Visitors to North Yorkshire over the May Bank Holiday Weekend will have an added attraction with a three-day Model Railway Show at the Wensleydale Railway from Saturday 4th to Monday 6th May.
Model railway layouts of various scales from N gauge to G gauge will be on display at Leeming Bar station as well as trade stands looking for support.
The layouts will be on view from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday and from 10 am to 4 pm on Monday.
Tickets to the show cost £6 for adults and £3 for children and can be bought online in advance or at the show on the day.
During the weekend, all passenger services will be operated by heritage diesel locomotives hauling traditional Mk.2 carriages.
Making its first appearance on passenger trains will be the railway's ex-Tyne & Wear Metro shunter No. WL4, one of five built in 1977/78 for the Metro.
At Leeming Bar, the engine shed will be open where visitors can view several of the railway's diesel locomotives undergoing bodywork and engine repairs, as well as a historic railway trolley being rebuilt by volunteers.
Both Leeming Bar and Scruton stations have award-winning museums. Scruton station will only be open on Saturday, 4th May with shuttle trains operating from Leeming Bar.
Leeming Bar station house will be open throughout the weekend, where visitors can learn about rural railway life in the early 1900s and take a free guided tour with a costumed living-history interpreter.
Refreshments will be on sale all weekend from the static buffet coach at Leeming Bar station and at the cafés at Bedale and Leyburn stations.
Unfortunately, for this weekend only there will be no car parking available at Leeming Bar station, but will be available at the former Vale of Mowbray factory overflow car park immediately behind the factory at Low Street, off Leases Road.
Further information and booking details can be found at https://wensleydale-railway.co.uk/model-railway-weekend/
Our model railway event returns for its 3rd year and the weekend will have something for everyone. Why not start your day with a visit to our show, enjoy a tour of Leeming Bar station house and then a train ride?
On Saturday, we have short shuttle services to our wonderfully restored Edwardian station at Scruton. On all 3 days, you can also take the train west to Leyburn and enjoy the 45-minute trip and spectacular Yorkshire Dales scenery.
Children travel for only £1 with our ‘kids-for-a-quid' travel promotion. Local residents also receive a 25% travel discount. Combining these offers give local families a great value day out on our volunteer-led heritage railway!”
Nick Keegan, Wensleydale Railway Fundraising and Marketing Manager
