoon To see miniature trains, model trains, steam everywhere, steam of so many different gauges And um, yeah, it's been pretty good fun. So hope you enjoyed it the video Thank you very much for watching and from the Guilford Model Engineering Society's Railway in Guilford Thank you very much for watching and Goodbye