Steam railway
A great look at the Santa trains on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway 🙂
CAS Weekly 12/12/15
Originally posted on Calling All Stations:
Image From TfL Museum Shop Modelling Engine Shed look at Hornby’s upcoming B12 and Q6 Class locos. Livery samples of Bachmann’s Wickham Trolley. UK Rail Rail fares set for annual increase. What’s the most expensive journey per mile? It’s no good building a new railway if it sucks. Scotland’s also doing it’s best to…
First Oxford Rail Adams Radial tank on the way.
Graham Muz has a look at sample of the new Oxford Adams radial tank which will be coming out soon. Southern Railway, Fisherton Sarum, Canute Road Quay & Westhill Road Oxford Rail, the new brand of The 4mm scale road vehicle manufacturer Oxford Diecast, announced last November their intention to enter the UK 4mm 00 scale ready…
‘A high entertainment standard’ – films from our archive at the 2015 Aesthetica Short Film Festival
I have long been interested in the Big Fours films after seeing them on YouTube and its really fascinating to see behind the scenes.
Shizuoka: Oigawa Railway Steam TrainÂ
Originally posted on liemzie:
In October we enjoyed a lovely day trip on a steam train on the Oigawa railway in Shizuoka. We didn’t know about the railway before arriving in Shizuoka city, and when we checked their website it said reservations had to be made more than 24 hours in advance. That meant we…
Hornby An Ex-LSWR Coaches update & the B17 and Class 91 Arrive / News |
Hello and welcome to another edition of The Engine Shed – your behind the scenes look into the Hornby Development workshop, giving you an insight into what goes into producing our models as well as providing a little history about what inspired us to produce the models on your layouts.After last week’s announcement of the…
The Bure Valley Railway
Originally posted on Steve's Narrow Gauge Railway Adventure:
Last weekend I took the Bure Valley Railway ‘boat train’ from Aylsham to Wroxham, enjoyed a boat tour of the Norfolk Broads, and took the train back again. The Bure Valley Railway was originally a standard gauge line. It was interesting to travel under standard gauge…
Rally in the Valley
Originally posted on Whizzbang1698:
This years vintage Traction Engine and Steam Roller event The Rally in the Valley takes place 18-19 July 2015 at The Edgar Davies Rugby Ground, on Severn Park, Bridgnorth. The Rally in the Valley originally began in 2008 as the public launch of the Trevithick Replica Engine CATCH ME WHO CAN,…
J15 R3232 Red Box Review
Originally posted on Albion Yard:
Hornby J15 R3232 One of the latest items released by Hornby is the Great Eastern Wordsell designed Y14. The type first entered service in 1883 and was reclassified to arguably its more common designation of J15 after Grouping by the London & North Eastern Railway. The model as received depicts…
Model Railway Track: Code 75 or 100?
Originally posted on Calling All Stations:
So you’ve picked a scale to model in. It would be reasonable to think that the most important part of railway modelling – i.e. the track and the stock – would be an accurate scaled down version of the real thing. Well you’d be wrong. Image from modelrailforum.com OO…
Loco Yard 