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General Information
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Location |
Castleton
Community Centre, Manchester Road, Rochdale. |
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| Meetings | 1st
and 3rd
Friday each month at 7.30pm. See programme
for details |
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| Membership | 85
Members |
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| Subscriptions | Senior
£20, OAP & Junior (12-16) £10, Joining Fee £5 |
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| Track Location | Springfield
Park,
Bolton Road (A58), Rochdale. |
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| Track | Elevated;
Steel; 1980 feet (604m); 31/2,
5 and 71/4 inch gauges |
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| Gradients | 1:100
UP and 1:70 DOWN
(MAXIMUM) |
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| Radius | 40
feet (MINIMUM) |
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| Services | 12V
and 24V DC power, air, water, coal, trucks |
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| Facilities | Car
parking, toilet, ornamental lake, children's play area, the largest
park with open landscape and wooded slopes down to the Roch Valley |
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| Public Running | Sunday
afternoons from Easter to late October,
rides 50p |
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| Visitors Welcome |
Live steam loco owners will need their current boiler certificate,
together with club membership card. A spark arrestor
or smoke deflector would also be required. Battery
electric and petrol loco owners will also need their club
membership card. For insurance purposes, when visiting,
please make yourself known to a club member who will sign
you in as a visitor. A copy of the Track Rules may be dowloaded
(PDF format, approximately 40kb) by clicking
here |
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| If you are interested in visiting the railway track, especially if you are travelling any distance, you may wish to view maps and/or the local weather forecast, which are accessible via the railway track page.
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