Northwich Model Railway Show & Railway Weekend: 27 & 28 July

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Event Name: Railway Weekend - Celebrating 150 years of Railways in Northwich

Address: Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, 162 London Road, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 8AB

Day 1: 27th July 2013
Opening times Day 1: 10:00 to 16:30
Day 2: 28th July 2013
Opening times Day 2: 10:00 to 16:30
Prices: Adults £3.00 Children £1.50; Concessions £2 Family (2 2) £7

Website: www.midcheshirerail.org.uk

Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes

Organising body: Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership
Organiser: John Hulme. jh@johnhulme.com

Railway Weekend

Railway Films - 150 Years of Rail Travel - Model Railway Exhibition

Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th July 2013    10am – 4.30pm   

Weaver Hall Museum & Workhouse

162 London Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 8AB

150 years ago, the railway age reached Northwich with the opening of Northwich Railway Station in 1863

For One Weekend Only this special Railway Weekend celebrates this momentous occasion.

There will be railway films in the Regalette showing local archive footage, a pictorial display in the library, a model railway exhibition in the Guardians’ Room and a miniature railway outside (subject to weather suitable weather conditions).

The model railway exhibition will feature 6 layouts courtesy of the Warrington Model Railway Club:

- Glazebrook
- Dienw
- Stockton Mills
- Wild Boar Fell
- Euro FrachtZentrum
- Bellwether Works

An event sure to appeal to both families and the railway enthusiast.

The weekend is being partnered with the Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership, Mid Cheshire Rail Users Association and the 8E Locomotive Association and is being supported by the Friends of Weaver Hall Museum.

Admission is Adults £3.00; Children £1.50; Concessions £2; Family (2 + 2) £7.

Further details at www.fowhm.org.uk