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.
| January 2021 | ||
| 25th Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session Beginners sessions will work through a series of topics to enable participants to develop their programming skills. This session will look at more program flow commands. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 27th Time: 19:00 |
Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group Railway Depots - Experience on a 12" to 1Ft railway - Ian Kay |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 28th Time: 11:00 |
How to edit a video and upload to the MERG website The meeting will cover the process of converting and editing a zoom meeting video, uploading it to a YouTube channel and publishing it on the MERG website normally in the MERG TV area. To get zoom joining information ensure that you are subscribed to the Automation SIG in (Your Profile) |
Venue: Zoom Video Conference Call |
| 28th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: Zoom Video Call |
| 29th 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 |
| 29th Time: 14:00 |
Cumbria AG - SMD soldering SMD soldering for the kitchen table by Alan Turner. |
Venue: Zoom |
| 30th Time: 10:00 |
MERG East Midlands Area group ONLINE meeting Full agenda to follow |
Venue: ZOOM ONLINE |
| 31st Time: 14:00 |
East of Scotland Area Group Jim Hardie is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: First online AGM, with a chance to volunteer to be group leader. I will support you all the way (well until the end of the meeting) :-) Will also be time to chat and discuss life. |
Venue: Zoom meeting |
| February 2021 | ||
| 2nd Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting Clive Essery on "Understanding Programming for the Terrified" part 2. |
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 Progreaming Course Meetings Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 4th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: Zoom Video Call |
| 5th Time: 14:00 |
Cumbria AG - EzyBus An invitation to join Wales North AG EzyBus Presentation by Davy Dick |
Venue: Zoom |
| 6th Time: 10:00 |
MERG Somerset Area Group Meeting Focus on a Circuit Series: M505 Adrian Henshaw will present the KIT85-CANACC5 and KIT88-CANACC8. M7004 John Greenwood will present how he had designed Paddington Station (this could be stretched to a second part if time is short). 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 meeting |
| 10th Time: 19:00 |
Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group Projects that have enhanced my railway - Alan Ferriday. |
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 - Developing Requirements. Simon West will give his presentation: Developing Requirements - things to think about when deciding on a model railway layout and its control. |
Venue: Zoom |
| 13th Time: 10:30 |
SE QLD MERG SE QLD MERG meeting - workshop. Bring your projects and tools. PMP kits available for sale. Note the start time: 10.30 |
Venue: Banyo Library, St Vincent St, Banyo |
| 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 Progreaming Course Meetings Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 18th Time: 14:00 |
Wales_N group meeting - Shuttle Project This will be the fourth in a series of practical project meetings, taking us through using PMP/PMK kits to make a simple shuttle and then to add additional features. 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 |
| 21st Time: 18:00 |
Irish Area Group virtual meeting Monthly Irish AG meetings. Zoom meetings until we can meet again. Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom video call |
| 22nd Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session Beginners sessions will work through a series of topics to enable participants to develop their programming skills. This session will look at more program flow commands. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 24th Time: 19:00 |
Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group ROSEDALE Update - Keith Newton |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
| 25th Time: 19:30 |
South Hants AG Zoom Call |
Venue: Zoom Video Call |
| 26th 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 |
| 26th Time: 14:00 |
Cumbria AG Zoom Meeting - TBA |
Venue: Zoom |
| 27th Time: 10:00 |
MERG East Midlands Area group ONLINE meeting Full agenda to follow |
Venue: ZOOM ONLINE |
| 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 Progreaming 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Progreaming 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 |
| 21st Time: 18:00 |
Irish Area Group virtual meeting Monthly Irish AG meetings. Zoom meetings until we can meet again. Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom video call |
| 22nd Time: 19:30 |
JALSIG beginners Session Beginners sessions will work through a series of topics to enable participants to develop their programming skills. This session will look at more program flow commands. If you are subscribed to the JAL Special Interest Group, view the meeting details in (My Upcoming Events). |
Venue: Zoom Call |
| 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 | ||
| 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 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 |
| 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: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 18th Time: 18:00 |
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: 19:00 |
Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group Subject to be defined. |
Venue: 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 16th Time: 18:00 |
Irish Area Group virtual meeting Monthly Irish AG meetings. Zoom meetings until we can meet again. Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom video call |
| 20th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 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 |
| June 2021 | ||
| 1st Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 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 |
| 17th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| September 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 |
| 7th Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 16th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 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 |
| 21st Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| November 2021 | ||
| 2nd Time: 19:30 |
MERG Thames Valley Area Group (TVAG) meeting TBA |
Venue: This will be a ZOOM meeting |
| 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 |
| 18th Time: 19:00 |
Aberdeen Area Group Virtual Meeting Monthly Virtual Meeting on Zoom Click for more details |
Venue: Zoom |
| 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 |
Training courses
| March 2021 | ||
| 27 to 29th |
Introduction to CBUS weekend course Introduction to CBUS weekend course - assumes no prior knowledge of CBUS Click for more details |
Venue: Rushden Transport Museum |