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20 August 2022 21 August 2022
expoEM Summer 2022The flagship event of the EM Gauge Society in the north of England is back for 2022 and will take place over the weekend of August 20th/21st at Kettlethorpe High School, the venue we first used in 2019. On display will be at least ten finescale layouts representing the best in 4mm scale modelling.
As usual there will be plenty of opportunity to stock up on modelling supplies with a good range of specialist traders in attendance. In addition, there will be a variety of ‘Show you how’ demonstrations and other special interest society stands. There will also be the EM and P4 test track and the EMGS Trade Officer will be in attendance selling amongst other things, the Society’s range of EM track and points. In addition, the ever popular members’ sales stand will be selling second hand models, kits and bits.
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20 August 2022 09:00 21 August 2022 14:30
Pickering Model Railway ShowWhy not make a day of it? Come and see our show (kids go free when accompanied with an adult) and have a trip on North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Their Pickering station is just around the corner from our venue.
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20 August 2022 09:00 21 August 2022 15:00
Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition 202220th & 21st August 2022 at the Ice Arena Wales, Olympian Drive, Cardiff Bay, CF11 0JS.
The relaunched Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition is back after a two year break.
This year we have moved to a new prestige venue in Cardiff Bay.
10am-5pm Saturday & 10am-4pm Sunday
Admission £8.00 Under 12's free but have to be accompanied by an adult
Advance discounted tickets available via the website.
Free entry to prize draw with every advance ticket purchased through the website.
Website: https://www.cardiffmodelrailwayshow.co.uk/
Layouts in all major scales
Special guest layout is the popular P4 exhibition layout Mostyn, making its return to the exhibition circuit.
Demonstrators
Traders
Preservation Societies
Hot and cold refreshments
Free Parking behind arena and also in nearby Swimming Pool Car Park.
Low price parking available directly across the road from the arena in former Toys-R-Us car park
Layouts:
Bath Green Park Loco Shed - 2mm Finescale
Bicsdale - OO Gauge
Broadwell - OO Gauge (first exhibition for this new 21' x 10' layout)
"Canadian Layout" - HO Gauge
Cwm Castell - OO Gauge
Ffordd-y-Deryn - 16mm Scale
Kleine Albula - HOm Gauge
Llandarfal - OO Gauge
Llawryglyn - EM Gauge
Margam Moor - OO Gauge
Midsomer Mardy - Z Gauge
Mostyn - P4 Finescale (Special Guest Layout)
Pencader - EM Gauge
Plaxtol Road - O Gauge
Ryders Green Wharf - OO9 Gauge
Sheep Dip - OO Gauge
Trevanna Dries - EM Gauge
Washery Halt - O Gauge
Traders:
Squires Tools
War World Scenics - One of the show's sponsors
A Brooks Project Ltd
Martyn Parry - One of the show's sponsors
813 Preservation Fund
Alastair Warrington Railway Photo's
Bespoke GLR Services
Country Park Models
Craftfairs
Henry Thomas Diecast
Lightmoor Press
Taff Vale Models (Dragon Models)
Trade Stand Enquiry Email: [email protected]
General Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 029 2025 5000 (10am to 5pm Monday to Friday)
There are regular bus services from central Cardiff.
Service 5 - Hourly intervals between approx 11am and 5pm Service 7 - Hourly intervals between 9am and 5pm Service 9 - Approx 15 minute intervals throughout the days Service X45 - Hourly interval throughout the day up to 5:30pm. Note: Services listed are subject to amendment. Please check with Cardiff Bus before starting your journey.
Nearest railway station is Cogan. Walk across the Pont-yr-Werin footbridge to get to the Arena...
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20 August 2022 09:00 21 August 2022 15:00
THE HEART OF THE MIDLANDS LOUGHBOROUGH MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITIONThe exhibition is put on by the Soar valley model railway club, it is held at the Loughborough Grammar school on the Leicester road LE11 2DU, there is full trade support as well as 32 layouts and demonstrators it is one of the biggest exhibitions in the east midlands, see the SVMRC web site for more details and a full list of layouts and traders that are attending.
