This Years Event

Announcing LittleLEC 2025 – 13th-14th September 2025 at the Tiverton and District MES

From Adrian Newson, Tiverton & DMES

The Tiverton and District Model Engineering Society is pleased to announce that they will be holding this year’s Annual LittleLEC on September 13th & 14th 2025.

About Us

The club was founded in the 1960s at Blundells School, Tiverton. It moved to its current locationin 1986 near the village of Rackenford which is about 8 miles from Tiverton. The Club is fortunate and owns our 1.25 acre site known as Worthy Moor which on the edge of Exmoor in a very rural and peaceful location - Cuckoos can be heard in the spring. Current membership is around 45, so we are not really a big club.

Track

The track at Worthy Moor is circular, elevated dual gauge 31⁄2” and 5” with anti-tip rails and is approximately 925 feet in length. Over it’s length the track runs in cuttings, embankment and level ground. The maximum gradient is 1:95. There is a station currently being extended and covered. It is also signalled which is not required for LittleLEC. There are five steaming bays which are accessed via a turntable and a spur from the main track using a swing point. Each steaming bay has a removable section for dropping fires for 5” locos and has a 12 Volt supply to power electric blowers. There is a hydraulic platform for loading and unloading locomotives which links to a spur that runs down to the main track via the swing point. The Club is willing to provide a riding trolley.

Facilities

We have a 240 Volt mains supply. There is no running water at the site as such, water for locomotive’s and hand washing is provided courtesy of our neighbour’s well. Water for locomotives is provided at the steaming bays and station. Drinking water is brought along by members or from our neighbour’s well filling a large water container.

We have a club room that can accommodate (seat) about 12 people with power points for a microwave, kettle etc. There is seating area in the station and the club has around 10 plastic garden chairs.

Our toilet facilities comprise of a urinal, wash basin with hot (on demand) and cold water from the well. For solid toilet matter we have an electric toilet designed for occasional use so we are considering two alternatives for LittleLEC. These are hiring a Portaloo for the weekend or using the public toilets at a Diner a mile from the club on the A361.

Parking

We have a hard standing which would accommodate around 10 - 12 cars if carefully parked. We can also park around 12 cars on a grassy area on our site. Above this two or three cars can be parked on a nearby layback or alternatively we can use the public parking in the diner.

Finding Us

We are about a mile from the previously mentioned Diner, which is just off the A361 North Devon Link Road. We would recommend all visitors come this way and not through the county lanes from Tiverton. We will be placing “TDMES” signs on the exit off the A361/ Diner and on the road approaching our track.

Entry Forms are available from the LittleLEC Co-ordinator: littleLEC@gmes.org.uk or can be downloaded from the bottom of this article or from here: Tiverton DMES LittleLEC Entry Form. Closing date for Entries is 15th August.

Tiverton Contacts

Website www.tivertonmodelengineering.org.uk

E-Mail tdmes.secretary@gmail.com

Telephone: TDMES Liaison Adrian Newson 01363 83274

Diagram of Site and Track