Tracks

A Gauge 1 running track needs a lot of space - a free-running oval takes around 15m x 7.5m or 45 feet x 23 feet to allow for 3m radius curves. As a result most G1 tracks are outside, and G1MRA members usually join one or more or our local groups to take advantage of invitations to run at members' homes.

The other way to find somewhere to run is to join a club with Gauge 1 interests: you'll find a list below.

G1MRA also has around a dozen portable tracks (though 'transportable' might be a better term since a trailer is usually needed to move them around) and groups arrange running days for their members where a track is put up in a rented hall. Our portables also appear at many events.

If you are an exhibition organiser and would like to have a G1MRA track at your event, please contact the managing group using the links below, or for a general discussion please email our events coordinator as events@g1mra.com.


G1MRA portable running tracks


Anglia Roads East Anglia Group east-anglia-group@g1mra.com

Carding Road Midland Group midland-group@g1mra.com

Dobson Bridge South East Group south-east-group@g1mra.com
Footprint 14.63 x 7.39m, 48' x 24'3"

Invicta South East Group south-east-group@g1mra.com
Footprint 13.72m x 5.82m, 45' x 18'13"

The London Portable South Oxfordshire Group south-oxfordshire-group@g1mra.com
Footprint 12.5m x 5.26m, 41' x 17'3"

Ridings Yorkshire Group yorkshire-group@g1mra.com

Surrey Oval Surrey Group surrey-group@g1mra.com

Stanley Midland Midland Group midland-group@g1mra.com

Thompson Halt Midland Group midland-group@g1mra.com

Withnell Junction North West Group north-west-group@g1mra.com


G1MRA portable end-to-end tracks


Moordale Yorkshire Group yorkshire-group@g1mra.com

Baghot Sidings (Under construction) eventsmanagement @g1mra.com


G1MRA table-top tracks


Vintage tinplate and Gauge 2 Vintage group vintage-group@g1mra.com

3D circle printed track 3D circle 3d-circle-group@g1mra.com


UK Clubs with Gauge One activity


Andover & District Model Engineering Society

Basingstoke & District Model Engineering Society Ltd

Birmingham Society of Model Engineers

Bromsgrove Society Of Model Engineers

Cambridge and District Model Engineering Society

Cheddar Steam Club

Chelmsford Society Of Model Engineers Ltd

Chesterfield and District Model Engineering Society Ltd

Chichester Society of Model Engineers

City Of Oxford Society Of Model Engineers Ltd

Colchester Society Of Model and Experimental Engineers Ltd

Coventry Model Engineering Society Ltd

Guildford Model Engineering Society Ltd

Harlington Locomotive Society

Hereford Society Of Model Engineers

Ickenham and District Society Of Model Engineers Ltd

Ipswich Model Engineering Society

Isle Of Wight Model Engineering Society

Lancaster & Morecambe

Leicester S.M.E. Ltd

Mount Edgcumbe Railway and Model Society

North London Society Of Model Engineers

Northampton S.M.E. Ltd.

North West Leicestershire Society Of Model Engineers Ltd

Nottingham Society Of Model and Experimental Engineers Ltd

Romney Marsh Model Engineering Society Ltd

Sheffield & District S.M.E.E. Ltd

South Cheshire Model Engineering Society

Southport Model Engineering Club

Sutton Model Engineering Club Ltd

Stafford & District M.E.S

Vale Of Aylesbury Model Engineering Society

Welling & District Model Engineering Society

West Riding Small Locomotive Society Ltd

Wimborne and District Model Engineers

York City and District Society Of Model Engineers Ltd