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The South-West Herts Model Railway Society is pleased to announce its 44th Annual Model Railway exhibition which will take place in Watford on 9th May 2026.
Venue: Queens School, Aldenham Road,Bushey,Herts WD23 2TY
Open: 10.00 – 16.30
Admission: Adults £8.00,
Accompanied children under 16 – up to two free with each adult.
Amenities: Close to M1 Junction 5 (with A41)
Refreshments, wheelchair access throughout. On-site parking.
Features: Over twenty quality layouts have been invited from across the country covering a range of timescales from the early 20th century to the present day Including- Willowbrook Marsh (0);Fire Creek(0n30); Erleigh Quay (00); Swakeleys (00); Providence Colliery (00); Thomas Town (00);Shirebeck in Emswell (EM); Tamzynowo Wlk (H0); Garreg Wen (009); Quarry Lane End (009); Selborne (009); Tan-y-Coed (009); Whipsnade Central (009); Catesby sidings (N);Fordon Hill Railway (N); North Lin (N); Staffordshire Potteries (N); Nakato (N). Other layouts to be announced shortly.
Traders and preservation societies and MERG are also invited.
More information on www.southwesthertsmrs.org.uk or contact the exhibition manager.
Mr Phil Chown [email protected] or our Publicity officer Michael Roualle 07377188329 -regular updates also on our club Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SouthWestHertsMRS/
Plus we normally film our exhibitions and layouts -have a look at our u-tube channel https://www.youtube.com/@MalcolmCalaby
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09 May 2026 09:00 15:00
Lutterworth Model Railway Exhibition 2026The annual Lutterworth Railway Society Model Railway Exhibition will be taking place on 9th May 2026 between 10am and 4pm.
Watch this space for further information as it becomes available - updated 17/04/26
11 layouts already planned so far:
Brinklow 'N' gauge Milton Keynes MRS
Kelvin Grove to Thompson Street 'OO' Corby & District MRS
Rugby Central 'N' Lutterworth RS
Sidsend 'OO' Peter Sidley
Shau Kei Wan tramway 'OO' Francis Rossi
Bettws Road 'N' Anthony Hubbard
Morton Yard/Hill Farm 'SM32@ Heart of England narrow gauge modellers
Kingsworth 'OO' Lutterworth RS Junior modellers
Greenwood Garden Railway 'N' Philip Hunt
Spion Kop 'N' Derek Goldsthorpe
Display of 5" Loco and trucks - Stuart Laidler
Hornby Dublo 'OO' Phillip Baildon
Traders include:
Keiths Model Railways - Pre-loved railway items
Tony's Trains - New railway items
Daves Treasure Trove - Preloved railway items
The bookman - Books (there's a surprise)
Mark Simpson-Wedge - Railway related - photos, key rings, postcards, greetings cards etc
Lutterworth Railway Society - Pre loved railway items
ED3D printing for charity (Eddy King) - models in N and OO
Refreshments availableLRS 2026 Exhibition Flyer v1.pdf
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09 May 2026 09:00 15:30
SVMRC Vintage Toy Train ShowSussex Vintage Model Railway Collectors annual toy train show. Usually features the likes of Tinplate O Gauge from Hornby, Bing, ACE, etc... Hornby Dublo, Trix, Triang as well as others.
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09 May 2026 09:00 15:00
Stockport & District Railway Modellers - Annual Open DayStockport & District Railway Modellers Annual Open Day
When: 9th May 2026
Where: The Scout Hut, Cartwright Street, Newton, Hyde, Sk14 4FH
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Features:
Several layouts both club and visiting, covering N, TT, OO and O Gauges, Trade and club sales Stand, Demos and Light Refreshments available.
Further info see the club fb page
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09 May 2026 09:00 15:00
Stafford Spring Model Railway ShowSaturday 9th May
Stafford Spring Model Railway Show
Organiser: Stafford Railway Circle
Venue: Berkswich Methodist Church Hall, The Rise, Stafford, ST17 0LH
Open: 10am - 6pm
Admission: Adults £6, Children under 16 free.
Features: 11 layouts plus trade.
Amenities: free parking, light refreshments
Contact: [email protected]
Website: https://www.staffordrailwaycircle.org.uk/exhibition-2026/spring-show-2026/
SPRING SHOW 2026B.pdf
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09 May 2026 09:00 10 May 2026 15:00
Immingham Model Railway ShowAnother of our highly commended Model Railway Shows, with 19 layouts, trade stands and societies.
Civic Centre & Immingham Museum, Pelham Road, Immingham, Lincolnshire DN40 1QF, Free parking. No5 bus from Grimsby station
Saturday 10:00 to 17:00, Sunday 10:00 to 16:00
Entry £7 with accompanied children FREE. Refreshments available. Disabled access to exhibition area, but not museum layouts upstairs.
Vising Layouts;
Bawdsey – East Suffolk branch line set in the 1030’s - EM
Colinton – Caledonian Railway’s Balerno branch in the 1960’s - P4
BSC Orgreave – Orgreave Coking Plant in the 1970’s to 90’s – 00
Helenington – Yorkshire country terminus station in 1960/70’s – 0
Weedram Distillery – based upon typical distilleries in Speyside in 1960’s/1970’s – 0
Millicent Street – Freight only railway in the back streets of Hull in 1967/8 – 0 fine scale
Five Mile house – the Lincoln to Boston line from 1930’s on – 00
Buxthorpe – Terminus station based upon Buxton - N
T’Inglenook – Industrial 1960’s layout combining inglenook shunting puzzle – 00
Lego trains – modern image trains made with specialist lego – LG
Cherry Tree Halt – Greensand narrow gauge railway imagined in 1948 – 009
Red Wharf Bay – Anglesey Central Railway in the 1920’s – N
B.A.Cookes Engineering – small narrow gauge industrial layout – 7mm NG
Seagull Street Station– modern image terminus station – 00
Effingham Street – run down Midland freight yard north of Manchester – 00 + 009
Rymer’s Siding - fictional layout set on the imagined Thirsk & Sowerby Light Railway - 0
Museum Layouts
Immingham Shed - Scale 1950's Shed Scene in OO
Barnetby to Wrawby - Modern Image in N,
Traders
Caistor Loco, Elaine's Trains, CM3 Models, Mike Fish, Historical Railway Maps, Paul King
Societies
Great Central Railway, Lincolnshire Wolds railway, Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
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09 May 2026 09:30 10 May 2026 15:30
expoEM SpringThis is the Society's annual flagship event held in the south of England. After being held at the same venue for many years, this year sees a change but we are remaining in Bracknell. Much closer to the centre of town, our new home is:
Garth Hill College
Bull Lane,
Bracknell.
RG42 2AD
Opening times on the Saturday are 10.30 to 17.30 and 10.00 to 16.30 on the Sunday.
Upcoming Events
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LLANFAIR GARDEN RAILWAY SHOW
Garden railway show incorporating 16mm scale and G Scale.
9 layours and 30 trade stands.
Now organised by the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, and incorporated into their Annual Gala.
Adults £6, Under 16s £4, Under 5s free, entry included in Saturday Day Rover ticket.
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Marchwood 2026 Model Railway Exhibition
Currently Marchwood Modellers are beavering away organising publicity alongside contacting potential exhibitors and traders for the very first Marchwood Modellers' exhibition to be held in September 2026.
For more details, as and when they become available, please look on our website at http://www.marchwoodmodellers.com/marchwood-exhibition.html
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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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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.
