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4th-5th July 2009 Llechfan Garden Railway Open Weekend Terminus of the Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn, mid Wales, LL36 9EY. Trains running in the garden each day from 10.30am ? extensive, landscaped permanent 32mm layout situated behind volunteers bungalow. Please ask platform staff for directions ? do not cross running lines to get to the layout unless supervised by TR staff!
11th-12th July 2009 Butterley Garden Railway Association Open Weekend Butterley Station yard at the Midland Railway Centre, Ripley, Derbyshire. Open from 11:00 ? the permanent garden layout gives easy and enjoyable running on both 32mm and 45mm track. Go along and run your engines, steam or battery driven. A good selection of traders will be there on both days. There is also a club stall where we will be happy to sell your unwanted model railway, tools etc. on a commission basis for club funds. Refreshments will be on sale, admission is free. The Midland Railway Trust is advertising this event as a Garden Railway and Modellers Weekend when most gauges and scales of railways will be running both days on both sites. Running is in conjunction with the Golden Valley two-foot narrow gauge. The Sunday will have a Road Rally of vintage vehicles. For further garden railway information call 01332 670291.
18-19th July 2009 ? 42nd Model Steam Rally and Exhibition Stoke Park, London Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1TU. 11am-5pm Adults ?7.00, Senior Citizen ?6.00, Children under 16 FREE Trade support.
19th July 2009 ? 10th Telford Narrow Gauge Show Park Inn Hotel, Junc 5 M54. 10:30am-4pm. 20+ layouts in a variety of scales. Full trade support. Free ?50 draw for all visitors. Free parking and Vintage bus to Telford Steam Railway Gala. Details from Steve on: 07908 557712
25th July 2009 ? Kent?s Garden Railway Show (supported by Swale Borough Council) Alexander Centre, Preston Street Faversham ME13 8NY. 10:00am ? 4:00pm. An exhibition of many of the scales and gauges that are run in the garden powered by live steam, electric track power and battery. Traders, railway books and heritage railways. 7 1/4in live steam track. Adults ?3.00, Accompanied children £1.00, Family 2+2 £7.00.
11th-12th July 2009 Butterley Garden Railway Association Open Weekend Butterley Station yard at the Midland Railway Centre, Ripley, Derbyshire. Open from 11:00 the permanent garden layout gives easy and enjoyable running on both 32mm and 45mm track. Go along and run your engines, steam or battery driven. A good selection of traders will be there on both days. There is also a club stall where we will be happy to sell your unwanted model railway, tools etc. on a commission basis for club funds. Refreshments will be on sale, admission is free. The Midland Railway Trust is advertising this event as a Garden Railway and Modellers Weekend when most gauges and scales of railways will be running both days on both sites. Running is in conjunction with the Golden Valley two-foot narrow gauge. The Sunday will have a Road Rally of vintage vehicles. For further garden railway information call 01332 670291.
18-19th July 2009 42nd Model Steam Rally and Exhibition Stoke Park, London Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1TU. 11am-5pm Adults £7.00, Senior Citizen £6.00, Children under 16 FREE Trade support. 19th July 2009 10th Telford Narrow Gauge Show Park Inn Hotel, Junc. 5 M54. 10:30am-4pm. 20+ layouts in a variety of scales. Full trade support. Free £50 draw for all visitors. Free parking and Vintage bus to Telford Steam Railway Gala. Details from Steve on: 07908 557712 www.ngtrains.com/telfordng.htm
19th July 2009 South Devon Garden Railway. Buckfastleigh Station TQ11 0DZ. Outdoor layout operated by the South Devon Garden Railway Group from midday on the 3rd Sunday of the month and on the Sunday of special gala events on the SDR. 16mm scale narrow gauge trains on 32mm and 45mm tracks, and Gauge 1 standard gauge trains too. David on 01803 326329 or Graham on 01803 863429 for further info
25th July 2009 Kents Garden Railway Show (supported by Swale Borough Council) Alexander Centre, Preston Street Faversham ME13 8NY. 10:00am 4:00pm. An exhibition of many of the scales and gauges that are run in the garden powered by live steam, electric track power and battery. Traders, railway books and heritage railways. 71/4in live steam track. Adults £3.00, Accompanied children £1.00, Family 2+2 £7.00.
8th August 2009 Combined 16mm Association/Gauge 1 Association Get-together Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove, B60 4JR. Two separate layouts, both approximately 180ft running length. The 32mm gauge layout is single track. The 45mm gauge layout has three concentric circuits. Clearances are adequate for models up to 1:20.3 (15mm:foot) scale, including large American prototypes. Both layouts are raised to a comfortable height above ground, so coal fired steamers are relatively easy to fire. Additionally, running rights on the raised passenger hauling tracks in 2 1/2in, 3 1/2in and 5in gauges will be granted. The society is a member of the Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies and therefore boiler certificates will be required for the larger gauges. For 32mm/45mm gauge steamers, if you do not have a current boiler certificate, the track marshall may require to inspect the safety valve function of your loco before permitting access to the running lines. Light refreshments will be available throughout the day, whilst more substantial meals may be obtained in the cafe of the adjacent Museum of Historic Buildings. 10.0am, until dusk www.bromsgrovesme.myby.co.uk/ For further details or to confirm attendance, please contact Keith Bucklitch keith.bucklitch@which.net
16th August 2009 South Devon Garden Railway. Buckfastleigh Station TQ11 0DZ. Outdoor layout operated by the Devon Garden Railway Group from midday on the 3rd Sunday of the month and on the Sunday of special gala events on the SDR. 16mm scale narrow gauge trains on 32mm and 45mm tracks, and Gauge 1 standard gauge trains too. David on 01803 326329 or Graham on 01803 863429 for further info.
16th August 2009 Guildford MES Open Day Stoke Park, London Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1TU. www.gmes.org.uk Apart from the many engineering scales there is a permanent 16mm garden railway in operation. 2pm-5pm, Entry is free.
16th August 2009 Eastern Rail 2009. Neatherd High School, Norwich Road, Dereham, Norfolk NR20 3AX. 10.30 am - 4.30 pm. An Association of Larger Scale Railway Modellers show, largely 0 gauge but including G scale and other gauges and formats. Adults £6.00, Senior Citizens and unaccompanied children £5.00, Accompanied children under 14 and ALSRM members free. Check out diary dates at www.alsrm.org.uk for updated layout list.
30 31st August 2009 Pecorama Special Event. Underleys, Beer, Seaton, Devon, EX12 3NA. 16mm live steam running on the PECO outdoor 32mm gauge layout, guest locomotives on the BHLR passenger-carrying railway and miniature traction engines, some giving rides. The Pecorama exhibition layouts in all scales and gauges are also very much worth the visit to this delightful spot. www.peco-uk.com/Pecorama/Pecorama.html/ will provide you with all the details of this event. Tel: 01297 21542 for info. Times 10am5.30pm
5-6th September Llanfair Garden Railway Gala & Narrow Gauge Exhibition (as part of the Welshpool & Llanfair Gala Weekend). This is the classic Garden Railway Show. Loads of layouts live steam traders galore. Adults £6.00, Seniors £5.00, Children £2.50, Family 2+2) £14.00. Free minibus shuttle service to and from Llanfair Station. Why not park safely in Welshpool (W&L) station and take an early morning steam train to the show?