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In August 2013 the SVR held a two-day "Vintage Toy and Train Expo" at The Engine House.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2907 SVR-Online Forum]</ref>.
The first [[Open House Weekend]] on 16-17 April 2016 included 12 layouts at The Engine House and Kidderminster Railway Museum. These were advertised as:
*Broadwater Junction - based on a coastal or estuary line, trains pass a disused wharf and a junction for a branch into the hills. With thanks to Warley MRC N Gauge Group
*Steam on the Cambrian - two layouts into one: the Cambrian Coast Railway pre 1965 at Morfa Bach, continuing to Penmaenpool MPD. With thanks to Frank Collins
*Brewery Lane - a compact 009 narrow gauge layout with a small brewery in an industrial area. With thanks to Ellesmere Model Railway Club
*Meres & Mosses Light Railway - based upon Ellesmere Wharf, a 009 narrow gauge layout connecting the Wharf, via the Mere to Whixall Moss's peat workings. With thanks to Ellesmere Model Railway Club
*Arrowmouth - a seaside town on the North West coast featuring the London North Western mainline before electrification between 1963 and 1968. With thanks to The Redditch Model Railway Club
*Gravelly Lane - fictional narrow gauge locomotive, serving a quarry based in the Midlands. With thanks to Ben Powell
*East Wheal Dream - possibly part of the Cornwall Mineral Railway in the 1920s, with an emphasis on the typical buildings, each built a stone at a time. With thanks to Keith Thompson
*[[Bridgnorth in N gauge|Bridgnorth]] - based on our own Station in Bridgnorth, pre-preservation in the 1950s and 1960s. With thanks to Anthony Minchin, West Midlands 'N' Gauge Club
*[[Arley in N gauge|Arley]] - based on our own Station in Arley, pre-preservation in the 1950s and 1960s. With thanks to Anthony Minchin, West Midlands 'N' Gauge Club
*[[Victoria Bridge in N gauge|Victoria Bridge]] - the iconic structure on the Severn Valley Railway in miniature. With thanks to Will Jarman
*[[Bewdley in N gauge|Bewdley]] - based on our own Station in Bewdley in the preservation era, modelled in 'N' gauge. With thanks to TMRG.
*Llantwy - '009' narrow gauge layout depicting a Welsh country town in the 1930s. With thanks to David Jeanes.
The '''Manchester Model Tramway Group''' have displayed their layout at The Engine House on a number of occasions between 2015 and 2020. The Group’s fully-operating miniature tramway layout was the brainchild of George Oakley, who first exhibited the tramway in 1949 and who had a keen interest in both the Manchester and Llandudno & Colwyn Bay tramway systems. It is built to a unique 5/8" to 1' gauge, with models hand-built by its members. Visits have included:
*16-22 February 2015 (half term week)
*16-17 April 2016 (Open House Weekend)
Model railway layouts have often been an attraction at the [[Open House Weekend]], both at The Engine House and [[Diesel Depot]].
