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27 September 2024 28 September 2024
What is Rapido RailEx?
We’re putting on a show! Over 2 days in September we are taking over the Market Hall in Maidstone with an exhibition of high-quality model railways.
This is also a chance for you to come and meet the Rapido Trains UK team in person to discuss projects past, present and future, see new samples as well as getting the scoop on some new and exciting announcements we will be making!
In addition to this, we’ll have trade stands for you to invest in your model railway including the chance to get 3D-scanned by Modelu for your own personalised 3D-printed figures, grab some rolling stock from some of our Official Retailers, beautify your layout with products from some of our partners and much more.
A number of layouts are being confirmed as we speak but include Wendover (MET/LNER Joint) Hobbs Hill (BR(S) and Brewhouse Quay with trade support from MODELU, The Wagon Yard and Tony's Trains of Rugby with many more to follow. Keep an eye on the website over the coming weeks.
Customised Rapido Wagons – An Exhibition First!
You will have the chance to order your own uniquely decorated Private Owner wagon at the show!
Simply fill in the form at our stand when you place your order and our graphic artists will draw up the artwork for you to approve on the day. Then your 7- or 5-plank PO wagon will be UV-printed with your chosen lettering and posted directly to you.
All our PO wagon designs will be made using templates created from our painstaking research into real-life signwriting to create the most authentic look.
Tickets
Tickets for RAPIDO RAILEX are just £5 per adult. Kids are FREE when accompanied by a paying adult.
Each ticket covers 1 day of attendance at the show, you are free to come and go during the day.
ADVANCE TICKETS: If you book your ticket now (via the website links below), then you are automatically entered into a prize draw to win Rapido Trains UK goodies! You’ll find out if you’re the holder of the winning ticket when you arrive at the show.
Find out more at www.rapidotrans.co.uk/rapdio-railex/
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28 September 2024 09:00 29 September 2024 15:00
Worthing Model Railway Club - Annual Exhibition 2024
Saturday 28th September 10.00am – 17.00pm
Sunday 29th September 10.00am – 16.00pm
Worthing MRC are excited to host our Annual Exhibition, bringing together a wide range of model railways, traders and society stands. Full details of each will be uploaded once confirmed nearer the event.
Venue:
Durrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1LA
Refreshments & hot food will be available throughout the show. The event takes place at a spacious venue, and includes free parking and disabled-friendly access.
Further details can be found at https://www.worthingmrc.co.uk/
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28 September 2024 09:00 29 September 2024 15:00
Join Worthing MRC for the return of our annual show, and one of our biggest ever events!
Worthing Model Railway Club - Annual Exhibition 2024
Saturday 28th September 10.00am – 17.00pm
Sunday 29th September 10.00am – 16.00pm
Featuring layouts, traders & society stands. Full details will be uploaded once confirmed.
Venue:
Durrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1LA
Tickets:
Adults: £6.00 each
Accompanied Children go FREE
Worthing MRC bring together a collection of model railways, traders and society stands at our annual exhibition, taking place in September 2024. Refreshments & catering will be available throughout the show. The event takes place at a spacious venue, and includes free parking and disabled-friendly access. The venue is approximately 10 minutes walk from Durrington-on-Sea railway station.
Further details will appear here and online closer to the time, and keep an eye out for our all-new Worthing MRC website launching in due course - bookmark www.worthingmrc.co.uk in your browsers for when the page launches soon!
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28 September 2024 09:00 29 September 2024 15:00
Club: North East O Gauge
Name of Event: NEOG
Event Date: Sat 28th September - Sun 29th September 2024
Address: Nissan Sports & Social Club, Washington Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3NS
Event Opening Times: 10am to 4pm BOTH DAYS
Entrance Fees: Adult - £8.00, Two Day - £12.00, Child - £3.00, Two Day - £6.00.
Info: No.of Layouts- 11, No.of Traders- 11, Modelling Demos - 6
Venue Facilities: Wheelchair Friendly, Free Parking, Refreshments,
Description: The North East newest O Gauge show brought to you by North East O Gauge.
