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

Much of Bachmann’s recent output in the way of new OO gauge diesel locomotive tooling has focused on revamping existing types, this variously encompassing Classes 08, 20, 37, 47 and 66. It is nice, th

I doubt there are any drivers still alive who were among some of the first to be trained on driving the English Electric Type 5s – the famous Deltic – in 1961. For those who were trained at the time,

When I started trainspotting in April 1981, it was at Berkswell Station, between Coventry and Birmingham International, and a five-mile bike ride from my home town of Kenilworth. I’d tried Tile Hill s

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

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