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Blandford Museum Railway Club continue to work on the scale model of Blandford railway station which is on permanent display in the museum.

Recently featured in the February 2011 edition of Railway Modeller this is an ongoing project with much still to be done such as fine detail and enhancements to the layout. Two water cranes and a goods crane need to be built along with further work to add town buildings adjacent to the line.

The model is operated with authentic locomotives and rolling stock loaned by members of the club or received as gifts from the public and dating from nationalisation in 1948 to the closure of the line in 1966.

These include passenger trains such as the famous 'Pines Express' hauled by locomotives such as BR 9F No. 92220 'Evening Star' and Bulleid 'West Country' Pacifics such as No.34107 'Blandford Forum' and No. 34043 'Coombe Martin'. There are a variety of freight trains in and out of the station bringing in coal for the four coal yards in and around the station, agricultural goods for Blandford & Webb LTD who had both a corn store and a feed store in the goods yard and a variety of other goods for the town and the nearby military camp.

The Club

The Blandford Museum Railway Club is affiliated to the Blandford Forum Museum Trust which is a registered charity.. The club was formed in June 2007 and meets regularly in the museum on Wednesdays for working parties on the layout. Other club nights are held in the museum on the first Monday of the month except on Bank Holidays when the last Monday of the month is used.

The club has a varied programme of activities and presentations throughout the year, and is also very involved in supporting the Museum Trust's other projects where the skills of the railway club members are of great benefit.

Anyone interested in trains and railways who would like to find out more please email the museum and put FAO David Cash in the subject line..