Seaboard Southern Railroad Show, Saturday Sept 21th 2024
The Seaboard Southern NMRA group are pleased to announce their annual exhibition showcasing model railways from the Americas. Once again, we will be hosted by our regular venue of The Charis Centre, Crawley, West Sussex.
Times: 10:00 – 16:00
Admission: £7 Adults, £6 NMRA members*, Accompanied U16s Free
Venue: The Charis Centre, West Green Drive, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 7EL
For those on foot / public transport the main entrance is West Green Drive, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 7EL. It is walkable from Crawley Station or via Metrobus (http://www.metrobus.co.uk/) Route 1 or 2 (Crawley Hospital stop) from Crawley Bus Station, opp. Southern Trains station.
For those driving the car park is accessed via Town Barn Road (opp No. 38), Crawley, RH11 7ED
Hot food, snack and drinks will be available on site
Check our website for updates at www.seaboard-southern.org.uk/annual-exhibition/
Or contact the club via secretary@seaboard-southern.org.uk
Confirmed Layouts (so far)
Hiawatha Avenue – (Chris Prior) – HO switching layout depicting Minnesota Commercial’s operations in the recent years around the grain elevators of Hiawatha Avenue in the Twin Cities
Fort Myres (Ian Lampkin) – HO layout set in 2000’s Florida depicting a interchange between CSX and the Seminole Gulf Coast shortline. Passenger services are provided by Tri-Rail and Amtrak
K Street Yard – (Sutton & Carshalton MRC) A Milwaukee Road HO switching layout set between the late fifties to early seventies. Fictional location in the north of Spokane, Washington State.
Cedar Canyon Junction – (Peter Richards) N scale. Post 1990’s railroading in the western US as served up by BNSF. UP and Amtrak.
Fiddletown & Copperopolis Railway – (Paul Steadman) HOn30. Western narrow gauge
Based on the cartoons of animation artist Carl Fallberg exploring the Wilder West of California by narrow gauge in the mountains.
Broken Creek – (South Shore Group) HO – Rural railroading at the end of the line in 1950’s Iowa. Think grain elevators and agricultural supplies
Three Bridges – (Seaboard Southern) N – Seaboard Southern’s own small space N scale layout make’s a return to public shows.
Confirmed Traders (so far)
Anoraks Anonymous – Pre-loved railway equipment
Sunningwell Command Control – All your DCC needs
Seaboard Southern Club Sales Stand
DISCLAIMER: All show detail may be subject to change prior to actual show
