Bredgar and Wormshill Model Railway Show
Sunday 1st August 2021
Location: The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8AT
Opening Times: 10.30am - 4pm
Admission: Adults £15.00 Children £7.50 Family £40.00
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway's 3rd Model railway show. will be held at the beginning of August in conjunction with their regular operating day. Included in the ticket price are unlimited train rides and access to the whole site. There will also be a miniature ride on railway. [Weather permitting]. A family ticket is available for the day costing £40 for 2 adults up to 3 children. Advance ticket will be available at a reduced price from Invicta Model rail and the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway.
The B&WLR has regular open days commencing on Easter Sunday each year, thereafter on the first Sunday of the month from May to October. Trains run about every 12 minutes from 11.00 to 16.30.
Exhibition Layout (Scale)
This is a U-shaped N Gauge layout based around a GWR branch line in Devon, while there is a location called Exe valley am not sure this is aimed at a replica of such a line / station just the inspiration for the type of branch line set in the mid 1940s. Highly detailed layout in such a small scale.
Wrens Wood (009)
St Denis (HO9)
Hoclenbaum (NM)
Staple & Ash (OO)
Bembridge (OO)
This N Gauge layout was built as a club layout designed to allow the through running of realistic length trains, a station, goods yard and engine servicing facilities, the ability to justify two railway companies and two trains running at once - all in a space of 4' x 2' 6" courtesy of two PECO live frog double slips! The layout was in fact set near the Welsh border somewhere south west of Birmingham with a single track secondary main line and branch, either of which could belong to the GWR or LMS.
Rye Station (009)
Tramlink (OO)
Tar Works (O)
Cedar Court Wagon Yard (OO)
OO Gauge and approx 8ft in length Cedar Court Wagon Yard is small yard for a repair depot and sidings for stock that require maintenance or repair. Set in a modern day era with some visits from MPVs and OTMs.Lockdown Sidings (OO)
Blacksheep (ON30)
Scrapworth End (OO)
Nearest Railway Stations:
Hollingbourne [3.27 miles]
Harrietsham [3.52 miles]
Sittingbourne [3.9 miles]
Newington [4.15 miles]
Brief history of the BWLR
This railway is NOT a preserved line. Starting in 1975 it was built from scratch by a group of friends and now blends well into the North Kent Downs. Initially a small industrial diesel locomotive was purchased. This was soon joined by others, but it was not until 1979 that ‘Bronhilde’, our first steam engine arrived. In the meantime sheds had been built, track laid and carriages constructed. As time went on and more locomotives moved to Bredgar, projects became more ambitious. The mainline was re-laid, a proper station built and boogie coaches were designed and constructed. By the late 1980s the railway had grown out of all recognition. A sizable new locomotive and stock shed with a turntable replaced the original structure. Warren Wood station had been completely rebuilt and a new station deep in the woods had been added.
The main objective of the railway is the preservation of steam locomotives in a form which enables railway enthusiasts, the general public and children to appreciate how important this type of energy was to industry for over 100 years. For obvious reasons the locomotives cannot be shown undertaking the industrial duties for which they were built but all have been restored to their original specifications and are run as part of small goods or passenger trains. To this end the passenger coaches have a period look and the collection of goods vehicles is varied. Warren Woods Station is situated near the main Hollingbourne to Sittingbourne road, about a mile south of Bredgar village.
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