The Wellington British Railway Modellers Incorporated is a club whose members mostly model the railways of the United Kingdom. The club is based in Wellington, New Zealand.

The Wellington British Railway Modellers club was unofficially formed in 1980 when a group of modellers, modelling British railways in OO, met for an informal chat. From this beginning regular monthly meetings followed in members' homes. The club became an incorporated society in 1992, found its first clubrooms in Upper Hutt in July 1993 and the next clubrooms in May 1994. The former Ward 5 in the grounds of the Silverstream Park Christian Centre, which was previously the Silverstream Hospital in Upper Hutt was our base for over 11 years.

Our current clubrooms since December 2005 are at Grenada North and are leased from the Wellington City Council.

The majority of the club members model British outline in either OO or N, with a few modelling narrow gauge and other scales. Club meetings occur on every second Sunday afternoon. The club also holds an annual exhibtion, Railex.

The club maintains close contacts with other local model railway clubs, participating in other exhibitions and also receiving support for its own exhibition. The Marklin Model Railway Club has a web page here. Marklin Model Railway Club. Hutt Valley Model Railroaders don't have a web site I know of. WBRM Inc. is a member of the New Zealand Association of Model Railway Clubs, from whose home page other New Zealand clubs can be contacted.

2008 poster.

The 2008 show was held at the NZ Kennel Club, Porirua.

The 2009 show is to be held in the Horticultural Hall, Lower Hutt.

Club exhibition layouts

• Sutherland Gap OO gauge in use from October 2006 .
• Chelwarton OO gauge in use from September 1996 .To The Trains.
• Limpetness OO gauge donated and in use from December 1996 to November 1997, sold.
• Ashdean OO gauge in use from March 1992 to April 1995, broken up.

Members exhibitable layouts

• Westfield N gauge by Mike D, Giles & Bill.To The Trains.
• Other layout pictures Pictures of other layouts.To The Trains.
• Morgandale OO gauge by Des M .To The Trains.
• The Arun Valley Railway OO gauge modular system.To The Trains.
• Arun Valley Railway, Stane Street by Roger .To The Trains.
• Arun Valley Railway, Redfield, Piltdown Junction & Port Arun by Colin .To The Trains.
• Arun Valley Railway, Pottlewhistle Halt by Jonathan .To The Trains.
• Arun Valley Railway, The Grimethorpe Branch by Geoff .To The Trains.
• The shows attended by the Arun Valley Railway.To The Trains.
• The Westerham Branch.To The Trains.
• The Ashley Branch.To The Trains.

Members home layouts

• Milldale OO gauge by Geoff.To The Trains.
• Middleton OO gauge by Colin, this is on a separate website.To The Trains.
• Other club members must have layouts they can write about.

Accesses since 1st July 1998

Last modified 25th of February 2009

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