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Nothing is really new. CHRIS LEIGH remembers where he first saw diesel railcars wit

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Model Rail Magazine

16 January 2025

Railways Illustrated

Was this the modern world?

he British Transport Commission’s Modernisation of the Railway report was released on January 25, 1955, by its chairman, Sir Brian Robertson, and suggested a £1.24 billion spend on the railways to upd

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Backscene

An envelope of old pictures has turned Chris Leigh ’s thoughts to narrow gauge and how times have changed where ready-to-run narrow gauge is concerned.

Railways Illustrated

How can you get more passengers?

In light of the raft of recently cancellations by virtually all promoters, it begs the question, ‘how do we entice more people on charter trains?’ The obvious answer is a combination of price, destina

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Railways Illustrated

Was this the modern world?

Model Rail

Backscene

An envelope of old pictures has turned Chris Leigh ’s thoughts to narrow gauge and how times have changed where ready-to-run narrow gauge is concerned.

Railways Illustrated

How can you get more passengers?

Model Rail

Create a work aday a industrial sad dle tank

HOW TO

Model Rail

Reviving a stroudley 042

The place to share your projects with the Model Rail community.

Model Rail

Create a shabby net work southeast class 50

HOW TO