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Colourful N-gauge wagons from Pennine
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Pennine Wagons, who supply limited-edition ready-to-run N-gauge wagons by mail order via the internet, have just taken delivery of two new special commission wagons. These latest additions to the range are wooden-bodied open wagons made by Peco, one a seven-plank wagon in the livery of British Insulated & Helsby Cables Ltd, and the other a…
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Back to Buntingford
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Pete Fowler first thought about building an OO-scale layout of the former Buntingford branch terminus in Hertfordshire 30 years ago, but was put off by the lack of information then available. The internet has changed all that – and Pete Kelly brings this progress report on a charming and atmospheric layout in progress. Imagine the…
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New livery for Freightliner’s second batch of MWAs
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The classic British Racing green adopted in the late-1990s has been retired.
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FEBRUARY 2019
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FEATURES A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTUREUsing virtual reality to train rail engineers. MANCHESTER VICTORIA 175The station celebrates a major milestone. WESTERN DIESELS60 years of change on the Western Region. 0-60: CLASS 444Third rail but second rate? THEN & NOW: MILTON KEYNES Spot the difference over 10 years. REGULARS SUBSCRIPTION OFFERSThe best ways to get Rail…
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Lady Diana Spencer to return to the main line
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No. 47712 Lady Diana Spencer is set to return to the main line during 2019.
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Cumbrian Coast Express ‘Tractors’ bow out
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December saw the last loco-hauled workings by Northern on the Cumbrian Coast route.
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Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?
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The Williams Review has become mired in intense lobbying from a generation of past experts.
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Narrow and minimum gauge at Warley show
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FULL-sized narrow gauge exhibits at the November 23-25 Warley Model Railway Exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC featured Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway’s Davey Paxman 4-6-2 No. 2 Northern Chief and 4-8-2 No. 6 Samson, together with the line’s Royal Saloon coach, War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0T WDLR No. 303 and Statfold Barn Railway’s Hudswell, Clarke ‘P’ class 0-6-0T…
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Narrow and minimum gauge at Warley show
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FULL-sized narrow gauge exhibits at the November 23-25 Warley Model Railway Exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC featured Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway’s Davey Paxman 4-6-2 No. 2 Northern Chief and 4-8-2 No. 6 Samson, together with the line’s Royal Saloon coach, War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0T WDLR No. 303 and Statfold Barn Railway’s Hudswell, Clarke ‘P’ class 0-6-0T…