TONY STREETER examines how the railways conquered the globe… and continue to do so

The model railway hobby may have some issues with the advancing age of modellers, but it’s not all gloom says CHRIS LEIGH .

PART ONE

The railway has been shaped by its people -from the early pioneers, through waves of immigration and women in wartime, to today’s diverse leaders. TONY STREETER reports

Being too young to go to Shildon in 1975, my railway hobby started with the Liverpool and Manchester Rocket 150 celebrations in May 1980. I have lasting memories of visiting Rainhill for the cavalcade

This is a layout that probably wouldn’t have been built, had not David Joughin battled back against a life-changing medical condition. The results speak for themselves.