British Railways Standard 9F Class

Regarded by many as the ultimate and best British Railway Standard class, the 9F is also generally considered the finest

DCC Stay-Alive – is it as good as it sounds?

I’m sure I’m not alone in being frustrated by model locomotives not running well. Getting constant power to a model’s motor is an all too common problem. There is a lot that we can do to help this – keeping the track, wheels and power wipers clean and of course having good well-laid track…

2012 RTR Southern Stock

By now I’m sure that most of the readers of this blog are well aware of Bachmann’s 2012/13 new models. The announcements can be found on Bachmann’s website. Graham Muz has detailed the southern items expertly. Looking at the forthcoming Hornby/Bachmann/Dapol (Kernow Model Centre) there are some items of interest for the 00 scale Southern…

… And the Youngest

The youngest (prototype) I own is a model of the last locomotive constructed by British Railways – 92220 Evening Star. Built in 1960, this locomotive is merely 52 years old. This is not a “resident” but visits he line regularly from the display cabinet. This started life as a Hornby Railroad version. The railroad range…