Sheffield & District Society of Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd.

Welcome! We are a friendly, long established society and a founder member of the Northern Association of Model Engineers and a non-profit making company limited by guarantee. We promote our hobby by building and operating steam and other powered models; experimentation; encouraging young people to become engineers; maintaining links and holding rallies with other societies; sharing our hobby with our local community; and supporting local charities. We sell light refreshments, ice creams and souvenirs when the railway is open and our premises are wheelchair accessible. We have a carriage funded by the Lottery enabling most wheelchair users to enjoy a ride on the railway. Visitors are always welcome.
We are a model engineering society and all our staff are volunteers. All revenue goes into maintaining the railway and improving facilities or is donated to charity. We do not charge for entry to the railway.

Our Charity Train Rides & Christmas Lights evening in aid of St. Luke's Hospice will be on Friday 13th December. Free admission to see the lights. Train rides £2 all go to the charity. Click on the logo to visit their website.

OUR LOCATION
97, 98 and 218 buses from
Sheffield city centre stop near our entrance on Abbeydale Road South just after the Industrial Hamlet museum and dam. We are directly opposite house number 283. Satnav: S17 3LB is closest. Dore Railway Station is nearby. Our what3words location is grape.slang.town
There will be a yellow sign on the grass verge by our entrance gate when we are open.
Free parking in our field at your own risk. If you park on the road please do not block our neighbours' driveways. Don't park on the grass verges as the council may ticket you.
For safety reasons, ball games, other throwing games and BBQs are not permitted on our premises. Dogs are welcome, but must be kept under control and on a short lead. They cannot be taken on the trains.

Our Sheffield Children's' Hospital Charity's day in August raised £4,650. Thank you so much to everyone who came to support us. We have donated £34,000 since we started the event. Click on the logo to visit the Charity's website.

Please click here to see how easily you can help to transform a child's life with cleft palate surgery.

We're not just a miniature railway!

Our hobby encompasses many different areas of interest, not just miniature railways. One of our members repairs braille machines, but he also collects music boxes and vintage music machines. Here he is playing a 120 year old concert roller organ he has restored. The roller has pins which release valves when the handle is turned and operates the bellows to blow air through the pipes and play the music. CLICK on the picture to see a video of the organ working!

A variety of model engineering exhibits. Similar ones will be on show at our exhibition on Sunday 14th July. There are stationary engines, clocks, traction engines as well as railway wagons.