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

In the final instalment of this series, Peter Marriott adds details to his Cornish china clay-themed layout and explains how he created the realistic stream.

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.

Staff Show & Tell

Running along the western side of Southampton Water, the nine-mile Southern Railway branch line from Totton to Fawley has rarely attracted much attention from railway historians, but there is much of

Beth and Dan Tarling took on an old cottage near a Cornish coastal path and created a colourful, layered look that celebrates the cottage’s seaside setting