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16 March 2019 17 March 2019
Event Name: WIMRAIL, Dorset
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Queen Elizabeth School, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 4DT
Day 1: 16/03/2019
Opening times Day 1: 10am to 5pm
Day 2: 17/03/2019
Opening times Day 2: 10am to 4pm
Prices: Adult £6Accompanied Child under 15yrs Free
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: www.wimrail.org.uk
Organising body: Wimborne Railway Society
More details on this thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/137377-wimrail-2019-16-17th-march-2019-wimborne-dorset/
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16 March 2019 17 March 2019
Event Name: Heywod Model Railway Annual Show
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Rochdale Masonic Hall2 Richard StreetRochdaleGreater ManchesterOL11 1DU
Day 1: 16/03/2019
Opening times Day 1: Sat 10 am - 5 pm
Day 2: 17/03/2019
Opening times Day 2: Sun 10 am - 4 pm
Prices: Dult £5.00, Child £3.00, Senior £4.00, Family (2 + 2) £13.00
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: www.hmrg.co.uk
Organising body: Heywood Model Railway Group
Organiser: Steve Smith
12+ layouts in various gauges, limited Trade Support, light refreshments avaialble, Close to Rochale Metro and Train Station
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16 March 2019
Event Name: Tadworth Spring 2019
Classification: Exhibition
Address: THE GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH HALLSTATION APPROACH ROAD,TADWORTH, SURREY KT20 5AH
Day 1: 16/03/2019
Opening times Day 1: 10am-5pm
Prices: Adults £6, Under 16’s £3, and Concession (Senior/Disabled) £5. All profits to Good Shepherd Church.
Disability access: No
Car parking: Yes
Website: http://www.ndmrc.info/Home/Tadworth.htm
Organising body: North Downs Model Railway Circle
Organiser: Stuart Robinson 077-5845-8827 & [email protected]
The majority of the exhibition is accessible for the disabled, however some layouts are on the stage which is up a short flight of steps.
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16 March 2019
Event Name: Abrail 2019 - Abingdon and District MRC exhibition
Classification: Exhibition
Address: Abingdon and Witney College,Wootton Road,Abingdon.Oxon.OX14 1GG
Day 1: 16/3/19
Opening times Day 1: 10:00-17:00
Prices: £8 for adults - accompanied children free
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: http://admrc.org.uk/exhibitions/abingdon-exhibition-2019
Organising body: Abingdon and District Model Railway Club
Abrail 2019 will be held on Saturday 16th March, 2019 from 10:00-17:00 . We are again at Abingdon and Witney College, Abingdon Campus, OX14 1GG. Entry is £8.00 for adults, with accompanied children free.
Layouts:
Three Points 7mm / O ADMRC
Porlock 4mm / OO Kevin Grace
Inselbahn Langeoog N+Nm Piers Milne
Kidmore South Yard N David Mitchell
Dock Green 7mm / O Chaz Harrison
Trewithick 4mm / EM Graeme Vickery
Llanfair Caereinion 4mm / OO9 Andy Cundick
Canute Road Quay 4mm / OO Graham Muspratt
Ryders Green Wharf 4mm / OO9 Peter Cullen
Brymbo 7mm / O Oxford and District MRC
Oil Drum Lane 4mm / OO Terry Robinson
Didcot A N ADMRC
Keats Sidings 4mm / OO Jon Potter
Manningthorpe N Matthew Oszczyk
A bridge too far 2mm Peter Thorpe
Foxfield Wharf N Peter Hughes
Ilfracombe East 4mm / OO9 Brian Key
Bridgebury Gate N Russ Hobbs
Kamiak Falls HO Antony Quinlan
Sodor 4mm / OO ADMRC
Traders:
JB’S Model World
Squire’s Tools
Sunningwell Command Control
Freestone Models
Ceynix Artistree
Double-O Scenics
Neil Cresswell Model Railways
Kytes Lights
Brunswick Railways Ltd
Kevin’s Trains
Cheltenham Model Centre
Demonstrations :
European Model Railways
Pendon Museum (TBC)
Medway Queen Preservation Society (TBC)
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16 March 2019 10:00 17 March 2019 00:00
**POSTPONEMENT**
Due to the issuing of a South of Scotland Yellow weather warning tomorrow and the localised expectation that the probability of heavy snow is 90% forecasted, we have reluctantly taken the decision to postpone the Model Rail & Layout Exhibition this weekend. Our Centre stands at an elevation of around 200-270m above sea-level so any snow forecast is likely to impact here. Exhibitors were expected from all over Scotland & the North of England so we felt it was prudent, after last years snow, to give all as much warning of this decision as possible.
