This page lists forthcoming meetings, exhibitions and courses.
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 Meeting Programme
Prospective new members are welcome to attend any of the following meetings to discuss MERG and meet those involved.
| March 2021 | ||
| 2nd Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting John Gowers will present "A way to add LED lighting to coaches and avoid the dreaded flicker" |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 3rd Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| 3rd Time: 19:30 |
Arduino SIG Programming Course Arduino Programming Course Meetings Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 4th Time: 19:00 |
Wales_N group meeting Intro to DCC Pete Brownlow will take us through the elements of DCC and its applications |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 4th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: Zoom Video Call |
| 6th Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting Focus on a circuit Series: M8127 Don Willsmer will present KIT91A-CANCMD and KIT92-CANCAB. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 6th Time: 10:30 |
SE QLD MERG Area Group Meeting Our monthly meeting - workshop |
Venue: Banyo Library, St Vincent St, Banyo |
| 7th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 8th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 9th Time: 10:00 |
Blockly and Grove SIG First meeting of the Blockly and Grove SIG - a soldering-averse group using Blockly visual programming blocks to animate model railway layouts. Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom Video Call |
| 10th Time: 19:00 |
Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group My Garage Layout - the challenges and solutions - Chris Farmer. |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 10th Time: 19:30 |
3 Counties AG (Beds, Bucks and Herts) meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 11th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: Zoom Video Call |
| 12th Time: 11:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Virtual Coffee Break This is an online coffee break where members can relax and chat among themselves about Project, Progress, Problems and successes. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 12th Time: 14:00 |
Cumbria AG Zoom Meeting - TBA |
Venue: Zoom |
| 16th Time: 19:00 |
North East Area Group Zoom Meeting |
Venue: MERG Zoom Server |
| 17th Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| 17th Time: 19:30 |
Arduino SIG Programming Course Arduino Programming Course Meetings Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 18th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 18th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: Zoom Video Call |
| 19th Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Virtual Repair Shop This is an online repair shop / workshop where members can bring their problem circuits and/or gadgets for the group to help rectify online. Feel free to bring your your problem circuit along. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Prof |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 19th Time: 14:00 |
Wales_NAG -Automation project This automation project is adding to the previous project on shuttles. This is based on the ATC kit 45 and it ex[andable with CSR kits to undertake more activities. |
Venue: Zoom meeting |
| 21st Time: 19:00 |
Irish Area Group virtual meeting Monthly Irish AG meetings. Zoom meetings until we can meet again. Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom video call |
| 21st Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 22nd Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine some specific features of the language. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 23rd Time: 10:00 |
Virtual Group Contributor: Brian Martin. Remote Panel Control (RPC) strategy - 3 different layouts.John Gowers is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. |
Venue: Zoom |
| 23rd Time: 19:30 |
Arduino SIG GitHub Part 3 Sven Rosvall will continue his introduction to using GitHub to manage Arduino software. In this part he will talk about how to collaborate to develop software. Parts 1 and 2 were the first meeting. Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 24th Time: 19:00 |
Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group Subject to be defined. |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 25th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: Zoom Video Call |
| 31st Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| April 2021 | ||
| 1st Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 2nd Time: 14:00 |
Wales_NAG Whats on the workbench This is both a review meeting of the first 9 months of the Area group and also a look at what is on members workbenches. This will help in guiding the direction future meetings will take. As this meeting is some weeks weeks in the future, we may by then know more about future restrictions for COVID |
Venue: Zoom meeting |
| 3rd Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 4th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 6th Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting Doug Kightley on “My T Gauge layouts and How I’ve implemented MERG DCC on them” |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 7th Time: 19:00 |
Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group Subject to be defined. |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 8th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 12th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 14th Time: 19:30 |
3 Counties AG (Beds, Bucks and Herts) meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 14th Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| 15th Time: 14:00 |
Wales_NAG Automation Project Meeting Looking at further developments of automatic the ATC to to have working points and also working signals. |
Venue: Zoom meeting |
| 15th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 15th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 18th Time: 19:00 |
Irish Area Group virtual meeting Monthly Irish AG meetings. Zoom meetings until we can meet again. Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom video call |
| 18th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 20th Time: 10:00 |
Virtual Group Contributor: Fraser Smith. Servos and servo mounts. |
Venue: Zoom |
| 21st Time: 19:00 |
Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group Subject to be defined. |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 22nd Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 28th Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| 29th Time: 14:00 |
Wales_NAG -Automation project A review of activity so far and Looking at further developments of automatic the ATC to to have working points and also working signals, etc. |
Venue: Zoom meeting |
| 29th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| May 2021 | ||
| 1st Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 2nd Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 4th Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting Nick Murphy on his experiments with the second generation RFID. |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 6th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 10th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 12th Time: 19:30 |
3 Counties AG (Beds, Bucks and Herts) meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 12th Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| 13th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 14th Time: 14:00 |
Wales_NAG My Mimic Panel Journey -by John Gowers. John Gowers will present how he decided the detail of making his Mimic panel and the decisions he made on the journey and his eventual decision to use CANPAN. |
Venue: Zoom meeting |
| 16th Time: 19:00 |
