WELCOMEto the Summitelse Model Railway Group (MRG)

Summitelse MRG is a relatively new model railway group, formed in early 2025, aimed at encouraging younger members to get involved in everything to do with the hobby. FREE trial sessions being followed with the option of monthly, quarterly or annual memberships. Light refreshments are available at most meetings thanks to the members themselves.

Running trains, building layouts and learning landscaping skills that can be used in gaming as well have all proved popular. Currently all layouts are N Gauge or 009 but subject to storage room new layouts in any gauge might not be far away!

After all - Model Railways should be fun!

"Just in Case" model railway is an N gauge built into a wooden case that was salvaged from a skip. ("It might be useful one day")

The track was laid using Japanese KATO for simplicity (and being available) during the Covid pandemic. The track level had to be built up from the bottom of the case hence the effect of looking down into a valley. More details can be found using the above link.

Summit Else an N gauge model railway which still requires some minor tweeks and finishing touches to both the scenery and background. It has been successfully been exhibited at the WAMRC Wimborne exhibition in September 2024 and at Wirkwsworth in early November 2024. It was very well recived and clips can be found from both exhibitions on YouTube by various visitors. Now comes with a CanAm option running American and Canadian stock for ssomething different.

Where's it at? is a 009 model railway.

Full information and photos can be found on using the button above.

The first public viewing for this layout was at the WAMRC FROME Exhibition over the weekend of the 4th/5th January 2025, by the end of the year it will have been across Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset and following modification has been invited back to Frome in January 2026 and is being booked for other exhibitions across the southern region and beyond.

Squirrels is the smallest addition to the Summit Else family. Starting life as a table decoration the squirrel and plinth are both from timber from trees on Brownsea Island. The addition of some very tight track means that small locos and sometimes trains can be run N gauge Layout has now been extended by the use of another slice of Brownsea timber allowing a 10" straight section to be added to the depth.

LEGO CITY train track with buildings, vehicles and animals.

Newly acquired for 2026 a fully customisable layout to suit any space available from a simple oval to a double oval with station/s, goods yard, Farm house/s shops/ crane etc. complete with people animals cars, lorries etc. ALL trains being motorised with remote controls. Currently with THREE passenger trains, a goods train and a Christmas train being available as required.

Photos and own page currently being constructed.