Exeter has never had a live steam track in the city before now despite having some significant engineering firms and the engineering minded staff one would expect to go along with that.
However that has been corrected with the first live steam engine to try the initial part of the new club's track on 20 Aug 2020.

There are clubs with tracks nearby, such as Tiverton and Newton Abbot but nothing actually in Exeter. There was a club based around a track at a nearby farm about 30 years ago.

However after a new club formed a few years ago a site was found and trac planning has been underway for a while. With lockdown relaxing some members have been able to get to the site in the fine weather, rarer in the west country than the south east with its concentration fo clubs, and have laid some track. As a Grade 2* listed site we are only alowed to dig 4in deep to lay some track bed at ground level so the site access for other activities is not impeded. As samuel had brought his Ajax up for a steam test it seemed natural to finalise the test with a run on the track.

EDMES is centred around St Katherin's Priory next to Morrissons and is carrying out track works on Tuesdays and Thursdays. When permitted the club has monthly evening meetings and a chat session on Friday mornings in the Priory tea room.

This is really great infomation for us, Thanks John. We don't unfortunately have any members from the old club at present but if any are aroud you are welcome to join in our current meetings – now limitted to zoom calls..
The secretary tells me he has some photographs of the old club including some of the exhibitions in St Georges Hall plus some paperwork associated with the club, and the old club sign. I wonder where the locos from your picture are now.

Interesting mention of Garton & King and to hear they had some modellers in their staff. We had a talk from one of their family (which now only runs the Aga shop in town) and manhole covers with their name are all over Devon, including my remote village.