The West Cumbria Railway Modellers were formed in 1999 by a group of model railway enthusiasts. Some were members of a former  club in Workington while others were new to the club scene. The original name of the group was the Workington Model Railway Group. They used a spare office on an industrial estate in Workington that was surplus to the use of the occupier of the premises. He was a founder member of the group. When he closed down  his taxi business, the group was left with no where to meet. As there were no suitable premises to be found at a realistic rent, the membership began to dwindle. The Committee decided not to wind up the group but leave the modelling section of the group in stasis. The group has a two tier organisation. The top tier is still known as the Workington Model Railway Group (WMR Group) and concentrates on the commercial aspects of the group. The lower tier changed their name to a less formal one to seperate the modelling section from the business section.

Three members of the modelling section are now  planning a new 00 gauge layout based on Conwy in North Wales. The time period will be set in the 1930s and 40s, therefore the there will be a predominance of London Midland & Scottish Railway rolling stock. The project leader is Tom Jenkins who is also a member of the Maryport Model Club and hopes to use one of the unused rooms above the clubrooms at Maryport to start work on the layout.  In the 1980s Tom built an N gauge model railway layout depicting Bangor Station and also Conway station yard, the Castle and the tubular bridge over the River Conwy. Having already done the research into Conway, Tom can use his info to help produce a new layout in 4mm scale.

An image of the prototype, circa 1980s - click on image to enlarge

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