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03 September 2016 04 September 2016
Event Name: Modelex 2016, Andover MRC
Classification: Exhibition
Address: John Hanson SchoolFloral WayAndoverHampshireSP103PB
Day 1: 3rd Sept 2016
Opening times Day 1: 10am to 5pm
Day 2: 4th Sept 2016
Opening times Day 2: 10am to 4pm
Prices: Adult £5Senior £4.50Child £1
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: andovermodelrailwayclub.co.uk
Organising body: Andover Model Railway Club
Organiser: Mike Hughes
Event Name: Andover MRC Exhibition
Classification: Exhibition
Address: John Hanson School Floral Way Andover Hampshire SP10 3PB
Day 1: 3rd Sept 2016
Opening times Day 1: 10am to 5pm
Day 2: 4th Sept 2016
Opening times Day 2: 10am to 4pm
Prices: Adult
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03 September 2016 04 September 2016
Event Name: Darlington model railway show
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Head of Steam railway museum, Darlington
Day 1: 03/09/16
Opening times Day 1: 10am-4pm
Day 2: 04/09/16
Opening times Day 2: 10am-4pm
Prices: Adult - £4.95 per visit
Over 60s - £3.75 per visit
6 - 16 years - £3 per visit
5 years and under - Free
Family Pass - 2 Adults and up to 3 children per visit - £10
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Darlington-Model-Railway-Club-182215085143409/
Organising body: Darlington Model Railway Club
Organiser: Darlington Model Railway Club
Event Name: Darlington Model Railway show
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum, Station Road, Darlington, DL3 6ST
Day 1: 03/09/2016
Opening times Day 1: 10am-4pm
Day 2: 04/09/2016
Opening times Day 2: 10am-4pm
Prices: Adult - £4.95 per visit
Over 60s - £3.75 per visit
6 - 16 years - £3 per visit
5 years and under - Free
Family Pass - 2 Adults and up to 3 children per visit - £10
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03 September 2016 04 September 2016
Event Name: Blackburn & East Lancs MRS 51st Exhibition
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Hyndburn Leisure Centre,
Henry St,
Church,
Accrington,
BB5 4EP
Day 1: Saturday 3rd September
Opening times Day 1: 10am-5pm
Day 2: Sunday 4th September
Opening times Day 2: 10am-5pm
Prices: u00a37 Adult,
Accompanied Children free
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/111982-blackburn-east-lancs-mrs-3-4-september-2016/&do=findComment&comment=2333182
Organising body: Blackburn & East Lancs MRS
Organiser: J
Blackburn & East Lancs MRS 51st show.
More details at:
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/111982-blackburn-east-lancs-mrs-3-4-september-2016/&do=findComment&comment=2333182
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03 September 2016 04 September 2016
Event Name: GUILDEX
Classification: Exhibition
Address: International Centre St Quentin Gate, Telford TF3 4JH
Day 1: 3 Sept 2016
Opening times Day 1: 1000 - 1700
Day 2: 4 Sept 2016
Opening times Day 2: 100 - 1600
Prices: Members £5Non - members £10Excess refundable on joining the Guild
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: http://www.gauge0guild.com/events/events.aspx
Organising body: Gauge O Guild
Organiser: Gauge O Guild
Guildex is the Annual Convention of the Gauge O Guild
This year marks the 60th Anniversay
Two days of specialist Trade sales, Demonstrations, Models, layouts All of the Guild Services and for those who wish to attend, the Guild AGM on Sunday 4th for part of the afternoon. An Event not to be missed to see the best in 7mm modelling. A temporary list of traders who have booked space at Guildex 2016 follows. 