MERG Meeting Programme
Prospective new members are welcome to attend any of the following meetings to discuss MERG and meet those involved.
| Date | Time | Meeting | Description | Venue |
| 09-Jun-13 | 10:30 | West of Scotland Area Group | Adding sound to your layout | Shawlands Scout Hall |
| 15-Jun-13 | 13:30 | London Meeting | Room open from 12:00. start time of formal business at 13.30 speaker/subject tba. | Keen House |
| 22-Jun-13 | 09:00 | Introduction to JMRI weekend | Introduction to JMRI weekend training course. Email to merg@upsys.co.uk for details | Chesterfield |
| 23-Jun-13 | 13:00 | East of Scotland AG workshop | Lighting for scenery & rolling stock | Thistle Modelmakers clubrooms |
| 06-Jul-13 | 10:00 | Introduction to CBUS Course | Introducing CBUS course at Hobby Holidays near Gainsborough. Click for more details |
Hobby Holidays, Gainsborough |
| 27-Jul-13 | 10:00 | Summer MERG East Midlands Area Group meeting | Kindly hosted by David Straker, featuring David's 'O' gauge garden railway, plus talk and demo of Protocab radio control system Click for more details |
Leicester |
| 10-Aug-13 | 10:00 | Joint Thames Valley and East Midlands Area Group Meeting | Kindly hosted by John Gowers - Featuring CBUS on John's G scale garden railway | Bicester |
| 18-Aug-13 | 10:00 | Missenden Summer Retreat | a chance for a whole week of modelling. | Missenden Abbey |
| 14-Sep-13 | 13:30 | AGM & London Meeting | Room open from 12:00, start time of AGM formal business at 13.30 details of speaker/topic tba. | Keen House |
| 21-Sep-13 | 10:00 | Autum MERG East Midlands Area Group meeting | Kindly hosted by Judi, our Kit Sales Manager, by the seaside in Sutton on Sea | Sutton on Sea |
| 21-Sep-13 | 14:00 | MERG Yorkshire Area Group meeting | Provisional info. Click for more details |
Huddersfield Railway Modellers |
| 25-Sep-13 | 10:00 | More CBUS two day course | Two day mid week course, for the CBUS die hards. Click for more details |
Hobby Holidays, Gainsborough |
| 11-Oct-13 | 10:00 | Missenden Autumn Weekend | Modelling weekend including CBUS and DCC by MERG and Laser cutting by Bob Gledhill. | Missenden Abbey |
| 09-Nov-13 | 13:30 | Members Meeting | Room open from 12:00. start time of formal business 13:30 Speaker/subject tba. | Keen House |
Keen House is the headquarters of The Model Railway Club. It is located just off Pentonville Road at 4, Calshot Street, Kings Cross, London N1, which is about 10 minutes walk from Kings Cross station or 15 minutes from the Angel. Details on other venues can be obtained by clicking the venue link.
MERG Attended Shows
| Show | Venue | Dates |
| Model Exhibition manned by the N. Ireland Area Group. Open Friday 7pm to 9pm Saturday 10am to 4pm Click for more details |
Cooke Centenary Presbyterian Church, 216 Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2FY | 14th - 15th June |
| Wigan Show manned by the North West Area Group. |
Robin Park Arena & Sports Centre, Loire Drive, Wigan, Lancashire WN5 0UH | 15th - 16th June |
| Cumbernauld MRC Show MERG stand manned by WoSAG |
14th - 14th September | |
| ScaleForum MERG will have a stand manned by the Thames Valley Area Group |
Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stadium Approach, Aylesbury HP21 9PP | 28th - 29th September |
| Barrow Hill Live There will be a MERG stand manned by the East Midlands Area Group. Click for more details |
Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre. S43 2PR | 28th - 29th September |
| Manchester Model Railway Show MERG will have a stand manned by the North West Area Group. |
(more later) | 5th - 6th October |
| National Festival of Railway Modelling MERG have a stand manned by the main Exhibition Team. |
East of England showground, Peterborough PE2 6XE | 19th - 20th October |
| Greenock manned by the WOSAG area group |
19th - 20th October | |
| Cardiff Show 28th Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition, a MERG stand will be present manned by the Cardiff Area Group. For further details see www.cardiffmodelrail.org.uk |
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, Bridge Road, Llandaf North, Cardiff CF14 2JL | 19th - 20th October |
| Cathcart Model Railway Show manned by the WOSAG area group |
Pollokshaws Burgh Halls, 225 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire | 26th - 27th October |
| Wycrail Manned by the TVAG. Sat Nav HP12 4QA |
The Cressex Community School, Holmers Lane, High Wycombe, Bucks | 2nd - 2nd November |
| Warley a small stand will be manned by the West Midlands Area Group. |
NEC Birmingham B40 1NT | 23rd - 24th November |
| Falkirk Model Railway Show manned by the WOSAG area group. |
Forth Valley College, Grangemouth Road, Falkirk, Stirlingshire | 23rd - 24th November |
Training courses
See Meeting Schedule above for information