We have heard via questions asked of us in social media posts that a rumour is circulating at the current Glasgow show that our Easter York show is back on. IT IS NOT for 2022. NB there are other smaller shows in, and around, the York area in the coming weeks but not ours.
Given today’s disappointing show news a picture from the Web Manager’s archive to hopefully add a bit of brightness to the gloom and doom. Two Class 68s at York Station on 27th August 2021. The foreground loco is 68032 Destroyer with 68029 Courageous also visible.
The position regarding our 2022 Show – Cancelled The full text of our Press Release is available here, regrettably, external circumstances have conspired to prevent us running the 2022 event. We apologise deeply for the inconvenience we appreciate this has created for all our prospective visitors this coming Easter. The full text is also on… Read More »
Just to let people know that currently we are still working towards holding a 2022 Show. Clearly with the current situation there is, as yet, no guarantee COVID levels nearer April will allow this but we will follow government guidance and keep readers updated. Layouts, Traders & Societies To date after the first round of contacting prospective attendees… Read More »
It is with deep regret that we have to report the death of our Show Manager, Malcolm Scrimshaw, after a lengthy period of illness and our deepest condolences go out to his family. Arrangements for a replacement Show Manager were already in hand and preparations for the 2022 show will not be affected; however, for… Read More »
We are working now towards the 2022 Show. However, for the obvious reasons our Advance Ticket Box Office reopening will not be 1st October this time around. That reopening is being held until January. Tickets you still hold remain valid.
The show will go on… just not in 2021. It is with sadness that the organisers of one of the country’s largest, and longest standing, model railway shows, The York Model Railway Show, has been cancelled in 2021 due to the ongoing Covid pandemic. Held at Easter each year, the Show normally attracts more than… Read More »
It is with considerable regret that the Directors have made the decision to cancel the York Model Railway Show 2021. With the current coronavirus situation we consider that it will not be possible to ensure the health and wellbeing of participants or visitors at such an event even if circumstances start to improve by next Easter. However,… Read More »
A big, big thank you to everyone who would have been with us this year on the organising side, exhibiting/trading side, who bought Advance Tickets or would have been an ‘on the day” payee. Stay safe and we hope to be back in 2021 and meeting you all then. Advance tickets A special thank you… Read More »
We confirm that as tickets are undated anyone wishing to retain their current Advance Ticket and use it at the 2021 Show is able to do so. As there may be a few out there this, of course, also includes any tickets bought for the 2019 Show that were unused which purchasers had intend to… Read More »