LEGENDARY song producer Pete Waterman is set to install a 15 metre long model railway at Chester Cathedral.

Locomotives will steam into city attraction this summer as part of a brand-new event for families and model-railway enthusiasts called ‘Making Tracks: Trains Through the Ages.’

The ‘Making Tracks’ event is one of a series of special events taking place across 2020 to celebrate ‘Journeys’.

At the centre of the ‘Making Tracks’ event will be the bespoke model railway which will demonstrate the history of trains through the ages.

The railway has been designed by railway enthusiast Pete Waterman OBE, who will also build the installation alongside the team who created the famous ‘Leamington Spa’ model.

He said: “I’ve been on a fantastic journey already with the cathedral and I’m really excited for what’s to come. Our creation will look fantastic in the setting of the cathedral’s South Transept, and I know young children, and the young-at-heart like me, will love it.”

Dean of Chester, the Very Revd Dr Tim Stratford, said: “As we celebrate our year of Journeys, and cathedrals nationally celebrate Year of Pilgrimage, Year of Cathedrals, I’m delighted to welcome an event that celebrates our engineering achievements – and in this respect, their creative endeavours too – into our cathedral.”

All aboard! Making Tracks: Trains Through the Ages opens on Saturday, July 18, until Saturday, August 29. The event is open Monday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm.