Model railway club’s annual exhibition returns to Stamford

The annual Market Deeping Model Railway Club exhibition took place at Stamford Welland Academy over the weekend (May 13 and 14).

The exhibition showcased four of the club's own layouts: Amberdale, Mitchell Junction and Euston in ‘00’ gauge, plus a new junior layout in ‘N’ gauge.

The well-attended event also welcomed a considerable number of layouts from outside of our region, including some from as far as the North East and Yorkshire that have never been seen locally before:

“We had people from all over the country,” said club chairman Peter Davies, “it was just incredible.”

Exhibitions weren’t just limited to the indoors, either. A five-inch gauge outside track provided by Peterborough Society of Model Engineers was also on hand, along with trade stands, demonstrations and video shows.

Peter says attendance figures were up significantly from last year, with initial figures suggesting ticket sales were “about 20 per cent up” on the previous exhibition.

Peter proudly says that the exhibition, which he described as “a hugely successful show”, is now “one of the most popular and, by floor area, the biggest” in the entire region.

The event was marred some years ago when vandalism blighted the exhibition in 2019. "We would never, ever wish that on anybody,” Peter says, “but out of it came the most enormous pouring of public support.”

"We have tried to honour that and we will continue trying to honour it.”