WORKINGTON MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION 2021 - SATURDAY 20th + SUNDAY 21st NOVEMBER

Workington Model Railway Exhibition

Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st November 2021

Location:
Energus Building, Blackwood Road, Lillyhall,

Workington, Cumbria   CA14 4JW

Opening Times:

Saturday 10am-5pm   Sunday 10am-4pm

Admission:
Adults £5.00  Concessions £5.00 
  Accompanied children are admitted FREE

Solrail Ltd a not for profit company holds the Workington Exhibition in the Energus building at Lillyhall, between Whitehaven and Workington and will be there again this year. It has to be seen to be believed! Light and airy with lots of natural lighting it makes for a pleasant experience. There is a bus service on the Saturday that stops outside the door from both Workington and Whitehaven. Easy to park. Easy to access and all on one level! Fresh meals available. Excellent toilet facilities.

Please be aware this event will run subject to Covid restrictions in place at the time. This means that we may have to cancel at short notice. If you are not well or have been told to isolate you should NOT attend.

Covid 19 saw the 2020 exhibition cancelled. Fortunately most of the exhibitors have agreed to attend this year with a couple coming next year instead. We hope you will make the effort to attend as so many of us have missed seeing you and showing you what we have been doing. Another very successful event was held in 2019 so we have decided to do it all again. The list is just about sorted, subject to something happening. Already the initial layout list has been amended a number of times but we have an excellent selection again. Nearly all are new to Workington so local people can expect to see some wonderful models. Port Solway in S4 will be making a special visit for the very first time. It features Maryport & Carlisle Railway stock alongside North Eastern ones. There is also a model based on Cockermouth and one on Maryport. Those of you that travel from a distance can expect a warm welcome and the café will be open for bacon butties to start the day then a full lunchtime menu with hot and cold meals available. Something for everyone is our mantra and we think we have done it again.

The Workington model railway exhibition is very much a family show. We try hard to encourage family visitors and particularly young modellers of the future which is why we do not charge an entry fee for accompanied children.

List of Layouts Attending:

Upper Cwmmywych (N Gauge) - 4' x 1'6 - Les Nehrlich returns with another of his superb layouts which is a small depot for emergency servicing and refuelling of diesel locos.

Maryport (N Gauge) - 8' x 3' - Solrail member William Moon brings his interpretation as to what Maryport could have looked like, inspired by childhood memories of train watching around Netherton!

Wulstanton Road (N Gauge) - 8' x 2'6 - Terry Tasker from Southport Model Railway Club makes another visit with a small but busy British N Scale layout is roughly only 8ft in length and is a perfect example of what you can make do with limited space, with a small commuter terminus station serving a large metropolis.

Port Solway (S4) - 31' x 5' - Newcastle MRC - Nearly all scratch built. (pictured above) Newcastle Model Railway club exhibiting their portrayal of what might have been if the North Eastern Railway had united with the Maryport and Carlisle Railway early in the 20th Century.

Cockermouth [Covid 19] (OO Gauge) - Andrew Holland - 12'6 x 2' - Shortly before closure with a few goods trains to add interest, built during lockdown with a lot of recycling from older layouts.

South Galleons (OO Gauge) - 7'x1' - Solrail member Ian Blenkinsop, having provided the club with demonstrations for several years he has decided to bring one of his layouts for you to enjoy. A pastiche of Deptford in the 1950s this is a superbly detailed compact industrial layout. (pictured right)

Franklin Falls (HO Gauge American) - 4' x 1' - Ray O'Neill the layout is based on the former Boston & Maine (Ex Tilton & Franklin RR) branch line to Franklin Falls NH, now operated by New England Southern RR, featuring sound equipped, heritage diesel power.

Ellasweet Beet Factory (OO Gauge) - 7' x 2' - Graham Morfoot - Sugar beet production facility the processing factory is situated in south Lincolnshire in the heart of the beet growing area. (pictured left) A representation of a sugar beet factory in East Anglia around 1960. With an eclectic mix of industrial steam and diesel locomotives linking the factory to the local British Railways network. Graham depicts wagon loads of limestone, coal, materials and sugar beet (modelled in a very innovative way).

Scratchy Bottom (O Gauge) - 22' x 2' Marc Dobson - Yes the name is correct and it does exist. Ask for an explanation!

Garden railways - Brian Irwin - Carlisle 

- A little bit of what you fancy.

Nearest Railway Stations:

Harrington [1.73 miles]

Workington [2.63 miles]

Parton [3.78 miles]

Whitehaven [4.9 miles]

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