Workington Transport Heritage Trust

Registered address: 22 Calva Rd, Seaton, Workington, Cumbria CA14 1DF

Registered Charity No. 1102725  Company number 04767337

 2011 Model Railway exhibition

 Sat 19 November 10.00 - 17.00 

 Sun 20 November   10.00 - 16.00.

Workington Transport Heritage Trust have just confirmed that this years Workington Model Railway Exhibition will definitely go ahead at Moorclose Sports Centre on Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 November 2011. Doors will be open to the public from 10.00 am - 5.00 pm Saturday and 10.00 am - 4.00 pm on Sunday. As ever the exhibition is fully accessible with all exhibitors on the ground floor. Refreshments and free parking are available. 

With 15 layouts it is the biggest event of its type in Cumbria. Nine of them have not been seen in Workington before. 
This year layouts are coming from far and wide with an exceptional one, Bee Lane coming all the way from Preston. It is a modern image layout featuring lots of electric and diesel locomotives, some with digital sound systems! Miniature Live Steam comes from Yorkshire courtesy of Brian Caton who has some exquisite hand made miniature locomotives all based on the Isle of Man railway. 

American, Austrian, and narrow gauge layouts, also feature strongly. On its very first viewing in a new form is a model of Aspatria station in O gauge complete with a couple of trains in the original Maryport and Carlisle Railway livery. At over 30 feet long it is very BIG. 
Full support will come from modelling demonstrations, trade and society stands as well as the chance to operate a couple of layouts or even drive a train on a computer! 
Further details  contact Philip T Tuer. 01228-522118 
 

Download details here

New for this year:

Miniature live steam.
Isle of Man - 5.5 mm scale. 16.5 mm gauge
Bee Lane, modern image - large OO
Hawes, BR steam - N gauge
Loch Ness, Scottish - OO
American - N
Somerset & Dorset - OO
 

Other layouts confirmed so far: -
Son of Bass, narrow gauge - OO9
Hornby Doublo
Hornby Tin plate - O
Thomas the Tank - OO
 
 

Demonstrations from: -
Computer rail simulations
Scalefour modelling Stockton & Darlington
Narrow gauge modelling
Building in Gauge O
Plastic model kits and how to build them

Support stands: -
Model bus display
5" gauge trains to ride on!
West Cumbria Guild of Model Engineers
Meccano display
Cumbrian Railways Association
Threlkeld Museum
Derwent Railway Society
Haig Pit Museum
Derby Lightweight Group
Northern Rail
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
British Transport Police
Sian Group
Eon
 

Layout coordinator contact: - Philip T TUER, 24 Carlton Gardens, Carlisle. CA3 9NR. Philip.tuer@virgin.net

Tel: 01228-522118

Pictures of 2008 exhibition  (will open in new window)

Pictures of 2007 exhibition  (will open in new window)