A lot of preparation has been undertaken for this event which we are understandingly reluctant to lose. We will therefore seek to re-schedule the event for a suitable date in the future. We will advise you of this in due course.
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16 March 2019 10:00 16 February 2019 00:00
This event begins 16/03/19 and repeats every day until 17/03/19
Organiser: Nottingham MRS
Venue: Highbank Community Centre, Farnborough Road, Clifton, Nottingham NG11 9DG.
Open:
Sat 10:00 – 17:00
Sun 10:00 – 16:00
Admission: adults £4, children £1
Amenities: refreshments, level access throughout,
How to get there
Public transport – Nottingham Express Tram (NET) to Holy Trinity tram stop
By Car – M1 Jct. 24, use A453 to Clifton. There is some on-street parking or use the free parking at Clifton NET Park and Ride which is signed from the A453 (Satnav NG11 8BF). NET offers a £1 Clifton Shopper ticket for the tram from here to the venue tram stop.
Features: 6 layouts including debut of club Trent Lane Junction layout, trade stands, hands on demonstration.
Further information: www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk
or find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/NottinghamMRS
Layouts
Trent Lane Junction – Nottingham MRS– 00 Scale – Based on the complex of lines to the east of Nottingham in the 1960’s where the GNR line to Grantham and the MR line to Lincoln criss-crossed each other and is on two levels. We will be running it with steam and green diesels.
Springfield – Nottingham MRS – HO – Our “Anytown USA” urban switching layout males a return featuring 1980’s and 1990’s CP Rail and Maine Central trains.
Kozel Cement – Dave Paylor – HO Scale. Featuring Czech freight operations in the 1990’s on a freight-only branch to a cement works [CM March 2013]
Heath Green – Nick Palette – 00 Scale – Depicting a third-rail electrified branch line on the Southern Region of BR in the 1960’s
Elmfield – Dave Westwood – N scale – Early 1960’s BR in the Black Country
Mount Woodville Works – Robert Milliken – P4. Features industrial railway operations at a salt glazed sanitary ware works in the mid-twentieth century
Demonstrations
“Getting Started on Scenery” – the Trent lane Junction team show how they recreated part of Nottingham in miniature
Modelling in P4 society/demo
Creating Model Buildings and the Miniature Landscape” – David Wright from Dovedale Models will be showing his techniques for modelling the natural and built environment using readily available materials
Trade stands
Anoraks Anonymous
TTC diecast
Booklaw
A1 Models
Sherwood Models
Model Power Depot
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Upcoming Events
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08 November 2025 10:00 Until 09 November 2025 16:00
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08 November 2025 10:00 Until 09 November 2025 16:30
0www.tolworthshowtrain.co.uk
8-9 November 2025
For any enquiries regarding the 2025 show, please contact [email protected]
Tolworth Showtrain is our Society’s annual model railway show. It is one of the largest shows held in the South East.
It takes place over two days at;
Tolworth Recreation Centre
Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey, KT6 7LQ.
Saturday 8 Nov 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 9 Nov 10.00am - 4.00pm
PRICES
Adult £10
Child £3
Family 2+2 £21
Sunday Special
One child free with every paying adult
Cash and card payments will be accepted on the door
Returning for 2025 - live steam rides are in operation.
