BUCCABURY TOWN GAZETTE

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The Crew
B.Pearce, D.R.Burleigh, A.Hall(seated), J.Gilby, Nick Robey, D.Borrow
The first ever outing of Buccabury Town at the "We Don't Live in Wiltshire" open day. Newbury, 13th September 1997.
© /Buccabury		 A.Hall(seated), D.Cottrell, N.Robey, J.Gilby, D.R.Burleigh, B.Pearce
Some of the gang prepare for a hard day
playing trains
Great Missenden, 1999.
© DB/Buccabury		 Matthew Bromley, J.Gilby, N.Robey
The first appearance of the new light poles,
supporting the banner.
Redditch, 20th May 2000.
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C.Ward, B.Pearce, N.Robey, Brain Harris, M.Bromley, D.R.Burleigh, A.Hall, D.Borrow
Even our camera shy member 'Brian Harris'
made an appearance at
Leighton Buzzard, 2nd July 2000.
© DB/Buccabury		 Christine Ward, Ross Alderman (both with their backs to camera) working hard keeping the masses fed.
Not quite the feeding of the 5,000,
but it sure felt like it at the end of the day.
2001 AGM Haddenham.
© CW/Buccabury		 D.R.Burleigh (shoulder), J.Gilby, B.Pearce (top of head), Mike Davies, D.Cottrell, B.Emmott, David Thomas (hiding behind Barry)
The gang at the "Windle Fest, Roco Rally,
Egger-Ex and the grand tipper shunt."
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Carie and Cliff Thomas
Two occasional Buccabury members
at ExpoNG, Swanley 2002.
© AH/Buccabury		 David Thomas, John Berridge
A returnee & new member operating
Buccabury Town at Letchworth November 2004.
© AH/Buccabury		 A young spectator, B.Emmott, David Gale, J.Gilby
Back scene artist David (in red top) operating
Buccabury Town at Letchworth November 2004.
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  The late Ross Alderman helps setting up Buccabury at the York Model Railway Show 2004
Ross Testing Buccabury Town
during set-up on Good Friday at the
York Model Railway Show 2004.
© AH/Buccabury		  
Views of the Layout
One of the Baldwins rests between jobs
Buccabury Town Loco facilities,
with a Baldwin on shed.
© DRB/Buccabury		 A Baldwin with an empty brick train
A Baldwin passes Buccabury Town
with a train for the Brickworks.
© DRB/Buccabury		 A Windle Hunslet might-have-been.
A Paul Windle Hunslet(ish) 2-6-2T,
arrives with another train of brick wagons.
Pewsey 4th August 2001.
© AH/Buccabury
The will the engineers ever finish?
The engineers are still working on the river
bridge, one day they will have it fixed & the
trains can return to the brickworks.
© AH/Buccabury		 The church board moonlights at Swanley.
The Church board appears on the Greensand
Museum - Baldwin Appeal stand.
ExpoNG, Swanley 2002.
© AH/Buccabury		 One of the Baldwin's with a brick train.
The Church board appears on the Greensand
Museum - Baldwin Appeal stand.
ExpoNG, Swanley 2002.
© AH/Buccabury
A Windle "Hunslet" 2-6-2T
A view of the Buccabury Town loco facilities,
showing off the new backscene.
York Model Railway Show 2004.
© AH/Buccabury		 A view along the station.
The "Armoured Simplex" rumbles round to the
cattle dock. York Model Railway Show 2004.
© AH/Buccabury		 Another view along the station
The Simplex's shunt another train of bricks
York Model Railway Show 2004.
© AH/Buccabury
An unusual view of the Buccabury Town Loco Shed
An unusual view of the Buccabury Town Loco
Shed, with a visiting loco on shed.
SW Herts Model Railway Show, April 2005.
© AH/Buccabury		 An unusual view of the layout (This version appeared as the show clashed with the 009 AGM)
A rare shot of the original 'short' layout, through the bridge.   SW Herts Model Railway Show, April 2005.
© AH/Buccabury		 Operators J.Berridge and B.Pearce, 2005 seems to be a year of unusual layout configurations.
This time we have a straight 12' (3657mm)
St.Margaret's Church Hall Model Railway Show, July 2005.
© DRB/Buccabury
A.Hall's Simplex, easily identified by its stylish speed whiskers, hauls a train of skip away from Buccabury.
Simplex 2217 passes the Pill Box over looking the junction.   St.Margaret's Church Hall Model Railway Show, July 2005.
© DRB/Buccabury		   The Hunslet 2-6-2T shunts a train of Brick Empties whilst Kerr Stuart 'Ole Roy' gently ticks over in the cattle dock.
The Hunslet 2-6-2T pauses whilst shunting whilst Kerr Stuart 'Ole Roy' waits by the cattle dock.   St.Margaret's Church Hall Model Railway Show, July 2005.
© DRB/Buccabury
Views of some of our Group meetings
A trio of Eggerbahn No4 works diesels
"Three Fours" A trio of Egger works diesels on D.R.Burleigh's Llanmynach Layout.
Egger Ex, Mill Hill 2002.
© AH/Buccabury		 A VoR Loco heads 106 Egger & Roco wagons
The front end of the tippershunt,
106 Egger and Roco wagons.
Egger Ex, Mill Hill 2002.
© AH/Buccabury		 The result of trying to run 116 wagons
The end of the tippershunt when some dropped into the riverbed, at the time there where 116 Egger and Roco wagons in the train.
Egger Ex, Mill Hill 2002.
© AH/Buccabury
DRB drives Peter Newman's 5inch Bagnall 'Sweet Pea'
The 009 Hon Chairman plays with
something bigger.
© AH/Buccabury		 Photograph of the Live Steam Loco.
A close up of the 009 Live Steam Loco,
shown larger than real life.
Built by Brian Caton (Tel: 01757708244)
the 2003 price was 650 GB Pounds.
© AH/Buccabury		 Video of the Live Steam Loco in action
A short video of the Steamer in action
(The conversation is in reference to the 5"
gauge Bagnall, outside in the garden/yard).
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© AH/Buccabury
JG drives Peter Newman's 5inch Bagnall 'Sweet Pea' (30/06/2006)
The Buccabury Group Secretary
playing with something bigger.
© AH/Buccabury		 A 'Roundhouse Carrie' (30/06/2006)
One of the 16mm locos rounds the loop at
the bottom of the garden in Beconsfield.
© AH/Buccabury		 A 'Roundhouse Lady Anne' (30/06/2006)
Another of the 16mm locos crosses the
calvert on the 16mm line in Beconsfield.
© AH/Buccabury
  Isaac Watt (webmaster) at the Buccabury Open Day 2000
Your Webmaster with his trusty mobile
at the Buccabury Open Day
Haddenham, 19th August 2000.
© BE/Buccabury		  
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