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Behind the scenes: Retaining heritage skills for the future
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In our latest feature about apprentices at the Severn Valley Railway, we meet 21-year-old George Brogan, who is in his final year in the carriage & wagon department at Kidderminster. Since July, he’s been working on vehicle No. 80776, a British Railways Mk1 carriage. This innovative project will see the creation of an entirely ‘new’…
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Throwback to LBSCR becoming wired for power
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As early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.
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Boden Rail ‘50’ sold to Great Central
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THE Great Central Railway has bought Class 50 No. 50017 Royal Oak from Boden Rail. The sale of the ‘Hoover’, minus its main line running safety systems, was completed on February 1, ending a nervous few days in which the loco had been threatened with scrapping.Royal Oak, one of two Class 50s owned by Boden…
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What’s in the Shops: ‘Hoovers’, ‘Grids’ and ‘Skips’
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It’s been a great month for diesel model fans, with some great reissues by Hornby.
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Layouts we love: ‘O’, what an amazing sight!
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Roy James’s immense O-scale urban layout ‘Dream City’ covers 2000 square feet and features stations named after his grandchildren.
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Layouts we love: ‘O’, what an amazing sight!
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If you want to watch something truly incredible, make yourself comfortable, open the video link at the end of this feature.
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Layouts we love: The delicate dance of an A4 Pacific
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Pete Kelly is caught up in nostalgia as he spends an hour surrounded by John White’s remarkable OO-scale Leeds and Doncaster layout. John White has built several well-known O-scale layouts, including one that can now be seen at the Oakham Treasures Museum in Bristol called ‘Oakham Halt’, which the public can operate, and which he…
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Layouts we love: What are my model locos and rolling stock really worth?
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There are many ways of disposing of model railway collections, and each has its benefits. We look at today’s booming pre-used market. Railway modelling is a restless hobby: no sooner is a layout complete than a new idea crops up and we find ourselves already thinking about something else – and if that entails a…
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Your Gallery | Prince at Porthmadog
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Alan sent in this picture of Prince being prepared at Porthmadog.
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Your Gallery | David’s trip to see the Bahamas
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David Moyle headed to the much-anticipated Bahamas Renaissance railtour, and kindly sent in these great pictures.
