RAILEX 2016 -- RISBOROUGH AND DISTRICT MRC [SAT 28th MAY 2015 -- SUN 29th MAY 2016]

RAILEX 2016

Model Railway Exhibition

Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stadium Approach, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9PP

Saturday 28th May 10.30-5.30

Sunday 29th May 10.00-5.00

Adults £8.00, Child £5.00, Family(2+3) £18.00

Sunday only - up to 2 children admitted free with an accompanying paying adult. Avoid the crowds and visit on Sunday when it is quieter! 

RAILEX is a model railway exhibition that brings together the very best layouts and traders in one huge hall at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. 

The emphasis is on quality and Railex has some very large layouts that are not normally seen at other shows, A free vintage bus will run from Aylesbury railway station to RAILEX and return up to every half hour Saturday and every hour on Sunday

Link to halls floor plan here;
http://www.railex.org.uk/Railex2016FloorPlanandStandNumbers.pdf

FLYING SCOTSMAN RAILTOUR -- SURREY HILLS EVENING TOUR

WEDNESDAY 25th MAY 2016

YOUR DESTINATION - Surrey Hills

Join us for a round trip through the Surrey Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


Often described as 'one of England's finest landscapes', The Surrey Hills stretch across the chalk North Downs.

The grandeur and beauty of these hills embrace an amazing variety of countryside from rolling chalk downs and flower rich grasslands, to acid heaths and woodlands.

Departs-- LONDON VICTORIA @ 18:50, Returns @ 23:30

Premier Dining and Pullman Style Dining passengers will be served a four or five course dinner over the course of the journey.

YOUR LOCOMOTIVE -- 60103 Flying Scotsman has been described as the most famous steam locomotive in the world.

Built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of H.N. Gresley, it was employed on long-distance express trains on the LNER and its successors, British Railways Eastern and North-Eastern Regions, notably on the London to Edinburgh Flying Scotsman train service after which it was named.



The locomotive set two world records for steam traction, becoming the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching 100 miles per hour (160.9 km/h) on 30 November 1934, and then setting a record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive when it ran 422 miles (679 km) on 8 August 1989 while in Australia.

Retired from regular service in 1963 after covering 2,076,000 miles (3,341,000 km), Flying Scotsman gained considerable fame in preservation under the ownership of Alan Pegler, William McAlpine, Tony Marchington and finally the National Railway Museum (NRM). As well as hauling enthusiast specials in the United Kingdom, the locomotive toured extensively in the United States and Canada (from 1969 to 1973) and Australia (from 1988 to 1989).

To find out more about the Flying Scotsman, go to www.flyingscotsman.org.uk.

HASTINGS DIESELS RAILTOUR -- BLUEBELL RAILWAY SATURDAY MAY 7th

THE HASTINGS BLUEBELL

Our first excursion of 2016 will take our train onto the Bluebell Railway.

Our train will start from Hastings, collecting passengers at the usual stops (plus Robertsbridge) to Tonbridge and our last pick-up point at Redhill. From there we proceed via the Croydon area to East Grinstead, where we will run on Bluebell Railway metals through to Sheffield Park: we expect to have around 4½ hours’ layover there giving time to explore the railway and ride on a steam train if you wish.

The excursion will then run back to Hurst Green before visiting Uckfield, thence returning to Hastings. Stops in each direction will be made at Eridge where it is hoped a connecting DEMU might be available on the Spa Valley Railway. We will also call at Roberstsbridge (home to the Rother Valley Railway) so that our train links together three preserved railway lines in one day.

Finalised timings have now been published.

Travellers wishing to bring bulky items (mobility scooters or buggies) are asked to seek guidance from us at the time of booking, as space is very limited. We regret that at present it is not our policy to convey bicycles, either full-size or folded.