Model of the Week – Rebuilt West Country Class – 34026 Yes Tor

The West Country class were one of Southern Railway’s Chief Mechanical Engineer OVS Bulleid’s idiosyncratic designs.  They were classified as Mixed Traffic locomotives, mainly so that authorisation to build would be granted – these are essentially an express locomotive design.  Originally all were built with “air smoothed casing” to facilitate cleaning through mechanical washers, they…

Train Set Buying Guide 2013

Last year, a buying guide was published for train sets and seeing as we are close to Christmas I thought it high time we update it with those in the 2013 ranges.  The reviews are based on knowledge of the contents of the set’s and therefore we will not look at specific diesel or Thomas…

The Cathedrals Express Part 2

Once again we briefly see LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 no’s 44871 and 45407 (The Lancashire Fusilier) with the Cathedral’s Express, this time on the afternoon of the 9th December.  Also see this morning’s advent calendar blog post (click here) for a good view of these two beautiful machines.  I was lucky enough to see this…