2026 Exhibition

Over 15 Model Railway Layouts.   Demonstrations.    Trade stands.     Society stands.    Refreshments.    Large screen presentations.  Spacious modern venue.

Free Parking and easy, ground level access.

Admission : Adults £8.   Accompanied children free.

Tel 01228 522118

ENERGUS  Blackwood Road  Lillyhall  Workington  Cumbria  CA14 4JW

This year, for the fifth time, we also host ‘Scaleforum Cumberland’.  Lots of demonstrations are manned by members of the Scalefour Society. They will all be grouped in one room to allow visitors the opportunity to get up close and talk to them all about how and why they are members of the society. 

The following layouts have been invited:  Please check here at a time nearer the exhibition for any changes or additions to the programme.

Layouts

Z gauge - TAPTON JUNCTION -  Kevin Smith from Askam in Furness.  Chesterfield in the 1980s.

N gauge - HAVERTHWAITE -  Millom Model Railway Club. A fabulous detailed model which features extensive use of 3D printed models.

3mm gauge / 14.2mm scale - LAKEBANK  -

00 gauge - SANDSIDE QUARRY - Graham Morfoot's brilliant compact model of the Limestone Quarry near Arnside. 

4mm finescale - EM gauge -  MEALSGATE AND HIGH BLAITHWAITE -

4mm finescale -   ROSEPEATH LANE - 

 CLASSIC TRAINS - The perennial Rod Moore  

7mm narrow gauge - GLENDALE -

00 gauge - THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE - Workington Transport Heritage Trust.  Never mind virtual reality - Thomas is the real deal.

00 gauge - SLAG BANK - Phil Baggley.  A model that will be very familiar to the townsfolk of Workington. 

Do you have a local layout that you would like to exhibit?  We would be very interested to hear from you and we may be able to help with transport.

Demonstrations

Trainsimulator 2025 – Andrew Irwin - Computer simulation – try your hand at the latest version of this popular game.

O gauge – CDOGG members show how ready to run models are making it so much easier to enter the larger indoor scale.

In the Scaleforum Cumberland room :  Demonstrations relevant to all scales and gauges: -

1. EM gauge – Mike Adlem –  Mike will be demonstrating how he paints and lines carriages to run on his layout, based on Carlisle Citadel

2. EM gauge – Andrew Wright - continues to build Sentinel  industrial steam locomotives. Unusual prototypes and models.

3. S4 gauge – John H Wright – demonstration on how to use a Circuit Maker 3 cutter machine to make track and other bits for his new layout, to be based somewhere in Cumberland

Societies and Groups

West Cumberland Railway Museum

Cumbrian Railways Association

Derby Lightweight Preservation Group

Eden Valley  Railway Trust

Scalefour Society

West Cumbria Guild of Model Engineers

Workington Transport Heritage Trust

Supported by: -

Trade stands selling everything you need for your modelling including: -

C&M Models – Carlisle - New RTR British and Continental.

Crafty Hobbies - Barrow-in Furness - New RTR and second-hand.

CSP Models – Carlisle – New 7 & 4mm kits, brass castings and accessories.

Derwent Railway Society - secondhand models.

East Lancashire Trams – Burnley – all things Trams.

Furness Models – Ulverston – second-hand models.

GM Transport Books – Grosmont – New, Second-hand railway, bus books and DVD’s

MTFG - Reeth, North Yorks – new and reconditioned, hard to find spares and plastic kits etc.

Solrail – Workington - second-hand models from the organisers.

Squires Tools - Bognor Regis - any tool, paint, etc. you need you'll find here. Their stand gets bigger by the minute!

The programme may change at short notice .  We will endeavour to update this page with the most up to date information.