7mm NARROW GAUGE ASSOCIATION ABC Gears ABS Models Ace Products Airframed Cases Alphagraphix Aquitrain Assocaition of Larger Scale Railway Modellers AW Adams Bill Hudson Transport Books Black Dwarf Lightmoor Publications Ltd BRISTOL O GAUGE GROUP Buffer Books Bunnig Modellbau C&L Finescale Ceynix Railway Trees Connoisseur Models CPL Products Crecy Publishing Crossingate Models CRT Kits D&S Models Dapol Ltd DC Kits & Models DCC Supplies Ltd Detailed Miniatures Digitrains Ltd DJH Duncan Models Easy Build Coach & DMU Kits EDM Models Eileens Emporium Electrifying Trains Ellis Clark Trains Finescale Brass Finney7 Furness Railway Wagon Company Geoff Stratford/Javelin Gladiator GNRS Golden Age Models Ltd Great Cenral Railway Society Haywood Railway Heljan A/S Helmsman Model Rail HMRS Hobby Holidays Hurn Models & Orion Rail Kits Ian Kirk Invertrain Model Railways JPL Models Just Like The Real Thing Ken's Profiles Kirtley Model Buildings KS Laser Design Lanky Kits Laurie Griffin Miniatures LCUT Creative Lee Marsh Model Co Lionheart Trains LMS PATRIOT PROJECT LNER SOCIETY LNWRS M&J Models M&M Models Marcway Masterpiece Models Megapoints Controllers Mercian Models Metalsmith (Leeds) Ltd Midland Railway Centre Minerva Model Railways/Dragon Models &Sanspareil Minx Microdrives Modelu MOK/PR Components MSC Models Nick Tozer Books Northants Model Railway Supplies NW O GAUGE MODELLERS Omen Miniatures (Scale Figures) Parkside Dundas Parkwood Arts Ltd Parliamentary Trains Peartree Engineering Peter Clark Models Peter Cowling Phoenix Precision Paints Ltd Polak UK Poppys Woodtech PR Model Railway Products Premier Components Ragstone Models Railway Nameplates UK Ltd Ray Heard Model Railways Roger Carpenter Photographs Roxey Mouldings SBT Developments Scale Link Ltd SCALE SEVEN GROUP Scale Signal Supply Scenic Solutions Scorpio/Seven Models SCOTTISH LINE SOCIETIES Sidelines SIGNALLING RECORD SOCIETY Skytrex (2013) Ltd Slaters (Plastikard) Ltd SM Models South West Digital Squires Model and Craft Tools Steamline Ltd Streetscene Models Swanage Model Co The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Timber Tracks Tower Models & Co Treemendous W Haywood Painting & Lining Wagon&Carriage Works with Lynx Models Walsall Model Industries Walsworth Models WARLEY MRC Warren Shephard Wealistic Models Western Wagon Works Layouts attending: 82G Arakoola "Blackshaw Yard/ Coopers End" Caithreay Cragganmore Eigh Bay Halt Gosfield Junction Lancaster (Green Ayre) Lochty Lane Matthews Yard New Andil Yard Porters Lock Runswick Bay Scale 7 group St Georges Quay St Michaels Bridge Test Track 1 Test Track 2 Tussen Klei En Leuzze Washday on Houghton Street Worcester South Quay Demos:Derek Mundy Semaphore signalling Ruth Redgwick Figure painting Ted Kanas Prizewinning loco builder Fred Lewis Bespoke loco building David Wright Creating scenery and buildings Brian Flanagan Coaches from etched brass kits Bob Savage trees Peter Silvester Wagon building Nick Baines Scratch building Workshop Malcolm Green Resin casting, card cutting John Walker Tips and ideas from workbench Brian Daniels Diesel, elecrtric locos with sound Norman Solomon Bespoke trackwork Ian Rathbone Painting and lining Please watch the website for further details
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03 September 2016 04 September 2016
Event Name: Gaugemaster Model Railway Open Weekend
Classification: Open Day
Address: Gaugemaster House, Ford RoadArundel, West Sussex, BN18 0BN, United Kingdom
Day 1: Saturday 3rd September
Opening times Day 1: 09.00 - 17.30
Day 2: Sunday 4th September
Opening times Day 2: 10.00 - 16.00
Prices: Free entry
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: http://www.gaugemaster.com/openweekend.html
Organising body: Gaugemaster
See http://www.gaugemaster.com/openweekend.html
This year our Open Weekend is bigger than ever! this page will be updated as we get more information - See below for the confirmed layouts and displays: LAYOUTS
Viscosoprano - Swiss Z Scale
Lincoln - USA Z Scale
Kuritu - Japanese N Scale
East Surrey Club - Mixed Stock N Scale
Keyreuth - German N Scale
Nene Wharf - UK OO Scale
Blackberry Junction - UK OO Scale
Forleigh - UK OO Scale
Rusbury Basin – UK OO Scale
Jakes Yard – UK OO Scale
Ralphingley Road – UK OO Scale
Missletow Farm & Fair - UK OO9 Scale
Allenton - USA HO Scale
SNCF Society - French HO Scale
Kunze Brucke - German HO Scale
Red Hook Bay - USA HO Scale
Hampton End - G Scale
Belbroughton - UK O Scale
DISPLAYS AND SOCIETIES
Continental Modeller Magazine
SNCF Society
Swiss Railway Society
German Railway Society
DCC Concepts - Richard Johnson showcasing their latest new items.
