ORMESBY HALL MODEL RAILWAY GROUP

Welcome to the official Ormesby Hall Model Railway Group site. We are a group of volunteers who operate and maintain several model railway layouts, based at the National Trust property, Ormesby Hall near Middlesbrough.
We are back from 10th February 2024. Corfe and Thomas are open for visitors. See the hall opening times to visit.

We receive visitors from all over the world and some run their own website. Use this link to see a Dutch visitor's site

Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle was donated to The National Trust by the late Ron Rising. The layout is set deep in LSWR territory in the early 1920's, with buildings scratch built from real examples in rural England. This wonderfully scenic layout represents 35 years modelling by just one man and is worth a visit in its own right.

We have produced version 2 of our booklet describing how Corfe Castle Model Railway was built and includes the history of some of the buildings, locomotives and rolling stock. The 48 page booklet can be obtained from Ormesby Hall Corfe layout, still at a cost of 5. Alternativley you can drop us an e-mail.

More information is available on our Corfe web page Corfe Castle

Pilmoor Junction is currently not available to visitors
Pilmoor Junction is set on the East Coast Mainline between Thirsk and York. This layout represents the ECML as it was in the late 1930's; and many famous trains and locomotives can be seen, such as; "The Coronation", "The Flying Scotsman", and A4 no 4468 "Mallard". The layout was built from scratch by the team.

More information is available on our Pilmoor web page Pilmoor

Thomas and Friends
Thomas is a push button layout popular with the younger generation (or the young at heart). The layout was built by the volunteers as part of The National Trust, Year of The Child; and all the best known characters from the television series can be seen.

More information is available on our Thomas web page Thomas and Friends