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By BEN CHURCH 14th July 2024

… pinnacle of express passenger motive power for the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). But does Hornby’s new … of Atholl, LMS Crimson Lake Builder: LMS Crewe Works Region: London Midland/Scottish Gauge: ‘TT:120’ Scale: 2.54mm:1ft Length: …

By EVAN GREEN-HUGHES 15th June 2024

… if correctly modelled it can help emphasise the period, region and realism of a model railway, as EVAN GREEN-HUGHES … variations were, however, not so obvious. For instance, a Midland Railway (MR) signalbox usually had fewer levers in it … which are rarely mentioned, let alone modelled. The London Midland & Scottish Railway installed a version of American …

By MARK CHIVERS 28th April 2024

… handmade ready-to-run ‘OO’ gauge locomotives is the London Midland & Scottish Railway (ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire … (ex L&YR) Aspinall Class 27 0-6-0 Builder: Horwich Works Region: Midland Gauge: ‘OO’, 16.5mm Scale:  4mm:1ft Length: 194mm …

By PAULINE MCKENNA 27th July 2024

… Gauge: 'N' | Region: Western | Period: 1975-1982 | Operating team: … 14 road storage yard for an existing 'N' layout Dewsbury Midland there was talk of using it for a new modern image …

By TREVOR JONES and BEN CHURCH 10th March 2024

… Above: Allocated to Guildford shed on the Southern Region for its final year or so in service, BR ‘3MT’ … Stephenson. Robert Riddles was originally from the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and during the Second World … ‘2MT’ 2-6-2T 84007 heads away from Seaton under the Midland Railway main line with a train for Stamford on April …

By MIKE WILD 15th June 2024

… locomotives for the modeller. They worked across the Midland and Eastern regions as well as into Scotland and were … BR Derby Works, Darlington Works and Beyer, Peacock Region: London Midland/Eastern Region Gauge: ‘OO’ , 16.5mm Scale: 4mm:1ft …

By BEN CHURCH 21st February 2024

… Decorated samples of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) inspection saloon developed … to arrive represent BR crimson and cream, BR Southern Region departmental blue and EWS red and gold, and will be on …

By EVAN GREEN-HUGHES 30th July 2024

… between 1976 and 1980. This left the Great Western and Midland main lines as being the only major trunk routes in … of more routes with ambitious programmes paused. While the Midland Main Line is gradually seeing wires extend …

By BEN CHURCH 23rd August 2024

… Western Railway 1604 in black (Cat No. 926001), London Midland & Scottish Railway 2415 in dark grey (926002) and …

By MARK CHIVERS 13th August 2024

… 25kV AC electric locomotive for test use on the London Midland Region . Renumbered E1000 – and later E2001 – it was used for … early crests Builder: Metropolitan-Vickers, Manchester Region: Western Region Gauge: ‘OO’ gauge, 16.5mm Scale: …

By PETE ABBOTT 20th July 2024

… the late-1860s and in the early 1900s was operated by the Midland Railway and successors. As well as incoming goods … could be anything the Shedmaster has to hand – a Midland Railway 0-4-4T, ‘Jinty’ 0-6-0T, Ivatt ‘4MT’ 2-6-0 or … Gauge: ‘OO’, 16.5mm Scale: 4mm: 1ft Size: 11ft x 2ft Region: Midland Period: 1950s-1960s Control: DC and DCC … …

By BEN CHURCH 29th January 2024

… with the Class 44 , which was heavily based on the London Midland & Scottish (LMS) prototype diesel locomotive 10000. … of the Modernisation Plan of 1955 and their duties on the Midland Main Line were particularly famous. The final ‘Peaks’ …

By BEN CHURCH 16th February 2024

… Highland Railway Drummond Green (1900s condition), London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) unlined black (early), LMS …

By MARTIN KITCHEN 28th July 2024

… Gauge: 'N' | Region: London Midland | Period: 1960s | Operating team: …

By MIKE WILD 17th May 2024

… were introduced in 1934 with 842 built by the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and outside contractors over … across the length and breadth of the LMS and BR London Midland Region network. Above: The new Hornby Stanier ‘Black Five’ is …