About Us

The Carlisle & District O Gauge Group - CDOGG are railway modellers who model in 'O' gauge, to a scale of 7mm to one foot (1:43.5). The majority of our group model British standard gauge railways, although a few of us do dabble in 7mm narrow gauge and one of our members has an interest in North American railways. As a group we do not model any particular British Railway region or era and on Running Days, pre-nationalisation steam locos and stock can be spotted running alongside modern diesel locos on our Kinchley Lane layout.

Membership

For details on CDOGG membership, please click 'here' or visit the 'Membership' page under the 'Information' tab above.

Our Club Room

This is situated in the undercroft of Carlisle Citadel railway station. Here you can find our scenic layout, 'Kinchley Lane' which provides continuous running for both DC or DCC stock.

Meetings

We meet regularly on Wednesday evenings to maintain our layout as well as to test and run our members' stock
Running days are held most Saturdays, between 10am and 4pm, where again, members can bring and run their stock. Please click 'here' for further information about our Running Days.
A monthly business meeting is held at the Ex-Servicesmen's Club,1 Albert Street, Carlisle CA1 1HZ on the last Tuesday of each month commencing at 7:30pm. All members are welcome to attend.

Social activities

Every June we hold a CDOGG Annual Show at Ivegill Village Hall. Please click 'here' for information about our 2026 event.
From time to time we arrange group visits to model railway exhibitions and preserved railways.
We occasionally take our static display and information stands to model railway exhibitions, such as SOLRAIL at Workington, and display the O gauge models owned by CDOGG members.
Each December there is a Christmas evening dinner and in January a New Years lunch.