About us
The 7¼" Gauge Society Ltd is the international organisation for people interested in 7¼" and 7½" gauge miniature railways.
The Society is a group of friends from all over the world. We send a magazine to members four times a year which is full of excellent items about railway topics that are not available elsewhere. It contains a wealth of news, exhibition dates and invitations to private railway open days. Full UK Membership costs £25 per year, Emembership is as little as £17.50 per year to get access to the private area of this website where you can see more information, enter your Sales and Wants, Event notices and receive our quarterly News magazine.
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Forthcoming Events
2024
The Friends of the Nantwich Signal Box Ltd in association with Nantwich Methodist Church run a FREE Train Ride for Children of all ages every Saturday Morning from 10-12 AM . Engine is an 0-6-0 Joffery Class an we have a wheelchair coach so everyone can ride. Nantwich Methodist Church Hospital Street CW5 5RP
2024
Trains running for the public between 12.00 and 4.00pm. See www.gcmes.com for full details. Waltham Windmill Brigsley Road, Waltham, Grimsby, DN37 0JZ
2024
Public Running day. Trains Running between 10.30am and 3.30pm Bedford
2024
Public Running day. Trains Running between 10.30am and 3.30pm Bedford
2024
Bank Holiday Public Running, Trains running between 10.00am and 4.00pm See www.gcmes.com for full details Waltham Windmill, Brigsley Road, Waltham, Grimsby, DN37 0JZ
2024
Public Running day. Trains Running between 10.30am and 3.30pm Bedford
Latest News
188 Spring News 2024
188 Spring News 2024 is now available in the archive.…
Mini-Gathering at Andover
The next mini-gathering will be at Andover between 4th and 5th May 2024…
Annual General Meeting 2024
The 2024 AGM will be held at Rugby between 20th and 22nd September 2024…
187 Winter News 2023 Now available to download in the Archive.
187 Winter News 2023 is now available to download from the archive.…
7 1/4" Gauge Society Mini-gathering at Andover & District MES
The first 7 1/4" Gauge Society mini-gathering for 2024 will be held at the Andover & District Model Engineering Society railway on 4/5 May 2024.…
First Prize at The Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition Autumn 2023
The prize winning locomotive was displayed on the 7 1/4 inch gauge Society stand at the Midlands Engineering exhibition. The locomotive is Bruce Harvey’s absolutely superb LNER N2 tank, which has been at Alexandra Palace in a part-built state for severa…
Autumn News 186 is now available to download in the Archive.
Autumn News issue 186 Obituaries-Bob Smith, Geoff Oughton and Gerry Clark. Riverside Miniature Railway. Mini-Gathering at Abbeydale. Development of Summerfields Miniature Railway Part 2. …
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Miscellaneous Topics
George C | 27 March 2024
And I thought I was the only one who could see the King's new suit of clothes for what it was! I find the new web-site posy, tedious, and confusing. A bri…
Miscellaneous Topics
Peter Beevers | 26 March 2024
I 100% agree with Martyn - this is an absolute pain and (frankly) typical of young developers with no understanding of the real world. They will have tested it …
Engines and Rolling Stock
David Holden | 26 March 2024
Thanks for the replies, a friend put me in touch with Legacy Vehicles, between Sudbury and Haverhill. They mainly deal with traction engines, both model and ful…
Engines and Rolling Stock
Swiftsure806 | 26 March 2024
Hi sorry for the late reply, probably too late now however just to let you know Andrew Kirk (formally Holt Boilers ) retubed both my Romulus and Tom Rolt. In bo…
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MartynRedfearn | 24 March 2024
Would it be possible to remove the fancy delayed scroll from Forums, Sales and particularly Events? All that happens is you have to wait for the scroll to catc…