Situated close to the A19 and not far from the A1 at a superb venue with excellent facilities and suitable for all.
The exhibition will feature eleven excellent layouts from the NE and around the country. With a superb selection of trade support from twelve plus traders.
Also on hand will be a selection of demonstrators, who are all experts in their fields ready to show you how and answer any questions you may have.
The Gauge O Guild will also be on hand to show you the benefits of O Gauge and joining the Guild.
Parking is free and plentiful.
A fine selection of food is available in the Cafe as well as a fully stocked bar.
We hope you enjoy our O gauge show in the NE & look forward to seeing you return next year.
Contact Telephone number: 07900 431042
Contact E-mail address: [email protected]
Website: www.neog.uk
Event Facebook: NEOG - North East O Gauge Show | Facebook
Public Transport - Go North East - Getting around the North East is simple with us Number 56 Bus.
Layouts
1) Ladeside Diesel Depot – BR(SC) 1960s
2) Templegate Wagon Works – BR 1970s
3) East Road – BR(SC) 1970/80’s
4) Bankgate Sidings – LNER 1940s
5) High Grange – BR(NE) 1950/60s
6) Selby Bridge – LNER 1920/30’s
7) Aston – GWR
8) Invermire – BR(SC) 1980s
9) Falstone – LNER 1920’s
10) Donegal – Irish Narrow Gauge
11) Dalnottar Riverside – BR(SC) 1970/80s
Demonstrations
1) Dave Dunn - Railway Photographic Slide Show
2) Garry Lane – Wagon Building
3) Andrew Proctor - Weathering
4) Lee Edmondson – DCC fitting
5) Paul Moore – Painting & Lining
6) Gauge O Guild & Soldering Demo
Traders
1) Northumbrian Painting Services
2) Squires Tools
3) Durham trains of Stanley
4) Connoisseur Models
5) GM Transport Books
6) Durham Locomotive Preservation Group
7) Greenwood Models
8) White Rose Baseboards
9) Air Frame
10) Trainsporters
11) Ian Kirk
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28 September 2024 09:00 29 September 2024 15:00
Model Railway Exhibition featuring club and guest layouts and an interactive layout for young visitors plus trade stalls and refreshments
The Ashcombe School, Ashcombe Road, Dorking RH4 1LY
Saturday 28 September, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday 29 September, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Adults £5, Children £3, Family £10.
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28 September 2024 09:00 15:00
Come and help celebrate Bury St Edmunds MRC 75th Anniversary in ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL, Bury St Edmunds. This event will utilise the ENTIRE area of the Nave and the cloisters allowing 24 layouts and 18 traders to be accepted. Probably the largest exhibition in East Anglia this year with a wonderful array of layouts and traders including the as yet unseen BURY ST EDMUNDS MRC 75th Anniversary layout of the station as it was in the 19502, YORK, Peter Kirmonds 2mm masterpiece, BEIAJIO the only Chinese outline layout on the UK circuit and PERGATORY PEAK - too large to fit on the alter! These plus many more as seen in the listing below will be there for your entertainment. Advance tickets available from www.burystedmundsmrc.com
TRADERS BOOKED
GREAT EASTERN MODELS
PLUS DAUGHTERS
MODEL BEHAVIOUR
JAMES GREEN
ORWELL MODEL RAILWAYS
P & D MARSH
TIM HORN
SCOGRAIL
COASTAL DCC
BOB PEARMAN BOOKS
INTENTIO
SUDBURY MODEL RAILWAYS
TRAINS 4 U
MID SUFFOLK LR
KEITHS MODEL RAILWAYS
RCTS
TIMMYS TRAINS
JUSTINCASE
EXHIBITS BOOKED
PERGATORY PEAK
BEIJAIO
YORK
THOMAS INTERACTIVE (BURY ST EDS)
TOMY INTERACTIVE (BURY ST EDS)
THOMAS INTERACTIVE (STOWMARKET)
BASTOGNE
COBBOLDS WHARF
DUNWICH TRAMWAY
CORONATION LANE - EXCHANGE SDGS
OBBEKAER
LITTLE COLNE
DARK LANE
BURY ST EDMUNDS
ST PETERS SQUARE
RAVEN HILL
STONEY END
BRIEF ENCOUNTER MONOCHROME
OBERVAZ
CRATFIELD
EAST QUAY
CRIKEY
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28 September 2024 09:00 15:30
On Saturday 28th September 2024, the Risborough & District Model Railway Club will be holding a Model Railway Exhibition at Haddenham Village Hall, Banks Road, Haddenham, HP17 8EE from 10:00 to 16:30. The exhibition will feature the very best local layouts, trade support and demonstrations. There will be second hand sales, refreshments, and some modelling displays. Admission is £6 for adults and £1 for children.
