1940s Weekend – East Lancashire Railway

A great look at the 1940s weekend at the East Lancs. It looks to have been brilliantly event with lots of nods to the past. I will be attending the Mid Hands war on the line event in a few weeks which will have a similar feel to it.

Steam train excursion from Dundalk

Originally posted on Talk of the Town:
Thanks to local photographer Darran Rafferty for sharing these superb pictures of a steam train coming into Dundalk today. The Dundalk Railway Heritage Society, in conjunction with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, ran an excursion from Clarke Station to Connolloy Station in Dublin. You can check out…

Review: Hornby Class 50

Originally posted on Calling All Stations:
Every modeller no doubt has a ‘wish list’ of locos he or she wants to buy. Usually they are very long wish lists and of course I am no different. Every model I have reviewed thus far had previously featured on my list of desirables. Today, however, something different… Something of…

On the local exhibition road…Loughborough Road

Some exhibitions well worth catching and an interesting use of a traverser! Southern Railway, Fisherton Sarum, Canute Road Quay & Westhill Road This Saturday I will be assisting fellow High Wycombe and District MRS members Alan and Simon Paley with their delightful Pre-Grouping Midland and London North Western Railway layout Loughborough Road at the Milton Keynes Model Railway Society’s…