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21 August 2022 09:00 15:30
French Railways Society Summer RendezvousThe Annual Exhibition and get together of the French Railways Society. The event offers a wide mix for the enthusiast as well as anybody with an interest in European railways, non members are welcome. There will be 14 model railway layouts, stands selling models, other European railway society stands and a programme of talks and slideshows. Refreshments are available throughout. Admission £5 adults
The list of exhibits is as follows:
Layouts
Om Metre gauge diorama – Alan Marlow
HO Half Rotonde – John Wesley
HO Le Goudron – David Thomas
HO San Demetrio – Tim Hills for Italian Railways Society
HO Oosterhout – Phil Colton for Benelux Railways Society
HO Demonstration Track – Scandinavian Railways Society
HOm Cezanne – Ian Pollock
HOe St Denis - Barry Langford
OO9 Rye & Camber Tramway – Noel Dollimore
N St Claud – Nick Lewis
N Tenac – Tim Hills
N Maurienne – Gordon Wiseman
N European Trams – Roger Ellis for Swiss Railways Society
Zm St Martin de Brem – Rodger Main
Other Stands
Scograil (Ipswich) Sales stand
Secondhand bring and buy
Display and sales of railway paintings by Peter Smith
FRS Sales and Information
FRS Library and Archive
Benelux Railways Society
German Railway Society
Italian Railways Society
Scandinavian Railways Society
Swiss Railways Society
Between 11:00 and 16:00 there will be a programme of slideshow presentations, including
- Paul Russenberger will be showing us how Swiss railways go about Getting up the Mountain
- Andrew Martin, author and broadcaster, will talk about French Railways in Crime Fiction and have some of his books for sale.
- Donald Wilson makes a welcome return to Lenham with his presentation, Portuguese Steam, as I remember it.
· Michael Bunn with A Tour de France by Metre Gauge - an overview of the current scene
Upcoming Events
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Edinburgh Model Railway Exhibition 2026
The Edinburgh Model Railway Exhibition 2026 is being held at
George Watson’s College
69 Colinton Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5EG
Sat 5th September 10am – 5pm
Sun 6th September 10am – 4pm
To celebrate the Edinburgh and Lothians Miniature Railway Club's 75th Anniversary, this exhibition will be twice as large as their previous shows at the same venue.
More details are on the club website at https://elmrc.org.uk/exhibition/
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Basingstoke & North Hants MRS Open Day, Sunday, 6th September 2026
On Sunday, 6th September we will be opening the doors of our clubhouse for the second of this year's two Open Days, an informal session open to the public.
All the club layouts will be there and also some of our members' own layouts in 2mm, N, 00, 009 and 0 covering a number of eras, so about 10 in total (7 of which have been exhibited at our and/or other model railway shows) and a couple of local traders too, more than you get at some exhibitions but with free entry!
Club layouts
Beggarwood Lane, 00 DCC, late 1960s to early 1980s Southern 3rd Rail
Camford Junction, 2mmFS and N Gauge
Lulworth and Winfrith Road 00 DC, 1950s/60s Southern Steam (with maybe the occasional diesel)
Lynton 009 DC and DCC, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
The Royal Albert Bridge, N Gauge, WR mid-1950s to early 1970s
The Club's New 0 Gauge Layout
Modules from Junior Section Layout Stratton Park
Members' layouts
Kantravel, N Gauge
North Quay, 2mmFS IOW 1940s/50s
Red Post Lane Depot, 4mm 00 late 1980s - early 1990s
Wyatt's layout, 4mm 00
Traders
Neil Cresswell - Pre-loved rolling stock
Model Railway Bits - Scenics and accessories
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Londons Transport in miniature Sunday 6th Sept N1 6DA
Wasn’t sure if this was already advertised elsewhere on the forum but thought worth a mention. Link below to the website and a bit of the exhibtion blurb too.
themodelrailwayclub.org/events/londons-transport-in-miniature/
The MRC together with their friends at the London Underground Railway Society are organising a one day mini-exhibition featuring London Underground modelling.
The event will have a selection of model railway layouts, displays, demonstrations and manufacturers present.
Hopefully the day should be an ideal chance to see current strands of Underground modelling and engage with those exhibiting as well as seeing a range of models from RTR, kit built and 3D printed examples across a range of scales and eras. There will definitely be prototypes from 1890s to current Piccadilly 2024 Stock on display! But equally important it should be a chance for both societies to attract new members as well as a rare chance for like minded modellers to meet up and socialise. We trust members will patronise the event and assist to bring it to the attention of any friends that maybe interested.
It will be held at Keen House, London N1 9DA between hours of 11.00 and 16.00.
Tickets on the door to the public will be £12.00 for adults , accompanied 5-16s £6. For members of both LURS and the MRC entry will be £10.00. MRC members will need to show their membership card and LURS members should bring an UN delivery envelope to gain the discounted ticket price on the door.
The MRC snack bar and licensed bar will be open throughout the day selling teas, coffees, soft drinks, snacks, rolls and with a full alcoholic bar offering too.
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Leigh Festival of Model Railways & Transport Modelling 50th Anniversary Exhibition 2026
Leigh MRS celebrate their 50th anniversary Sept 12/13th 2026 with their annual exhibition featuring layouts, boats, Scalextric, demos, wargaming and more!
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Recent Event Reviews
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Burnham-on-Sea Model Railway Show - Sedgemoor Rail - 29 & 30 August 2026
good show been trading at this show for years
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Immingham Model Railway Show
A great show, as always. Some excellent layouts. Thank you to all concerned.
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Weston-Super-Mare Model Railway Show 2026
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
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
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.
