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!

RICHARD WILCOCK goes up on the roof to get a first-hand report on how the teams have kept the UK’s busiest station open while repairing its Victorian roof

Quintessentially English, creating the country cottage idyll for your layout is easier than you might think, as Chris Nevard discovered…

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

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

A direct comparison across 60 years sets CHRIS LEIGH thinking about standards.