How train tracks are laid

Having built a small diorama, George Dent tests a new ballast product aimed at the contemporary Scottish scene, and offers a range of application tips.

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CHRISTIAN WOLMAR chronicles the dire safety conditions that led to the birth of the unions, and examines their continued presence on today’s railway

A chance buy inspired Chris Nevard to create a little-modelled cameo that you can re-create with some simple weathering and scratchbuilding.

Moving a 117-tonne Class 50 between railways, neither of which is main line-connected, calls for a specialist company. Allelys is just the ticket, as PIP DUNN discovers