The preservation files: the shunters

The growth in the ‘fleet’ of preserved ex-main line loco seems to have slowed down in recent years due to a number of factors: fewer locos becoming available, a possible saturation of the fleet, and d

Further to the article in the June 2025 issue on USA tank No. 30064 and its supporting overview of the S100 class 0-6-0Ts that arrived on these shores, the following may help clarify matters, given th

Dear Editor: The article on the GWR Hall class locos and the photo taken from Westbury Lane bridge, Purley, Berks as it was then, brought back wartime memories as a 6 year old boy. The signals shown a

We’ve received a bumper crop of new books this month, so here’s a special edition of Modeller’s Bookshelf, featuring a range of titles that will inform and inspire your modelling.

ANDY COMFORT heads away from the main line and onto branch or regional lines for his DMU fix

Provision likely to be on an ‘as required’ basis