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Event Name: NORTHANTS & RUTLAND COARSE O GAUGE RUNNING MEET
Classification: Other event
Address: HARRINGWORTH VILLAGE HALL, GRETTON ROAD, HARRINGWORTH, NORTHANTS NN17 3AD
Day 1: 24 APRIL
Opening times Day 1: 4.00pm
Prices: 3.00 Adults, under-16s free
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Organising body: NORTHANTS & RUTLAND O GAUGE GROUP
Organiser: RICHARD HOLDER, PAUL LUMSDON
Very friendly coarse O gauge 3-rail group, no membership needed. Bring your own locos and stock to run, vintage or modern, clockwork or electric or just come to watch and chat with fellow enthusiasts. Please bring your O gauge buildings and relevant models. Home-made snacks, cakes, tea and coffee available. Fantastic location next to the mighty Harringworth viaduct.Car parking.Bi-monthly.NB this is not an exhibition as such, the accent is on running. Two trade-stands and a bring and buy table.
An opportunity for running coarse O gauge electric and clockwork trains on 3-rail track and chatting with fellow-enthusiasts..STOP PRESS! 2-RAIL RUNNING ON 50” RADIUS TRACK NOW POSSIBLE. Vintage as well as modern trains can be run so Hornby tinplate, Leeds, Bonds and even Bassett-Lowke sometimes run.Revival tinplate such as Ace, Darstaed and Seven Mill also very welcome, we can also accommodate MTH and Atlas. Mostly models of steam trains but Diesel/electric welcome too. Informal group so as long as it's O gauge and has wheels it will be welcome. Two-rail runningpossible on 50” radius Atlas track. Fourtracks planned: (1) 27" (Atlas) & 36" radius (Merkur tinplate) and 50" radius (Atlas) (2) 27” Radius (Atlas)
Even if you have no trains to bring, why not just come to enjoy these amazing trains running in a beautiful English village virtually underneath the eighty-two arch, 1.2 km Harringworth viaduct? A stunning location. A six-coach O gauge train measures about ten feet in length so they are amazing to watch. Close to the beautiful Rutland towns of Uppingham and Oakham. Our home-made cake is legendary, also freshly-prepared sandwiches and the usual drinks.
Please bring any O gauge buildings, stations, signal boxes, water towers, bridges, signals & ancillaries or any other die-cast models which you would like to show.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION; THE ACCENT IS ON RUNNING TRAINS SO SCENERY ETC IS MINIMAL.
PARKING FOR ABOUT 20 CARS IN THE VENUE'S OWN CAR PARK.
FULL DISABLED FACILITIES.
Contact [email protected] for further details
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Upcoming Events
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16 August 2025 Until 17 August 2025
0SAT 16th AUGUST & SUN 17th of AUGUST 2025
at LOUGHBOROUGH Grammar School, Leicester Road , Loughborough , Leicestershire.
Car Sat Nav use ;- LE11 2AQ , Entrance off Leicester Road ,Loughborough.
SAT 10am-5pm, SUN 10am-4.pm.
ADMISSION: Adults £10.00 Children £5.00 Family £25.00 (2 adults and up to 3 delightful Children)
Free Exhibition Guide included with entry whilst stocks last.
30 Layouts, 26 trade plus demo's.
This venue is not far from the centre of the town, lying to the south, off the Leicester Road A6. Entrance via Burton Walks.
Regular local bus services from the Railway Station, Town Centre, Leicester and Coalville pass by the entrance.
15 min walk from GCR., 20 mins from LOUGHBORO' Mainline Rail Station.
Plenty of free car parking is available.
The venue is disabled friendly.
Hot and Cold refreshments will be available. Including Hot Savories' and Filled Cobs.
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16 August 2025 09:00 Until 13:00
0Brighton MRC will be holding one of their occasional sales day on Saturday 16th August 2025. It will be from 1000 to 1400 at the Clubrooms on London Road railway station, Shaftesbury Place, Brighton BN1 4QS.
There will be a large selection of preowned Model Railway items including locomotives, rolling stock and accessories, mainly OO gauge.
No charge for admission.
There will be refreshments available
If you are thinking of joining the club this is an ideal opportunity to see the facilities and what we do.
Details are also on the club website
https://brightonmrc.wordpress.com/diary-of-events/
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16 August 2025 09:00 Until 16:00
0Come along and see some of he Club's layouts. If you are thinking of joining the club this is an ideal opportunity to see what we do and talk to Club members.
Adults £3, Children £1. Family ticket £6 (2 adults + up to 3 Children).
Wheelchair accessible, Light refreshments available.
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23 August 2025 09:00 Until 24 August 2025 15:00
0Hosted by the Ulster Model Railway Club, the Belfast Model Railway Exhibition will take place this year at Belfast Royal Academical Institution, in the heart of the city centre, Saturday and Sunday 23-24th August. Please note the new venue for the exhibition. It will be held in the sports hall on the school campus. Access will be through the entrance gates on Fisherwick Place. The sports hall is towards the rear of the complex.
We will have around 20 layouts, eight traders and a mix of special interest groups and modelling societies in attendance.
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23 August 2025 09:00 Until 24 August 2025 15:00
0Burnham MRC have their annual show at King Alfred School, Burnham Road, Highbridge Somerset TA9 3EE
August 23rd and 24th open 10am to 4pm each day
Featuring Biscdale photo courtesy Chris Nevard / Model Rail
Entry £8 with accompanied children FREE Free car parking Strep free access Country Bumpkins catering
Featuring 20 layouts:
L01 Bridge Street N gauge
L02 Rocket
L03 Backdoor Quay
L04 Newton Heath Works
L05 GLR TT 120
L06 Woodlands
L07 Biscdale
L08 Lambourn
L09 Burnham-on-Sea
L10 Tetbury
L11 Rowington for Shrewley
L12 Rolstone
L13 Waveybridge
L14 Stonehaven
L15 Brewery Lane MPD
Modular N gauge 4 layouts in one*:
L16 Calderbridge *
L17 Ledbetter Junction *
L18 Clifford Chamber Street *
L19 Cheddarton *
L20 North Cornwall Brewery
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T01 Richard Pane’s Spares
T02 Ray Heard
T03 Wessex Wagons
T04 GLR Bespoke
T05 Andrew Wilkinson
T06 Andy Lynch Model railways
T07 Attwood Aggregates
T08 Just in Case
T09 David Smith Books
T10 Top Model Railways
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