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Today I enjoyed a pleasant day out at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace in the company of Peter and Malcolm, ex-work colleagues. It’s a simple journey from Redhill to north London – train to Victoria, Victoria line underground to Finsbury Park, then two stops on the Kings Cross…
Today we have a short video showing the manufacture of a component for the brake gear of Merchant Navy class 35005 Canadian Pacific by Alfie Lloyd in the Watercress Line’s machine shop. Please visit http://www.watercressline.co.uk/canpac for more details on the project and click here to donate and help complete the good work. Filmed by Alfie Lloyd,…
An interesting look at some of the rolling stock on the North Norfolk Railway. Squire’s Portable Bar By guest blogger Don Campbell Steam Preservation Railways are becoming ever more popular and, with the increased revenue, the Societies have been ploughing more and more money into restoring not only locomotives but also old rolling stock –…
If there was ever proof needed that model railways can be very imaginative, this depiction of Middle Earth is definitely it! Hobbiton End is a fantastic narrow gauge branch line built by Simon Addelsee. It is set some 50 years after the Lord of the Rings novels of JRR Tolkien (and subsequent film adaptions), with the premise…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the latest update from the 35011 General Steam Navigation project which went live today featuring the launch of the Whistle fund, our next gala stand, new mugs, working weekend and the latest on the Membership Society. Being a member of the 35011 team I am obviously thrilled about…
Today we have a short video showing restoration progress of Bulleid Open Third carriage 1456, from images taken over several months up until March 2016, all condensed into a few seconds. This is part of the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘Canadian Pacific’ Project. These shots were taken and edited by Senior Trainee Ali Steele. Please visit http://www.watercressline.co.uk/canpac for more details on the…
I was only able to attend the final day of this S & D fest but boy did I have a good day! The stations were all renamed and they had made a terrific effort to bring in some great loco’s. Put that together with sunshine and blue skies all day and you have a…
Last Saturday I was lucky enough to visit the West Somerset Railway for their Spring steam gala commemorating the 50th anniversary of the closure of the much lamented S&D line. The stations were all renamed after suitable S&D stations for the week, and an impressive loco lineup was formed, with GWR locos banished into the…
This excellent sped-up video was filmed by David Franklin. It condenses into one and a half minutes the busy locomotive yard in Ropley on the morning of the first day of the Autumn Steam Gala 2015. Enjoy! Royalty Free Music: Slow Motion – http://www.Bensound.com
The marvellous models on this page were scratch built, which is an incredible feat. However, most surprising of all was the medium used – cardboard. These are just a small selection of EG Best of Winchester’s collection of hand made cardboard models.
