Unless stated otherwise, all photographs on this site are by Tony Wright, courtesy of British Railway Modelling

Wolverhampton Model Railway Club was formed in 1973, initially becoming a section of the Fordhouses and Oxley Community Association (FOCA) and later also a member of the now defunct Association of Midland Model Railway Clubs. The club joined the Chiltern Model Railway Association in 1993 and remains a member to this day.

The club starting by holding weekly meetings in the FOCA Community Centre at Pendeford High School in Marsh Lane, Fordhouses. However, a major drawback of the Community Centre was that the room was only available to the club on Tuesday evenings and for the occasional Saturday. At the end of each session, the room had to be cleared to allow for its use by other community groups.

The construction of the club's first layout, Pendeford, soon commenced and, despite the  less than ideal conditions, fairly quickly completed. This was a freelance 00 gauge layout, which made its first public appearance at the Adult Education Centre, Old Hall Street, Wolverhampton in 1974.

It subsequently appeared at several other local exhibitions/events during the period 1974 to 1977, at which point it was retired.

The club's second project was an N gauge construction. This was shown at the club's first exhibition which was held at Pendeford High School in 1976. The layout was developed, extended and detailed over an extended period to reach its current incarnation as Oxendale Junction. Oxendale still attends exhibitions throughout the country under the club banner.