Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another great layout from the Southampton Model show in January, this time we will be featuring P4 gauge layout called Flintcombe. The layout represents the end of a fictional spur running to the south west from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Sturminster Newton. Thomas Hardy’s novel…
Today I went to the annual Super Train model train show with my friend Arthur. We also went last year. There was some new model train groups there this year, some missing from last year, and a lot of carryover from the previous year. I’ve been going to this show since I was young; back then with…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at this great post which was published on the National Railway Museums blog penned by Chris McCandless-Stone, Deputy Fleet Performance Manager for Eurostar. Je Suis Un Train As a matter of fact I’m a rather cosmopolitan train – part-French, part-Brummie. I was born, raised and tested in Belfort, France…
Tonight we are looking at Steve 009s adventures in Wales visiting various railways in the area. At the beginning of April I spent a couple of days in Wales. The itinerary was simple: Day One the Talyllyn, Day Two the Welshpool and Llanfair. So let’s go! Day One: The Talyllyn Railway At Tywyn Wharf it…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at some great news coming out of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway where after just a week after the railways president, Pete Waterman, launched a share offer to raise the £1.25m needed to complete the line to Broadway, £251,000 or 20% of the total has already been reached! If share…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at another great model railway that was on display at the Southampton Model Railway Exhibition in January. The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway from Weston to Clevedon as a tramway in 1897, converted to a ‘light railway’ in 1899 and finally extended to Portishead in 1907. It allowed local…
Good evening, Following on from yesterdays post looking at the overhaul of legendary A4 Sir Nigel Gresley tonight we have another post from the National Railway Museum in York. Written by Angelique Bonamy the museums Associate Archivist for its Film & Sound Collections she looks at the museums film collection. Last November we told…
Good evening, Tonight we are looking at the latest post from the National Railway Museum featuring the overhaul of legendary A4 Sir Nigel Gresley which is coming along at a tremendous rate. Week commencing 14 March 2016 This week saw the completion of the removal of all the tube ends. The last to be removed…
Tonight we have a quick post looking at some great photos of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.
To say this blog has strong links with the Mid Hants railway we haven’t had many photos of locomotives in steam recently am with with Sed30s visit to the line this week it seems appropriate to share his photos On the way home from the Bay popped into Ropley – not much happening drove…
Loco Yard 