SARMA South Australian Railway Modellers Association

SARMA South Australian Railway Modellers Association Proudly promoting the hobby in South Australia since 1957 We welcome all levels of interests, abilities and ages in our club.

SARMA is proud to promote Railway Modelling as a hobby in South Australia, and have done so since 1957! As part of this interest, the club constructs and operates layouts in multiple scales for use at exhibitions, and fosters the building of modelling skills among our membership. Primarily we operate South Australian HO and N Scale at exhibitions although we have many members who model OO, O, G an

d Narrow Gauge scales. SARMA uses Digital Command Control (DCC) extensively, with our HO clubroom and exhibiton layouts run exclusively with this method, and our N scale layouts being switchable between DC or DCC. Apart from modelling, the club holds and attends a number of social functions throughout the year, including mystery bus trips and visits to kindred railway groups, Christmas dinners, holds two Toy and Model Swap Meets per year and other events such as Open Days. Our meetings are held at our clubrooms situated in Dernancourt, with the second Wednesday of each month being a General Meeting whereby club business is discussed, modelling work displayed, a raffle and entertaintment consisting of a railway themed subject (eg video, presentation, modelling notes etc). The start time for the General Meeting is 7:30. All other Wednesdays are 'Modelling Nights' beginning at approx 6:30pm, whereby members do a wide variety of modelling tasks (personal or club). Refreshments are avaliable at all times during clubroom opening hours and members have access to the Club shop. The club has a quarterly magazine, the 'Buffer Stop'. Each month an electronic Supplement is sent to the members to keep them up to date with club matters. Vistors are always welcome, please do not hesitate to get in touch for further questions.

Tonight we setup the 'Wilkins' layout in full to make sure its all shipshape ready for next weeks' Adelaide Model Railwa...
27/05/2026

Tonight we setup the 'Wilkins' layout in full to make sure its all shipshape ready for next weeks' Adelaide Model Railway Exhibition ! We are pleased to say it performed admirably so fingers crossed it will do the same next week...

03/05/2026

Just over a month now and we couldnt be more excited to be displaying at the Adelaide Model Railway Exhibition in its return to Wayville Showground! Come see our HO scale layout 'Wilkins' and say hello.

Another fantastic 'Thomas and Friends' HOn30 (HO scale running on N scale tracks) release from Bachmann Trains USA, Sir ...
24/04/2026

Another fantastic 'Thomas and Friends' HOn30 (HO scale running on N scale tracks) release from Bachmann Trains USA, Sir Handel, not only a great looking model but a terrific runner too! Here it's gracing the SARMA layout with a touch of Sodor. For those of you who don't do trains with faces (you are missing out!), don't worry because a prototype livery version of the real loco 'Sir Haydn' will be following in the future.

01/04/2026

Tonights road test, the wonderful new DP1 Deltic Prototype in OO scale from Hornby- what a cracking runner and hauled 15 coaches at one point around out layout!


Swapmeet setup almost complete and ready to delight the punters at 10am! Hope to see you all there.
14/03/2026

Swapmeet setup almost complete and ready to delight the punters at 10am! Hope to see you all there.

Only a few more sleeps till the Swapmeet! We are fortunate in having among our members the talented modeller who has bui...
11/03/2026

Only a few more sleeps till the Swapmeet! We are fortunate in having among our members the talented modeller who has built the fabulous 'West Croydon' HO scale layout. Tonight he displayed a suburban South Australian Railways set featuring a F class steam engine and some 860 class coaches. You too can model this! The F class is available ready to run from our friends at Orient Express and the 860s are available as kits from Junction Models.

01/03/2026

If anyone is interested in having a trading table at our swapmeet on March 15th, we have a couple of tables free thanks to cancellations. Please contact [email protected] as soon as possible to secure your spot!

We would like to wish all our members and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your families, have ...
24/12/2025

We would like to wish all our members and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your families, have a safe and fun break! Hopefully a few of you are finding some familiar coloured boxes under the tree....

Congratulations to our friends at SteamRanger Heritage Railway, South Australia for the introduction of their lovely H ...
09/12/2025

Congratulations to our friends at SteamRanger Heritage Railway, South Australia for the introduction of their lovely H class passenger cars! Who'll be the first to have a set in HO on their layout? For those who want to experience the South Coast in airconditioned comfort why not pay a visit these school Holidays?

Hooray its Swapmeet day and we hope so see as many of you today as possible! Dont forget to enjoy the sausage sizzle. 10...
13/09/2025

Hooray its Swapmeet day and we hope so see as many of you today as possible! Dont forget to enjoy the sausage sizzle. 10am to 1pm and entry $5 (dont forget Cash only).

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Address

Lyons & Balmoral Road, Dernancourt
Adelaide, SA
5075

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 7pm - 10:30pm

Telephone

(08) 84115500

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