Showing posts with label tram. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tram. Show all posts
Friday, September 04, 2026

Book Review: Manx Electric Railway - Motorman Basics Handbook

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  It's time to order my 2027 calendar - the 2026 one is filling up with all sorts of things, and bookings will soon stretch past Decembe...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Hellingly Hospital Tramcar

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If there was a list of model rail vehicles I never expected to see, the Hellingly Hospital Railway tramcar is very high on the list, but th...
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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Crich Model Trams 2026

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I had a lot of reasons for visiting the model tramway event at Crich this year.  First, I'm layout shopping for work. I've always fe...
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Friday, May 08, 2026

Plastic tram, made in Hong Kong

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He's a blast from the past, a plastic tramcar, Made in Hong Kong.  Other than the code number L No.547, and the title "A Double Dec...
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Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Pan down trams

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The trickiest part of any tramway model is the overhead. Unless you model a very specific location, such as Wolverhampton with its stud cont...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Saturday Film Club: 1972: Crich's National Tramway Museum

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Shot in1972, this is a proper bit of history, showing the early days at Crich tramway museum, including the working quarry, which is now der...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Paint on the VER car

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  A quick update on the Volks Car - painting has started using the closest colours I have to hand. Precision Paints LNER coach cream for the...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Volks Electric Railway - Car 2

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  Fate sometimes pushes projects your way. Wandering around Bournville show, I found a trader who was new to me - DoubleM Models .  Most of ...
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Monday, August 25, 2025

Crich haul

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  For a show that I didn't really rate, I still managed to come away with some interesting "stuff". Kicking off with the Tramw...
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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Model trams at Crich 2025

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    As I sat outside the Red Lion pub at the tramway museum, I reflected that this was a rare occasion. I'd travelled to a model show, a...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Little Lisbon trams

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Did I go all the way to Lisbon to see trams, and not bring back some souveniers? Don't be daft! Ryanair luggauge limits, obviously reduc...
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Sunday, March 30, 2025

Riding the trams in Lisbon

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This time last week, I was on day two of a short break to Lisbon. A full-on city break with my travelling buddy. We flew out 9:30am Saturday...
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Monday, September 30, 2024

Under the skin of Blackpool 298

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I love seeing quality workmaship, esecially on wood. What you are looking at here is Blackpool 298 undergoing some serious restoration.  Wh...
Sunday, August 25, 2024

Model trams at Crich 2024

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A few photos from the recent model tramway show at Crich.  Of course there was cake, and much less sickly than it looked! Hopefully a couple...
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Saturday, January 06, 2024

Saturday Film Club: Moving a tramcar

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On the face of it, this is an interesting video showing how to move a full-size tramcar from one museum store to another.  However, look in ...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Model Tramway Exhibition 2023

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  Of to Crich Tramway village for the annual model tram exhibition. And, this is difficult to write. It wasn't very good.  Normally, I...
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