News and events from 2024.
In the following article, Malcolm Metcalfe (a SMET member), explores the world of DSG lathes from around the 1970s.
Dean, Smith and Grace: The best medium sized lathes. Probably. In the aftermath of the second world war, although hard to believe now, the UK was a powerhouse of industrial activity. It had innumerable machine tool manufacturers including Herbert, who at that time was the largest in Europe. However whilst some products were mediocre others were constructed to exacting standards …
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We are delighted to say that our model railway group, Perth and District Model Railway Group (PMRG) have added another trophy to their collection! This time taking “Best in Show, as voted for by the public” award at Falkirk’s recent model rail show.
We exhibited Calla Fountain Crossing, a relatively new N gauge layout depicting a north American mountainside. A lot of different people have contributed to the layout; for the modeling, electrics, the backdrop, and everything else …
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Our model railway group, Perth and District Model Railway Group (PMRG) were at Curl Aberdeen this weekend (26/27th October) for Aberdeen Model Railway Club’s model exhibition. A number of our member took the trip up to Aberdeen, taking our “Newton Ferrier” layout with them. This is one of our newest layouts and it ran impeccably well throughout the show, receiving many positive comments, with particular plaudits for the back scene, for its perspective and artistry.
We are …
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Once again, our resident photographer and videographer, Andrew Gebbie, has put together a fantastic set of videos, recording every layout that was present at our annual show. The videos are embedded below, or you can find them on Andrew’s YouTube channel - Heritage & Model Rail
Introduction Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 2025 Planning is already well underway for our 2025 show, and we’ll see you back at the Dewars Centre in Perth next year! Keep an eye on this site for all details of the …
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As part of our model railway exhibition this year, as with every year, we have a number of awards to present for excellence in different areas of model railway modelling. We had four categories of awards this year:
The Harburn Hobbies Trophy for best in show as voted by the public went to G Scale Scotland for their layout Harz Mountain Experience. The Ten Commandments/Greenscene Trophy for architectural modelling was presented to Les Nehrlich for his layout Lily Lane. The Jimmy Robertson Cup for …
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We were delighted to be invited to the annual Gala at Bridge of Earn on Saturday 8th June. After a week of anxiously watching the weather forecast, it turned out to be a very present day and the team of volunteers from SMET enjoyed setting up the track in Victory Park and giving rides on an electric loco (diesel outline). An estimated 300 rides were taken.
Thank you for everyone who came to see us! Don’t forget, there will be a lot more train action at our own annual show at the end of the …
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Advanced tickets for Perth Model Railway Exhibition 2024 are now available! We’ve teamed up with Perth Box Office again, allowing you to purchase tickets online by clicking the button below. After clicking the button, you’ll be shown a calender that you can use to select which date you would like to come to the show on (if you want to come on both days, just select one, and on the next page select the “Weekend Ticket” option). You’ll then be able to select the …
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Easter Sunday is the first open day of the year for SMET, and although it was relatively early in the year, we had excellent weather on the day for a fantastic and busy day at Wester Pickston.
Quote of the day:
Amazing 👏 was here today with 3 kids, train rides were fantastic! Staff Amazing 👏 thank you so much ❤️
We had 1171 ticketed rides, with five steam engines, one diesel electric and a single petrol shunter to take passengers around the main line tracks. In 63A the award winning Nanjai Eki N …
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It is not too long until we open the doors on new year of open days and exhibitions, and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone to our Wester Pickston site! Our first open day is Sunday 31st March with the site opening at 11am through to 4pm.
Trains will be running on our 1.5km of track through Pickston forest. You’ll pass the sawmill, Ducks End Station, through a tunnel and over a bridge. Both steam engines and battery electric engines will be on duty pulling passengers, and you …
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It is a busy year for the Perth Model Railway Group (PMRG) this year! We will be:
At 11 exhibitions Running our own show in Perth at the end of June And running layouts at 4 SMET open days in our shed, 63A. If you’d like to see what we do and stop by for a chat you’ll be able to find us at all of the below shows and open days.
Date Show Location 23rd - 25th Feb Model Rail Scotland SEC Glasgow 2nd - 3rd Mar Preston Model Railway Show Preston 31st Mar Open Day Wester Pickston Railway, …
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