Take a ride behind a real minature steam engine (an additional charge will apply). With the kind support of the Malden District Society of Model Engineers.
These are the layouts already confirmed attending in 2025.
Layouts
The Bergeller BahnHOSwiss
Copper Wort16.5Midlands 1902
Denton SidingsLNER/LMS 1960
Edward's Junction and Thomas EndOOThomas and Friends
Essex BrickOOFreelance 1950s
Express Daisy SidingsEMIndustrial GWR 1960s
Fairwood JunctionOOWiltshire, present day
Fawcett StreetOOBritish Rail Steam/diesel
Garreg WenOO9Snowdonia C19th
Gordons LaneModern Wessex mainline
Hatch EndNBR 1980s
Hope under DinmoreEMLNWR/GWR 1910s
Inspired by FriedrichstrasseHOEast Germany 1960s
Kensington Addison RoadWest London C1925
Launceston Steam RailwayOO9Cornwall historic
Rossiter RiseOONorthwest London
The Royal Albert BridgeNBrunel tribute 1960s
Staffordshire PotteriesNStoke-on-Trent
Swillibegs
Tony's Forest
Yard No 2P4LNWR 1925
Demonstration Stands
EMU BuildingKit Building/Modelling
Scenery ModellingSoldering
Weathering
Society Stands
4SUB AssociationHampton and Kempton Waterworks Railway
Long Ditton Light RailwayMalden District Society of Model Engineers
Railway Correspondence and Travel SocietySouthern Electric Group
Trade Stands
Addlestone Model CentreAspire Gifts and Models
Best Model ToysFenland Model Railways
Golden Arrow ProductionsHeritage in Motion
JB's Model WorldKernow Model Rail Centre
Models U DriveMSC Models
Rail – BooksRichard Pane's Model Spares
Roxley ModelsSunningwell Command & Control
The Totem ManThe Wagon Yard
Wheels of SouthseaW M Collectables
Where we are
Travelling by public transport
The venue is a 1.6 mile walk from Surbiton Railway station or a 1.3 mile walk from Tolworth Railway Station.
As well as the free shuttle bus from Surbiton Railway Station (see below) there are also many TFL busses that travel near to the venue;
From Kingston: 71 / 281 / 406 / 418 / 465 / K1 / K4
From Dorking: 265
From New Malden: 265 / K1
From Chesington: 71
From Epsom: 406 / 418 / 467 (Sat)
From Putney: 265
Free Shuttle Bus from Surbiton Station
We are operating a free bus link between Surbiton Station and the show.
Saturday 8thSurbiton Stop NN
to TRC09:45 10:10 10:40 11:10 11:40 12:10 12:40 13:55 14:25 14:55 15:25 15:55 16:25
TRC to
Surbiton Stop NN10:25 10:55 11:25 11:55 12:25 12:55 14:10 14:40 15:10 15:40 16:10 16:40 17:20
Sunday 9thSurbiton Stop NN/NP
to TRC09:55 10:25 10:55 11:25 11:55 12:25 13:40 14:10 14:40 15:10
TRC to
Surbiton Stop NN11:10 11:40 12:10 12:40 13:55 14:25 15:25 16:00
Note:- Whilst every effort will be made to maintain this timetable, delays may be incurred due to traffic conditions. In the case of extreme late running a service may be cancelled to restore the timetable.
Travelling by car
Tolworth Recreation Centre is within the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), people travelling to the venue by private transport will have to have a compliant vehicle or pay a charge to drive for that day. The vast majority of vehicles are compliant with the emissions standards. Check your vehicle here.
There is free parking on site at Tolworth Recreation Centre.
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15 November 2025 10:00 Until 16 November 2025 16:00
0Our 45th annual exhibition
Sat 15th November 2025 Open 1000 to 1700
Sun 16th November 2025 Open 1000 to 1600
Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton BN1 8TA
9 Layouts
Highcombe 4mm OO BR 1960s Brighton MRC.