Irish Area Group virtual meeting Monthly Irish AG meetings. Zoom meetings until we can meet again. Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom video call |
| 16th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 20th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 20th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 24th Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine the code in another PMP kit. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 26th Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| 27th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 28th Time: 14:00 |
Wales_NAG -Automation project This a further extension of the project and will be review of progress and making decision of the future of the project. |
Venue: Zoom meeting |
| 29 to 31st Time: 09:00 |
Introduction to CBUS weekend course Beginners intro to CBUS weekend, assuming no prior knowledge. Please scroll down all the way to the bottom of the MERG diary page to see details of all courses. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| 30th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| June 2021 | ||
| 1st Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 3rd Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 5 to 7th Time: 09:00 |
MORE CBUS weekend course Follow on course from "Introduction to CBUS". Please scroll down all the way to the bottom of the MERG diary page to see details of all courses. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| 5th Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 9th Time: 19:30 |
3 Counties AG (Beds, Bucks and Herts) meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 9th Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| 10th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 12 to 14th Time: 09:00 |
Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro weekend course Introductory course on using JMRI Panel Pro to create control panels and operate the layout. Please scroll down all the way to the bottom of the MERG diary page to see details of all courses. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| 13th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 14th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 17th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 17th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 23rd Time: 19:30 |
Tayside Area Group Zoom Meeting Members discuss model rail issues, talk or show, electronic projects on their layout |
Venue: Zoom session |
| 24th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 27th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 28th Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine some specific features of the language. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| July 2021 | ||
| 3rd Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 6th Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 11th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 12th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 14th Time: 19:30 |
3 Counties AG (Beds, Bucks and Herts) meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 15th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 25th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 26th Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine the code in another PMP kit. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| August 2021 | ||
| 3rd Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 7th Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 8th Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 9th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 11th Time: 19:30 |
3 Counties AG (Beds, Bucks and Herts) meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 19th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 22nd Time: 19:30 |
Scottish Borders AG Coffee and Chat meeting Coffee and chat meeting |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 23rd Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine the code in another PMP kit. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| September 2021 | ||
| 4 to 6th Time: 09:00 |
JMRI Part 2 weekend course Second JMRI weekend course - please scroll all the way to the bottom of the main MERG diary page for full details about MERG related courses. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| 4th Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 7th Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 13th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 16th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 27th Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine the code in another PMP kit. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| October 2021 | ||
| 2nd Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 5th Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 11th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 21st Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 25th Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine the code in another PMP kit. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| November 2021 | ||
| 2nd Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 6 to 8th Time: 09:00 |
JMRI Part 3 weekend course Third JMRI weekend course on train automation, scroll all the way to the bottom of the MERG diary page to see details of courses. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| 6th Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 8th Time: 19:30 |
JAL Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting Regular Show and Tell meeting where a member will show the project that they are working on and discuss how they have tackled the programming. |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 18th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 22nd Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine the code in another PMP kit. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| December 2021 | ||
| 4th Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting This is an online meeting subjects to be decided. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Somerset Area Group in (Your Profile) and view the meeting in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom video conference call |
| 16th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 27th Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session here will be an opportunity in the first half-hour to raise any problems you might be having in your coding. We will then move on to examine the code in another PMP kit. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
Training courses
| May 2021 | ||
| 29 to 31st |
Introduction to CBUS weekend course Beginners intro to CBUS weekend, assuming no prior knowledge. Learn the basics of CBUS, build CBUS kits, get them working and learn how to set up your CBUS for your layout. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| June 2021 | ||
| 5 to 8th |
MORE CBUS weekend course A follow on course from "Introduction to CBUS" that covers many more detailed facets of CBUS, including logic using CANCOMPUTE and working with the Universal CANMIO firwmware. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| 12 to 14th |
Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro weekend course Introductory course on using JMRI Panel Pro to create control panels and operate the layout. This course assumes no prior knowledge of JMRI. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| September 2021 | ||
| 4 to 6th |
JMRI Part 2 weekend course Second JMRI weekend course on blocks, train identification (RFID and Railcom), entry-exit routing and lots on signalling. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |
| November 2021 | ||
| 6 to 8th |
JMRI Part 3 weekend course Third JMRI weekend course on train automation, covering various automation techniques including custom scripts, YAAT and Dispatcher. Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |