All of the layouts featured in Model Rail ...

Northern engineering endeavour, tinged with 1980s teenage memories, inspired Alistair Stripp to model a Scottish Highland railway, ‘Beachdale’.

Ben Ando is the founder of Revolution Trains and a regular contributor to Model Rail .

George Dent pays a visit to Merseyside Model Railway Society’s Birkenhead clubrooms, discovers some great layouts, enjoys a convivial atmosphere… and parks himself on some very special seats!

This month’s 10 Pictures come from Leeds-based photographer Anthony Hicks, who has been taking images since the age of 12. Brought up in Leamington Spa, he inherited his love of railways, heritage and

Having sat patiently on a shelf for a few years, the time has come for this Andrew Barclay 040ST to shine, as Chris Nevard portrays an oily, dusty and careworn industrial workhorse.