Kirkby Stephen East
  • Home
  • VIsiting KSE
    • Accessibility
    • Events
  • Volunteering with SRC
    • Platform Staff
  • Online Shop
  • Educational Visits
  • Supporting Us & Getting Involved
  • Our Heritage
    • Our Rolling Stock
  • Other Things to Do Locally

SRC Model Railway Show

Updated 18/06/2026
After an absence of two years we are re-launching the SRC model railway show on Father Day Sunday 21st June 10am - 4pm.
Admission is FREE with charges for train rides - steam engine (subject to availability)
Parking is available on site with dedicated blue badge parking and full wheelchair access with toilet facilities for people with additional needs.
Our 1930's Gresely buffet car is open for light refreshments including hot and cold drinks, bacon baps (until 12 noon), toasties, soup and other items.
Please note our museum is CLOSED and there are no site tours available during the event.
We have a wide range of layouts and trade stalls confirmed
Layouts & Exhibits 
  • 1825 - OO gauge scratch built showing the first passenger train over Skerne Bridge -operator Billingham Railway Modellers Club
  • Braddyl - N gauge based on a NE colliery - operator Joan Lowes
  • ​Brafferton - O gauge based on a NE station in County Durham - operator Durham Locomotive Preservation Group
  • Corporation Road - OO gauge layout - operator James Rowland
  • Countryside Station - OO9 gauge fictional layout - operator Hazel and Lucy Warner
  • Large Scale Locomotives and Rolling Stock - Alan Headech showing his collection of self built items
  • Lindale - N Gauge layout - operator Mike Walker
  • Republic Steel - Z gauge themeed around steamin the 1940s - operators Kev Smith
  • Sheerwater - 009 gauge layout - operator Natacha Barnes
  • Spring Mill Street - O gauge modelled on a former coal yard -  operator Dave Gregory
  • Telbridge MPD - OO gauge DCC modern diesel depot with detailed scenics - operator Kevin Stanley
  • Thomas and Friends - OO gauge layout for children to operate
  • Trimdon Station - 009 layout based on at Co Durham mining village - operator Billingham Railway Modellers Club
  • Vertigo Heights - OO gauge DCC on multiple levels ex demonstation layout from DCC concepts Settle - operator Jonny Wimbles
  • Warnerville - OO9 gauge fictional layout - operator Tim Warner
  • York Model Engineers - Exhibition of garden railway locomotives and rolling stock -Diane Clunas
Demonstrations
Chris Pulham - railway artist
Rob Pulham - scratch building technques
​
Traders and Society Stalls
1825 Models Stockton
CSP Models
Cumbrian Railway Association
Durham Locomotive Preservation Group
​Eden Valley Railway


Location

Check our Google Reviews  - link

Examples of Google reviews - overall 4.8 / 5
5 star - Gem of a place, well worth it you you are interested in Railway or Industrial History." May 2026
5 star - "We had a fantastic couple of hours here. There was even an extremely informative guided tour around the whole site which detailed the huge undertaking that has been achieved plus what is in progress for the future. Definitely well worth a visit!" August 2025

Contact Us

Telephone :  017683 71700 on

Sundays

Mail: 
​
The East Station, South Road,

Kirkby Stephen CA17 4LA


Picture
  • Home
  • VIsiting KSE
    • Accessibility
    • Events
  • Volunteering with SRC
    • Platform Staff
  • Online Shop
  • Educational Visits
  • Supporting Us & Getting Involved
  • Our Heritage
    • Our Rolling Stock
  • Other Things to Do Locally