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

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!

The Basildon Model Railway Club ’s re-creation of the London Blitz highlights how the railways – and the capital – kept running through some of Britain’s darkest days.

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

All of the layouts featured in Model Rail ...

Having once worked for British Rail with Kensington Olympia as part of his patch, Andy Gibbs set out to recreate the station and its Motorail terminal in 2mm scale.