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28 September 2024 09:00 15:30
Loddon Vale Model Railway Club's Annual Exhibition at St. Peter's Church Hall, Church Lane, Earley, Reading RG6 1EY.
Adults £5 - Children £2 - Family (2 adults + 2 children) £11
Eleven layouts, two traders, two societies. Refreshments.
Reading Buses routes 17 and X4 stop close to the venue (Three Tuns bus stop). Earley Railway Station is a 15 minute walk.
Limited disabled access. (The show is over two floors and there is no disabled access to the upper floor.)
https://www.lvmrc.co.uk/2023-exhibition/
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This event begins 28/09/24 and repeats every day until 29/09/24
Back again in 2024, the Lydney Model Railway show is a will feature over 25 layouts and traders with a wide variation in scales, gauges and eras. The exhibition features free parking, refreshments (Including our popular homemade cakes) and full disabled access.
Location: Dean Academy, Church Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 5DZ
Dates and hours: Sat 28th 11am-5pm, Sun 29th September 10am-4pm.
Organised by the Forest of Dean Model Railway Club.
Traders booked as of 09/12/23:
Herefore Model Centre (New and Used)
Ron Goulding (Used)
Avon Valley Railway (Used and Books)
Abm Designs and Supplies (Crafts and Novelties)
2874 Group (Locomotive Owning Charity)
Layouts booked as of 09/12/23:
Los Tanimals (Usa, N Gauge)
Dinas-Snowdon NWNGR (Uk, 7mm Narrow Gauge)
Leigh Valley Light Railway (Uk, 16mm Narrow Gauge)
Museum of Transport (Uk, OO Gauge)
Snake Bend (Usa, N Gauge)
Drive Thomas! (Uk, OO Gauge)
Otterhampton (Uk, N Gauge)
Iron Mould Lane (Uk, OO Gauge)
Many More to be Announced!
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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
0Club Open Day at Willesborough Windmill Barn, Mill Lane, Ashford TN24 0QG
10.00hrs - 16.00hrs
Club layouts, chat, learn. Refreshments available.
Free Parking
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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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Recent Event Reviews
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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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Macclesfield Model Railway Group's Annual Exhibition ( PLEASE NOTE: NEW VENUE!!!! )
By Merfyn Jones,
I was there for a MBF meeting/exhibition last Saturday. Excelent hall with all the facilities you need.
The bus from the station was a very good help for those that want to come by train rather than drive.
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Swansea Model Railway Exhibition
By Cymru Rails,
The Swansea Railway Modellers Group does an excellent job every year with this one, and it is well worth attending. It always features a fabulous set of layouts, traders, and societies on display. If you weren’t able to attend this year, check out my video to give you an idea of what to expect at the show and make sure to attend in 2026: Swansea Model Railway Exhibition 2025
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Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society - Open Weekend
By Phil Parker,
Excellent day. With delicious cake!
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Robertsbridge Model Railway Show 24-25 May 2025
By clogger,
Good little show. Bit biased though as I’m exhibiting at the show and have done so for a couple of years now.
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