Meetings & Events
Meetings are held three times a year at easily accessible locations, when there are illustrated talks by well-known and learned speakers. The Society also attends a number of third party events and exhibitions as speakers and/or exhibitors.
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AIMREC to Celebrate Gresley 150
4 July 2026 10:30am
AIMREC, Unit 2 Mill Farm Business Units, Fridd Lane, Bethersden, Kent, TN26 3DB.
Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre (AIMREC) in Bethersden near Ashford is to join the Gresley 150 anniversary celebrations throughout July 2026. AIMREC is now the permanent home of the famous layout ‘The Gresley Beat’ which models the King’s Cross approaches and ‘Top Shed’ in the classic LNER era by Cliff Parsons and his team.…
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Wabtec Doncaster Site Celebration Event
20 June 2026 11:00am
Wabtec, Doncaster
With the support of the City of Doncaster council and other groups including the Gresley Society, on Saturday the 20 June, we will be hosting a Doncaster Site Celebration Event, bringing everyone together to honour its historic significance and lasting contribution to the railway industry.
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AGM 2026
5 December 2026 1:30pm
Danum Gallery, Library and Art Museum, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BZ
The Annual General Meeting will commence at 13:30hrs on Saturday 5 December at the Danum Gallery, Library and Art Museum and afterwards there will be a presentation by Chris Nettleton entitled The V2s – My Favourite Gresley Class and Their 90th Anniversary. Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit the sole surviving class V2 No.…
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Hopetown Darlington Sir Nigel Gresley presentation
6 June 2026 11:00am
The Main Museum Building, Hopetown Darlington, McNay Street, Darlington, DL3 6SW
Hopetown Darlington will be participating in the Gresley 150 anniversary celebrations with a talk by Gresley Society Trustee Mark Allatt at 11:00hrs on Saturday 6 June 2026 in Main Museum Building, Hopetown Darlington, McNay Street, Darlington, DL3 6SW.
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LCGB Sir Nigel Gresley presentation
16 January 2027 11:00am
The Gascoigne Suite at the Union Jack Club which is close to Waterloo station
The LCGB’s Central London Branch will be participating in the Gresley 150 anniversary celebrations with a talk by Gresley Society Trustees Ian McCabe and David McIntosh at 18:30hrs on Friday 17 July endtitled The Life and Times of Sir Nigel Gresley.
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North Eastern Railway Association Sir Nigel Gresley day
17 October 2026 10:00am
The Bar Convent, Blossom Street, York
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of his birth. Sir Vincent Raven: last days of the North Eastern Railway (Speaker from NERA). The LNER Coach Association (Speaker from the LNERCA). Sir Nigel Gresley: The effect on the North Eastern Area of the LNER (Speaker from The Gresley Society).
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SRPS Winter talk
17 February 2026 5:30pm
Zoom
An update on ‘Morayshire’ with the rebuild team. Plus, Mark Allatt reveals plans for Sir Nigel Gresley’s 150th anniversary celebrations.
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Ryedale Society of Model Engineers celebrates Gresley 150
25 July 2026 10:00am
The Club House Pottergate Gilling East North Yorkshire YO62 4JJ
The RSME’s Gresley 150 day will be on Saturday 25th July 2026 for Gresley designs and rebuilds.
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The Gresley Society on tour
7 February 2026 10:00am
Doncaster Racecourse
The Society with have a presence at a number of events over the coming months. We are on stand 87 at York Model Railway Show over the Easter Weekend Saturday 4 to Monday 6 April 2026. The next event will be the Doncaster Festival of Railway Modelling at Doncaster Racecourse on 7th/8th February 2026 which…