Marklin - Dieter Lawrence demonstrating the Marklin Central Station digital system.
Deluxe Materials - John and Vivienne Bristow advising how to use their products.
MiniTrains - John Hills displaying the new items in the range.
Nick Duxfield - Expert help on how to use scenic products from Gaugemaster, Faller, and Noch.
Live Steam Railway Rides - Chichester Model Engineers
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03 September 2016 04 September 2016
Event Name: The Medway Model Show
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Fort Pitt Grammar School,Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, Kent.ME4 6TJ
Day 1: 3 September 2016
Opening times Day 1: 10.00 - 17.00
Day 2: 4 September 2016
Opening times Day 2: 10.00 - 16.00
Prices: Adults (16+): £5.00Children under 16): £2.50Family Groups (2 adults + 2 children): £12.00
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Organising body: Medway Model Show Group
Organiser: George Marcar07821 [email protected]
This exhibition will be held in Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham, next door to the University College for the Creative Arts, only a few minutes’ walk from Chatham railway and bus station and the A2. The full postal address is: Fort Pitt Grammar School, Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, Kent. ME4 6TJ
Chatham railway station is only 40 minutes from Central London, 33 minutes from Stratford and 21 minutes from Ebbsfleet International – using the frequent high speed ‘Javelin’ service.
As usual, we will offer a good number of visiting model railway layouts in various track gauges covering both steam and diesel eras – and not just British trains! This year there are:
18 different exhibits including a new children’s layout owned by the Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts’ Society (GRES) and a (tiny) T Gauge layout, both making their debut at this exhibition, as well as a working lit funfair and science-fiction related models;
14 different trade stands selling a range of items, not just railway related;
2 stands from preservation societies – Thames & Medway Canal Association and Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway.
So, plenty of fun to entertain the young and young at heart, as well as a chance to enjoy hot and cold food freshly prepared by the school caterers plus a selection of refreshments.
For the second year all money collected from our raffle will be going to Guide Dogs, who we are proud to support again in 2016. Guide Dogs not only train assistance dogs for visually impaired people, but their aim is to ensure people who are blind and partially sighted can enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else. The charity do not receive government funding so they rely on public generosity to fund their services - and visitors to the show are asked to give generously. Dave Kent of Guide Dogs, who has appeared as the face of Guide Dogs in publicity material and television adverts, will officially open the show with his guide dog Chad at 10.30 on Saturday (2 September). Dave is a model railway enthusiast and is again looking forward to the opportunity to be a part of the show.
I’m proud to say we raised £350 for Guide Dogs last year.
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Upcoming Events
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04 July 2026 09:00 Until 05 July 2026 15:00
0Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July 2026
Middleton Railway, The Station, Moor Road, Hunslet, LEEDS, LS10 2JQ
Organised by, and all proceeds to, the Middleton Railway Trust
Open 10:00 to 16:00 each day (steam passenger trains operating regularly between 10:30 and 15:30 from Moor Road station), light refreshments available in the shop/café. Free parking on site or nearby streets.
Admire the models set amongst the real thing in our Engine House. You can also travel on a full-size steam train. There is also the opportunity to drive a full-size locomotive, as we will be operating a footplate experience on one of our locomotives – when did you last do that at a Model Railway Exhibition? A suggested donation of £5 and no need to book in advance, just turn up on the day. Please note that you must be at least 18 years old and not older than 76 to take part in the footplate experience.
Except for the footplate experience all areas of the exhibition and the train ride are accessible to visitors with disabilities.
Admission – which covers Exhibition plus unlimited train rides:
Adult: £9
Child: £4
We are expecting up to 16 layouts in a variety of scales: OO, 0.165mm and 009 at least. Layouts will include: Stanley Ferry (OO), Leeds Trams (OO), Queensbury Depot (O), Bryn Oriog (009), Bishopgate (O) and Oakdale (OO), Bishopgate (O), Outwell Village (OO), Arfer Yard (0.165mm NG) and Whitborough Quayside (16.5mm)
Traders will include: Going Loco, Helm Models & Hobbies, Batterdale Scenics & Electronics and Leigh Models & Hobbies
Reminding us that model railways are fun too we also have Lego, vintage Tri-ang and Tri-ang Hornby operating.
