Wooden planter for vegetables and flowers. Photo via www.patriciaspatchwork.blogspot.mk 12. Blue painted train made of whisky barrels;

The official launch took place on Tuesday 11 th July, with representatives from Community Rail Cumbria, Northern, ISS and The Maryporters who were all present to witness the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to Tony. Following on from the success of this project, Community Rail Cumbria are now in the process of working with Gen2 on ideas for a future project at Whitehaven railway station.

Station Adopters – The Maryporters engaged with the teachers and pupils from Netherall Secondary School, who assisted with the planting of flowers at the railway station, including the new train planter. With the support of Northern and ISS the train planter has now been installed and sits proudly on the platform for all to see. Interesting decorative element for your outdoor place. Cheap and easy for doing. Photo via www.fabartdiy.com 11. Wooden train made of whisky barrels; White wooden planter for your outdoor place. Do it yourself! Photo via www.fabartdiy.com 5. Easy for doing wooden train planter; This train it’s easy for doing and also fun. Take a glimpse! Photo via www.pixabay.com 2. Train made of wooden logs; Great wooden train planter of your garden! Photo via www.jdrfencing.co.uk 10. Wooden train planter;

The project was inspired by a train built by Tony Messenger, a trainer at Gen2 who sadly passed away. Welding & Fabrication Trainer/Assessor Simon Farrar set a challenge, as part of their course work, to a group of young apprentices (Steven Fiddler, Stephen Temple, Dylan Tuner, Tyler Harrel and Blake Miller) to design and build a bigger train to be used as a planter at the railway station. Over a number of months, Simon and the apprentices took this from an idea to the final build. Community Rail Cumbria, Northern and The Maryporters have been working in partnership with the staff and apprentices at Gen2, who have designed and produced a wonderful bespoke train planter for the bi-directional platform at Maryport railway station.