Wakefield RMS
2025 Exhibition
Wakefield RMS present our 62nd exhibition at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield on 11th and 12th October 2025.
Please note, this is a week later than last year.
Refreshments will be available to purchase, including baked potatoes, pie & peas, hot dogs and a fine selection of cakes.
We are unable to offer tickets for purchase in advance. Tickets can be bought on the door, payments accepted by cash or card.
Click here for a downloadable Show Guide
Location
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Sports Hall, Northgate, Wakefield, WF1 3QX Get directions
Opening hours
| Sat, 11th October | 10am - 5pm |
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| Sun, 12th October | 10am - 4:30pm |
Admission charges
| Adults | £10 |
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| Accompanied children (under 18) | Free (max 2 per adult) |
| Children (12 to 17) | £2 |
Layouts
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| Kayeton | BR blue by Kevin Tonks, inspired by the Settle and Carlisle |
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| Chicago 31st Street Yard | US switching layout by Neale Burrows |
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| Gusslingen | A slice of East Germany by Nathan Bridge and Roger Epps |
| Lacota Grain | Roger Nicholls' latest creation celebrating 40 years of exhibiting |
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| Ashwood | A 1960s wintry rural village scene by Steve Saxby |
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| Cyril Street | Vintage Hornby Dublo 3 rail by John Taylor |
| Edenbridge Town | Southern Railway in Kent by Mark Bateman |
| Inchyra Paper Mill | A finescale model of a Scottish Paper Mill, set in 1958-62, by Tony Bucknell |
| Oakley Park | A compact preservation layout by Allan Wiggins |
| Roydburn Mills | A new modern layout from Chairman Chris Burnage |
| South Millfields | Network South East by Pauline McKenna |
| Stanley Ferry | The society's latest project showing Newland Basin where coal from St John’s Colliery, Normanton was loaded into Tom Puddings to be taken down the Aire & Calder Navigation to Goole Docks |
| Thomas | The ever popular opportunity for kids to drive the trains themselves |
| Trevago Dries | Cornish china clay dries in the steam era by Mark Murray |
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| Hartley Bank Screens | 1960s industrial by John Burgess |
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| Hudson Street | A fictional small parcels yard inside the York city walls by Peter Fletcher |
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| Boston and Frodsham | 1975-1985(ish) by Mike Knowles based on the swing bridge at the entrance to Boston Docks and also the wharf at Frodsham in Cheshire |
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| Chatsworth Road | Peak District in the 1970s by Allan Atherley |
| Queens Road Sidings | Keith Bradbury's under-construction extension to Steve Hall's Halifax King Cross |
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| Nafferton | 1960s nostalgia on the Hull - Scarborough line by David Wellington |
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| Prime Cereals | The society's 1/48th scale American O gauge switching layout based on a cereal plant |
Traders
| CM3 Models |
| Going Loco |
| Matt's Train Stop |
| Millennium Models |
| Model Signs |
| Mount Tabor Models |
| North Western Models |
| North Yorkshire Moors Railway |
| Road and Rail Collectables |
| Wakefield Hospice |
| Wakefield RMS Sales Stand |
| Zoe Hunter Historical Railway Maps |
Societies
| LNER Society |
| Scalefour Society |