Fencehouses 4mm OO BR NE & NCB 1960s Ian Forsyth.
Orestone Quay 4mm OO 1948 Graham and Andrew Barnes.
Holmill 4mm OO BR SR Langley Modellers.
Neustift 2mm N Austrian Tirol Phil Gardner.
Hillside Park 2mm N BR 1960’s Nigel Appleton.
Hursley Quay 7mm O Light Railway Andrew Knights.
Exbridge 3mm TT BR WR late 1960’s Paul Hopkins.
Sproston Green TMD 4mm OO 1970’s Tim Farmer.
Traders TBC
Societies TBC
Our world famous refreshments available throughout the exhibition.
Two floors of exhibits, lift available, step free access.
Free Parking on site and in the surrounding streets.
Close to bus routes 5, 5A and 52. The 5B bus route is a slightly longer walk.
Nearest Railway station is Preston Park.
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15 November 2025 10:00
0We bring the Society’s Wycrail exhibition experience, with a high standard of quality and inspirational layouts, once again to a “small and friendly” venue, with the second show in 2025 as ‘MRX25 – Autumn‘, building on the success of the Society’s Clubroom Open Days – popular with locals and experienced modellers alike.
2025 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. Britain and the world changed forever. Railway 200 celebrates the past, present and future of rail. We at the High Wycombe & District Model Railway Society are pleased to be supporting Railway 200 with our two exhibitions during 2025 and other activities.
We’re delighted to be working once again with our sponsors, AGR Model Railway Store and The Transport Treasury.
Venue
CRESSEX COMMUNITY CENTRE
203 Cressex Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP12 4PZ
Note: SatNav user may find HP12 4QE a closer Postcode to use. What3Words///lakes.behave.cars
Opening Hours
10am to 4.30pm
Layouts confirmed as attending are as follows:
Shadwell East 00S team 60s to modern day – HWDMRS ‘Junior modellers’ layout
East Dock EM 1930s LMS/LNER steam
Heathbury N Diesel
Crystal Springs H0 USA Trams 60’s
Whipsnade Central 009 Steam
St Panlraz in Steiermark H0 Austrian Diesel
Allegra N Swiss Railways
Templegate Wagon Works 0 1970s Diesels
Mynydd y Ddraig 009 1960s steam
Swansea Riverside 0
Thornfield 00 1960s steam
Traders attending:
HWDMRS Pre-used stand & Members sales
The Transport Treasury.
AGR Model Railway Store
JB’s Model World
Hedgerow Scenics
Refreshments
Hot and cold Drinks and snacks all available to buy. Our exhibitions are famous for cakes. This will be no exception!
Our members will be on hand as usual to answer questions and offer advice.
Admission: Adults: £6.00 Children 6-16: £1.00, under 6 free
Parking: Disabled parking on-site subject to availability. Free on-street parking nearby
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15 November 2025 10:00 Until 16 November 2025 16:00
0Pendle Forest Model Railway Society is pleased to announce that its annual exhibition at Park High School, Venables Avenue, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 7DP, what3words/// relegate:awkward:prompt, will this year include a range of hobby interest as well as plenty of model railway action. Opening times are 10am-5pm on Saturday and 10am-4pm on Sunday.
Twelve+ layouts are expected to attend as well as eight+ traders, our Society second hand stall, demonstrations including 3D printing by Three Peaks Models, children's activities, wargamers, slot cars and drift cars.
Refreshments and light meals will be available along with plenty of free car parking. A free shuttle bus will operate between the venue and Colne railway station and bus station, timed to connect with East Lancs Line trains. A free brew will be offered to anyone who has travelled by train!
Entry costs £7 for adults, £6 for concessions, £4 for children and £16 fora family of two adults and two children.
2025 exhibition bus timetable.pdf
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I was there for a MBF meeting/exhibition last Saturday. Excelent hall with all the facilities you need.
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By Phil Parker,
Excellent day. With delicious cake!
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