Welcome to the official website of the Wyre Forest Model

Railway Club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

THE CLUB

The club meets every Tuesday evening from 7.00 p.m. You are welcome to come along and find out more about the Club’s facilities and layouts. The club usually holds an annual exhibition in Stourport around September and an open day in the Club rooms around May. Persons with an interest in railways are invited to visit either event. Members will be on hand at both events to show you the club layouts in operation and to answer any questions you may have about the hobby. The club has a number of layouts in different gauges either operational or at various stages of construction. Members bring their own stock in on running nights or to use the test track for new purchases as no stock is held in the club.

KIDDERMINSTER EXHIBITION, SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER 2024

  Please note that our Annual Exhibition will this year be held at a NEW VENUE in KIDDERMINSTER The location is the St George's Church Annexe in Radford Avenue, Kidderminster DY10 2ES. Opening times 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.   Admission £3 with accompanied children aged 12 and under being free.   Around 6 club and member's layouts will be on display in 4 different gauges. There will also be a second hand stall with half of the proceeds being donated to the Midlands Air Ambulance or Severn Valley Railway.   Light refreshments will be available as well as limited free parking and disabled access.

CLUB ROOMS

Main Room Containing 6 layouts in various stages of development. There is also a circular test track fof ‘N’, ‘00’ and ‘0’ gauge which can be used as analogue or DCC. Front Room A large ‘00’ layout that is fixed in position and cannot be moved. It is controlled by DCC and the members bring their own tablets or smartphones to use as controllers. To avoid overcrowding in the front room the 'Wyrehampton' layout will now have a themed event each Tuesday. 1st Tuesday in each month - Will be dedicated to Diesel and Electric running 2nd Tuesday - Dedicated to timetable running 3rd Tuesday - Dedicated to the running of steam hauled trains 4th Tuesday - Maintenance evening 5th Tuesday - Mixed night (anything goes) Modelling Room We have installed a 16 ft workbench which has room for 5 members to make models ready to be installed on a layout. There is also a storage unit with removal drawers for all odd modelling items that may be required.

Events

Listing some of our past and future events that the club is involved in.

Club Layouts

Layouts in most small gauges, including ‘00’, ‘N’, ‘0-16.5’ and ‘009’.

Members Layouts

Some of these layouts have been exibited around the country and won awards