Friends of the Rail Forum

Dear Fireman Ted, I have seen you having some wonderful holidays overseas. now it's time for you to come home & do some real work while having heaps of fun. Please go to FOTR's next Open Day & play a game of follow my leader with the little children. You being the leader show them around Her...

A very hot welcome back to our FOTR Model Train Group, who are on track and ready to go with the first meeting of 2012 . On Sat 14th Jan at 9:00 am. The appointed member in charge is Chris Becker. Bring some coolies, wors for a braai, extension cables and be a part of this historic day as you LAH wi...

Great pic Gabby, love the new train set!!! Now! Where are the rest of my model train team & what have they been modeling up while I have been away??
Liesel

Just love the wooden rocking train! Ted, when are you comming down to Cape Town to see the Red Devil and our other fantastic trains? Hope it's some time soon.

Great work Nathan!

All FOTR Model Train Group. LAH is this Sunday 10th April at Capital Park & not Hermanstad Station as previously advertised. The coach especially earmarked for this is at Capital Park and will only be shunted over to Hermanstad Station during the week after LAH. I would like you chaps to draw up...

All FOTR Model Train Group. LAH is this Sunday 10th April at Capital Park & not Hermanstad Station as previously advertised. The coach especially earmarked for this is at Capital Park and will only be shunted over to Hermanstad Station during the week after LAH. I would like you chaps to draw up...

Our NEXT LAH is on Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th April. Saturday is earmarked for the sanding and painting of the fireless locos & ladle. Sunday is set aside for those members who would like to get involved with our exciting project of starting a model train layout. Please see attachment for mo...

Friend of the Rail will be home to a new HO scale (or thereabouts) Model Train layout.

Love the Scotch Boxes. Well done Chaps!

Breathtaking, amazing Chris. Congratulations!!

Dear Friends,

If you do upload your pics of our "Snail Mail" members ie the Dadfords, Eric Samuels, or Frik Boshof. Please would you be kind enough to e-mail them to me as well, as they dont' have computers. I will burn a CD and post it to them.

Many Thanks

Liesel Hagen

Greetings all FOTR members, Membership cards for 2010 to March 2011 are ready at last! In trying to save on postage I will deliver as many as possible by "runner post". Please see the attached doc to find where to collect your card. For any typo errors on your cards do contact me asap. Reg...

Hi please find the doc re Ladies lend a hand in April. Its this weekend if anyone can make it.

Tequila, our black labrador cross breed guard dog, (who originally belonged to Dennis White) was used to sleeping indoors, especially during the winter. She does not get along with the crew on site at Hermanstad and refuses to go indoors with them. Tequila will be a cold ,wet, miserable guard dog if...