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26 June 2017 16:30
Event Name: COARSE O GAUGE RUNNING MEET
Classification: Other event
Address: HARRINGWORTH VILLAGE HALL, GRETTON ROAD, HARRINGWORTH, NORTHANTS NN17 3AD
Day 1: 26 JUNE 2017
Opening times Day 1: 4.30 - 8.30
Prices: £3.00 ADULTS KIDS FREE
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: https://m.facebook.com/northantsandrutlandOgauge/?locale2=en_GB
Organising body: NAROGG
Organiser: Richard Holder 07970 965546 [email protected]
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. 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. There is usually 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. 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 running possible 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.
Loose, informal theme for this meeting is GWR or BR Western Region but our ‘themes’ are not proscriptive so if you have something you’re itching to run, please bring it even if it’s a pink Mongolian State Railways loco that runs on camel droppings!
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Upcoming Events
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20 July 2025 09:00 Until 21 July 2025 15:00
1The Chatham & District Model Railway club are excited and proud to announce the return of The Chatham Show and its coming back home to the Chatham Historic dockyard and slip 5 on the 20/21st of july
The show is coming back even bigger now.
It will have 100+ exhibitors
50 layouts booked in
Half price entry to Chatham dockyard with show tickets.
Adults £10 (£9 in advance)
Under 16s free
Advanced tickets are available on our website www.chatham.show
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26 July 2025
0Model Railway Exhibition
Sir John Colfox School, Ridgeway, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3DT
Open at 10am and close at 4pm
Admission prices: Adults (over 16 years) £8 , Child (under 16 years) Free, Card payment accepted
Amenities: Full disabled access, free parking and light refreshments all day
Features: 40 layouts, demonstrations and trade stands
Contact: Ken Banks 07484-213267 [email protected]
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26 July 2025 09:00
0Annual club Exhibition Christ Church Bear St , EX32 &BU
Barnstaple Model railway club welcomes you to our friendly 2025 Annual Exhibition We present many quality layouts, a great selection of trade, specialist societies, vote for best layout, Shunting Puzzle, railway book stall etc offering a great day out for modellers. Covering 3 rooms on a single floor with full disabled access. Barnstaple also offers wonderful shopping including the Green Lanes shopping centre for a full day out Full details see Ukmodelshops
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26 July 2025 09:00
0Date: JULY 26th
Times : 10am to 4pm
Location : KERSWELL HALL
125, WILLS CRES, HOUNSLOW, TW3 2JF
There is FREE entry, but donations welcome.
FREE parking on site
There will be at least SEVEN working layouts in TT120, OO, O and G plus two S/H stalls and one demo stand
This is our club's only fund-raising event in 2025 and so, please come down and support us.
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27 July 2025 09:00 Until 15:00
010am - 4pm (Early bird entry at 09:45 for pre booked discounted ticket holders)
Sevenoaks Primary School, Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3LB
Free parking on site and surrounding area, wheelchair access, cafe, 800 yards from Sevenoaks BR
Discounted pre booked tickets https://www.modelrailwayquest.com/copy-of-sevenoaks-2024
Discounts also for TFL/National Rail staff with staff pass
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Dinsdale 1830 (OO)
Essex Brick (OO)
Gamma Silo Rotatory (On30)
Have 'O' Go (O)
The Ladykillers (OO)
Little Totston (OO)
Rockridge (O)
Rocky Mountain Rails (N)
Rowan Road (OO)
Small N Working (N)
St Mawes Jetty (N)
The Royal Albert Bridge (N)
The Blitz (OO)
Tsuriito (HO)
Trade Stands
Andy Lynch Railways
Dream Steam
Euroscale Models
Fenland Model Railways
Harrison Brown
Invicta Model Rail
Model Raiway Signs
Models U Drive
Plus Daughters
Rainers Trains
Southern Scale Models
The Wagon Yard
Trainsporters
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