No, I’m not talking about a kennel! Those who have been keeping track of what feels like an odyssey in my search to find a idea for a layout will know that the scale of my ambition has been reduced to something achievable and I have decided to create a small shunting layout. The idea…
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture – Hornby’s Smokey Joe has been wrapped under Christmas tree’s since 1983, today we see the real thing!
Originally posted on Bristol Harbour Railway Blog:
As previously mentioned on this blog, in 1981, the Western Fuel Co.’s diesel shunter Western Pride was in need of an overhaul. This locomotive was used to shunt wagons on the dockside and into the WFC compound, as well as trip workings along the New Cut to Ashton…
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture!
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture courtesy and copyright of Dave Bushell wychminster.wordpress.com)
Although we reported the news from this big railway exhibition (click here to read) we did not look at the layouts. Matt Wickham of the Bluebell Model Railway fame (check out his website here) has kindly allowed us to share his video of many of the layouts. There were some real beauties there, enjoy!
Click on the picture to reveal today’s Advent picture!
At 6AM starting tomorrow and until the 24th December we will publish a new railway themed Christmas photograph every day, each time hiding behind the locoyard engine shed doors! We would like to have a variety of images from different people this year to make things more interesting. If you have a winter themed railway…
Far too much time seems to go by whilst gathering thoughts for a new model railway (or dithering as some may say!) Over a month ago I had resolved to look for a model railway plan that didn’t involve being too big a project and something that had a scenario or story that could be…
Us railway enthusiasts have much to thank the armies of volunteers that keep heritage railways alive. There is hardly a part of the country that does not have a heritage railway nearby, which means that when on holiday in the UK you have usually have many options. An exception to this rule however, is the…
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