In principle I think it good idea to promote live steam, but I would not do it the way you are suggesting Adrian. I think we’re asking for trouble sending her one in a box and leaving her to it. My suggestion would be to do this in a controlled environment, talking to Nick this morning he tells me she lives not too far from where we plan to hold the summer meet. Invite her to that, show her and let her try more than one loco on the club layout, demonstrate how much better they are on a reasonably sized layout, also demonstrate the advantages of live drive etc..

He sold one recently to Anthony Vaughan and it fried the PCB board on his Mallard! James Reading did give him a new PCB. Maurice

Likewise delighted to here from you and glad you’ll soon be back with us. Sounds like you need a new parrot?

I would just add that I’m not advocating that we sell parts for the above prices, but we price according to demand, availability and cost of buying a replacement loco.

Thanks Charles, the main issue at the moment is getting stock at the right price!

Hi Everybody, another six locos sold and a controller set. 2 x Seagull, 1x Silver Link, 1xPapyrus, 1 x DDE, 1 Mallard set and 1 controller set. Profit for the club £703 money owed to me £2465. I will transfer £2,000 today due to bank limits and £465 on Monday. Maurice

Hi Adrian, it’s from the last sales report. Very much governed by supply at a realistic price. Having said that enquires are lower than a couple of months ago.

Hi, Sold six more locos, 2x FSDT, 1x Mallard set, 1 FS set, 1x DDE and 1x Silver Link with profit to the club of £856.75. Owing to me £2079. Maurice

Yes, I've used Zoom, but only up to six participants, my daughter has extensive use of it for larger gatherings and says it works well, but you have to be disciplined. I think it will work for an AGM, where the one person is in control. Can't comment on Google, not used it.

Hi Everybody, one more, Seagull sold with £305 owed to me (deposit of £100 taken previously) with £100 profit for the club. Maurice

Hi Everybody, Loco sales continue with two Mallard sets sold, one Seagull, one FS, one Sliver Link, a rolling road and a set of controllers. Money owed to me £1513.44, profit for the club £734.23. Profit for year to date £3783. Maurice

That's fine Eric, Many thanks,

Hi, An update on loco sales generally, You may remember that I forecasted a lower result this year, and that may still be the case, but not as poor as forecast. At the AGM I thought £3000 contribution for loco and limited edition sales, Currently profit from loco sales £2800. With limited edition sales at 15 units, all profit and some payments still to be booked as not all delivered, So a further £1500 contribution to come there. Five months left of the financial year, not sure what that will bring. Maurice

Eight locos sold since my last sales post, they are 1 Papyrus, 1 Seagull, 2 Dwight D Eisenhower, 2 Golden Fleece, 1 Silver Link and 1 Flying Scotsman, loco only. Profit to club £830.59 owed to me £3246.46. This is high due to some high value items sold. I will be asking Eric to pay me £3246.46. He will have a spreadsheet with all the detail. Maurice

Hi Everybody, I have decided to sell some of my locos, I have over 30 and some have never been run in my ownership and chances are they never will! I am selling them through the club shop with the normal club shop conditions. This therefore respects the 3 month warranty. I think you know that I target £100 or margin for each loco sold, not always but mostly achieved. Therefore the club will retain £100 from each sale. Trust you're all OK with this? Maurice

Good idea I agree

Some good news then, we've saved some money!

No, not as yet. Picking up on Adrian's comment about Crawley expenses, as they were paying us £350, it would have cost the club very little, so there is little or no budget to pay these, Ally Pally was different as they pay us nothing and I had budgeted for that. However if Premier Inn are allowing one to cancel then that's good news. Can you, Nick/Adrian check and see if they will do the same for this weekend at Ally Pally. Thanks,

Adrian have you put this post on the public site?

Hi Adrian, Are you agreeing with my post as well as Chris's, or just Chris's? Good luck with getting the information, I can't get most committee members to respond about attendance at Ally Pally in three weeks. How do you plan to get the information, will you put up a post on the Club website? I'd be interested to know, should you get some meaningful information, what from a practical point of view you plan to do with it?