Model Rail magazine’s editor rounds up the latest modelling news

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Pick up the phone, call your local railway, offer to volunteer, and it could be the start of a whole new adventure, says ALEX ALDER. You might even go the whole hog and buy an engine…

Too much that’s too specific? CHRIS LEIGH ponders the impact of modern product lines on retailers.

03145 – Moreton Park: A replacement dynamo had been sourced for 03145 and once fitted, it allowed the loaned dynamo to be returned to D2302. As usual, 03145 was regularly used for shunting and transfe

This month’s images are provided by Neil Scarlett, a West Yorkshire-based enthusiast. He says: “My earliest railway memories are as a 12-year-old watching grimy steam-hauled freights passing the botto