Welcome to Whitby West Cliff

And so it begins..... As a small child, in the 1950's, I remember travelling by train from my home in Middlesbrough to Whitby and Scarborough via the coast line. I have had a life-long interest in model railways and whilst looking around for a new project, the thought of building a layout of Whitby West Cliff, as it was during the time when I remember it, came to mind.  As always, when building a layout of an existing station, a good deal of the pleasure is in doing the research, looking for drawings photographs etc.

In April 2011 I spent a productive morning at the Railway Museum in York researching what information I could find. Unfortunately there was not a great deal of information to be had. I did manage to get a track and signal layout but not too much else.

I then heard of the North Eastern Railway Association, by way of a letter which I had written, to the Whitby Gazette, requesting information on the station at West Cliff and its environs.. One day, my e-mail contained a note from Terry Morrell, N.E.R.A. secretary. He very kindly sent me photographs of a layout of Whitby West Cliff which he and his colleagues have built. The next question was, where to build it? My living situation at the time negated building the layout complete, but by building one section at a time it seemed pomaking other pans"ssible. But, as that eminent philosopher Mr. John Lennon once said "Life is what happens while you are making other plans." In 2015 my life did in fact change and after a move the opportunity arose that I could erect a custom-made building.