Thursday, October 16, 2025

Veinenburg railway museum

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Perceived wisdom is that British trains are always late, while those in Europe run to time. This isn't true, as I found out when travell...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: Das Lagerhaus

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I left Aachen for Wernigerode, so experience the HSB. Of course, when wandering around the town, I couldn't help but snap a few of the m...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Modell Center Hünerbein

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  Arriving in Aachen mid-afternoon, I idly typed "Model shops Aachen" into Google, and it pointed me at  Modell Center Hünerbein ....
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Monday, October 13, 2025

Germany 2025

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While you've been enjoying my posts, and possibly wondering why they were a little more random than usual, I've been on my travels. ...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Stafford 2025

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  An early start to be at Stafford show on the Sunday. Along with York, this is a show for me, not necessarily for work.  First stop is alwa...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

Saturday Film Club: Load your wagons

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Another of my World of Railways videos has been released into the wild, this time showing how to load those empty wagons running on your lay...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Turbo car upgrades

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  Drop into the model railway club often enough, and you see some sights. Recently, one of the madder OO gauge team had a Tri-ang Battlespac...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

Garden Rail November 2025

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  Think big – and not just in your back garden! This month, we spotlight Warton Road, a stunning Gauge 3 layout that’s too impressive to st...
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: City centre slipway

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    Right in the centre of York, there is a sizable boat slipway. It appears to be a private facility for City Cruises, as one of their boat...
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Finished flat

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  One final job on the flat wagon - applying the transfers. Easier to do than to photograph, I assure you.  Those supplied in the kit are of...
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Monday, October 06, 2025

Woodleigh flat wagon

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  Now I have a stock box for the 16mm, 45mm gauge goods wagons , there is space for another one - as long as it's a flat wagon. Now, I v...
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Sunday, October 05, 2025

Yorkshire Garden Railway show 2025

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    You can't have missed that the modern railway is 200 years old this year. All sorts of events are taking place to commemorate this m...
Saturday, October 04, 2025

Saturday Film Club: How to build a Shannon class lifeboat

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I've not done any model boat building this year. Maybe watching the pros doing it might inspire me? 
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Friday, October 03, 2025

Mystery point

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Picked up for a couple of quid from a preserved railway, this point is an interesting mystery. Three-rail, and obviously hand-made, it could...
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Thursday, October 02, 2025

Dray time in BRM November

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  It's BRM time again, and this month I've built a horse-drawn dray from the venerable Peco kit. Conceived as a quick project, it...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Warehouse Wednesday: Whitley Bay station, and a K4!

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  Thanks to Duncan for his photos taken around Whitley Bay station. The building is impressive, and interesting to see the addition of the M...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Little people

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  It's time to play, spot the personality! Having videod Redbridge Wharf some time ago, it seems that they have commemorated my visit wi...
Monday, September 29, 2025

More Giraffe photos

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  You've got to hand it to the Rapido team. Inspired by my video, they dropped everything and printed a couple of giraffe heads, and wer...
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Sunday, September 28, 2025

Rapido Railex 2025

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  Ahh, Maidenhead. This year, I managed the run down there in under 6 hours, and arrived in time to help set up the stand. Useful, as I'...