A world of railways, ships and engineering in miniature is on its way to Furness.

The Furness Model Railway Club is hosting its 55th Model Railway and Transport Exhibition on Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15.

The event is being held at Barrow Sixth Form College, on Rating Lane, from 10am to 5pm on both days.

Organisers expect around a dozen model railway layouts in a variety of scale gauges, plus traders, model engineering, model aircraft and model ship displays.

The layouts due at Barrow include Swiss Pass, Tonbridge West Yard, Woodhead, Brewery Sidings, Crackpot Mine, Oldswick, Maidenhaiste and Hayling Island.

Swiss Pass with its dramatic mountain scenery was first exhibited by members of the Furness club in 2015 and has undergone an overhaul to its rock faces and up to 300 extra trees have been added.

There is a free shuttle bus Service bringing enthusiasts to and from the show from Barrow railway station and Barrow Town Hall.

You can find out more on the website at www.furnessmrc.webs.com

Among examples of model engineering on show will be a group of Furness Railway locomotives, carriages and wagons displayed by the Cumbrian Railways Association.

They were made by Manchester Model Railway Club members Bill Shillcock and Ross Pochin and the collection was bought by the association in 2008.

Mr Pochin, of Disley, Cheshire, made scale models as a hobby from his busy job as a Manchester advertising executive

An article in The Mail on March 16 in 1967 described how he worked.

It noted: "A modelling enthusiast for more than 40 years, Mr Pochin took 1,400 hours of leisure time to build his seven tiny Furness locomotives, constructed to EM gauge and hand-made in every component.

"At present he is working on a Furness locomotive of 1865.

"A stickler for accuracy and realism, Mr Pochin works from original manufacturers' drawngs to produce authentic models.

"His research into its history probably makes him one of Britain's outstanding authorities on the old Furness Railway."

Among the model collection is Furness Railway locomotive No 37 which was built by Sharp, Stewart in 1896 and No 123 which was made by the same firm in 1890 and used to pull the Belfast boat train to Ramsden Dock until 1904 when the service transferred to Heysham.

You can find out more about the work of the association on its website at www.cumbrianrailways.org.uk