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Category: Features

Modelling basics: A decision on size

12th March 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Modelling

Model railways, as the name implies, are based on small-scale representations of the real thing, so the choice for new modellers is the actual model’s scale.

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The Golden Age of the ‘Big Four’

10th March 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, From the archive

The 1930s were the golden age of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies, placing the country’s many diverse railway companies under government control.

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A brief history of Canadian Pacific

26th February 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, Railtours, Steam

Canadian Pacific is now the oldest survivor of the Merchant Navy class. Built in 1941 at Eastleigh Works, the locomotive entered service on January 13, 1942.

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Returning No. 35005 Canadian Pacific to action

25th February 2020 Sam Hewitt Features
No 35005 Canadian Pacific

The restoration of the Mid-Hants Railway’s Merchant Navy 4-6-2 No. 35005 Canadian Pacific (CP) is more that ‘just’ a locomotive overhaul.

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Why is Flying Scotsman a Pacific?

20th February 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

No 1472 was the third of a class of steam locomotives that was eventually to number 79 engines, and did not originally even carry a name.

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Why does snow stop trains running?

10th February 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Network

In years gone by the UK has faced some relatively heavy snowfall, leaving passengers asking the question: Why does snow stop trains running?

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The ‘Wansbeck Piper’: A 1960s steam tour

7th February 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, Steam

Discover the Wansbeck Valley Railway in rural Northumberland, 53 years ago, on the ‘Wansbeck Piper’, the final train to travel over the route.

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VIDEO: Unboxing Hornby’s Hogsmeade station model from Harry Potter

3rd February 2020 Ben Stockdale Features, Modelling, Video

Take a look at the Hogsmeade station buildings, part of Hornby’s Harry Potter collection, and bring your magical layouts to life.

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East Midlands: Preserved railways, museums and centres…

28th January 2020 Shannon Butcher Diesel, Features, Network, Steam

The East Midlands is a large and varied area, and its contribution to railway preservation is equally eclectic. The premier preserved steam railway is undoubtedly the Great Central Railway…

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Driver Experience: Driving a Deltic!

21st January 2020 Shannon Butcher Diesel, Features

Chris Newton recalls his recent driver experience course at the Nene Valley Railway on Deltic diesel locomotive No. 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier.

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