OUR HISTORY

The late Rob Burford, first convenor of AMRE. RIP
Timeline of AMRE & the Adelaide Model Railway Show.
1981 | First Adelaide Model Railway Show, organised by Trevor Searle at Alden Manor, Glenelg. The show was held bi-annually. |
1983 | Adelaide Model Railway Show held at Regency Park. |
1985 | Adelaide Model Railway Show held at St Clair Recreation Centre, Woodville. |
1986 | With encouragement from Trevor Searle, the Adelaide Model Railway Exhibition Inc was formed by six model railway clubs: Adelaide Model Rail Roaders Inc, Classic Train Collectors, Mt. Barker, Märklin, SANGS and SARMA, to take over the organisation and running of all future Adelaide Model Railway Shows. |
1987 - 1989 | Adelaide Model Railway Show held at the No. 1 shed, Port Adelaide. |
1991 - 1997 | Adelaide Model Railway Show held at the Wayville showgrounds, in Hamilton Hall. |
1993 | South Australian Protofour Group joined AMRE, bringing the membership up to seven clubs. |
1998 | Interim show held at Immanuel College, Novar Gardens. |
1999 - 2017 | Adelaide Model Railway Show moved to Greyhound Park, Angle Park. The show became an annual event. |
2010 | First convenor of AMRE, Rob Burford, dies of a heart attack. He is sadly missed by all family, friends and members of AMRE and it's clubs. |

First AMRE convenor the late Rob Burford (left) with past convenors Arthur O'Connell (centre) and Bob Bevan (right)