This is an event for all the family – not just the modeller. When the non-modellers have exhausted the facilities, we offer at Moor Road we have Middleton Woods and Park at the top of the line, the Tulip Retail Park is opposite, and the White Rose Shopping Centre is just a short distance away. We pride ourselves on a welcome for all – come and experience it for yourselves.
If you need any further details see Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MiddletonRailwayOfficial/) or www.middletonrailway.org.uk
Exhibition Manager: Ian Dobson on [email protected]
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04 July 2026 09:00 Until 05 July 2026 15:00
0Beyond STEAM - The Great Western Hall
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway, Fire Fly Ave, Swindon, SN2 2EY
Our Exhibition
Beyond Steam is a celebration of modern railway modelling - bold, contemporary and bursting with creativity. From diesel and electric traction to the cutting edge infrastructure of todays railway scenes, this exhibition showcases layouts that push the boundaries and reflect the railways we know and love from the last 60+ years.
What to Expect
Expect immersive, high-quality layouts, great modelling standards and a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere where inspiration is everywhere.
Whether you are a committed modern image modeller, a curious enthusiast, or simply love seeing railways brought to life in miniature, BEYOND STEAM offers something refreshingly different.
Venue & Facilities
BEYOND STEAM is held in the Great Western Hall at STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway.
Our beautiful venue has full disabled access and on site catering both in the exhibition and museum.
Discount tickets are available if your wish to visit both the exhibition and museum.
www.beyondsteam.com
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11 July 2026 09:00
0Exhibition to be held at St Marys Church Hall Rosehill street now known as Neuadd Ni see poster enclosed for more details etc
Poster exhibition Summer 26.pdf
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11 July 2026 09:00 Until 12 July 2026 15:00
0A model show with a difference.
Alongside up to 10 layouts in various gauges there will be trade support, bookstall, tombola, access to a Deltic cab, chance to photo one of the DPS Deltics, railwayana display, view the roundhouse and its displays, train ride on the Springwell branch
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11 July 2026 09:00 Until 15:30
0In support of the Risborough Festival on Saturday 11th July 2026, the Risborough & District Model Railway Club will be holding an Open Day at the Princes Risborough St. Mary's Hall (Church Street) from 10:00 to 16:30. We plan to part exhibit our new O gauge layout project, as well as our Test Track for members of the public to test their rolling stock on. There will be second hand sales, refreshments and some modelling displays. Admission is FREE.
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Recent Event Reviews
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Immingham Model Railway Show
By SealionSteve,
A great show, as always. Some excellent layouts. Thank you to all concerned.
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Weston-Super-Mare Model Railway Show 2026
By ianmianmianm,
Great mix of layouts and trade,
....but the floorplan created real bottlenecks around the entrance which was also the route between halls (via the changing rooms!) and so was already going to be busy anyway. But there were further trade stands and coffee stand put there.... creating groups of people lingering and blocking...... why oh why!
The catering van outside - ended up giving up because as we all stood queuing to buy food, nothing happening in the van, there was a lot of playing with kids and babies but the 4 people there couldn't manage to free up one to take orders.
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7mm NGA Trent Valley Group Modelling Day
By ngtrains.com,
An excellent day was had by all. Keep the 30th January 2027 free.
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SOUTHAMPTON MODEL RAILWAY SHOW -JANUARY 24TH/25TH 2026
By Robin Brasher,
Despite South West Trains' best efforts I managed to get to the exhibition on time. I had my doubts when they announced at Southampton Central Station that my train would be running non stop to Waterloo but I got on a Cross Country train that stopped at Southampton Airport. The pictures show:
1. My arrival at the exhibition on a heritage bus provided by the organisers.
2. There were a lot of people at the exhibition and a huge queue for the coffee machines. There seemed to be more people there than in previous years.
3. Essence of Ventnor in 0 gauge was one of the splendid layouts there. I saw it last year at the Brockenhurst exhibition.
4. Seaton Junction in 00 gauge was another interesting layout. There was an N gauge model of Seaton Junction at Pecorama that it donated to our model railway club so I found it interesting to see Seaton Junction in a larger scale.
I was not so lucky with my return journey as South West Trains was unable to run any trains from Southampton Central to Bournemouth and Weymouth so I ended up having to catch a taxi to Bournemouth.
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WMRA Annual Exhibition
By Robin Brasher,
Excellent show. plenty of free parking, over 30 layouts, lots of traders and full catering. I liked the scenery on the illustrated 009 gauge Feorag layout set in an imaginary island west of Cornwall. TT:120 seems to be well received with two small oval layouts on display.
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