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Rosebury Goods - 1980s Midlands freight scene

… ‘OO’, 16.5mm |  SCALE: 4mm: 1ft |  SIZE: 7ft x 13in |  REGION: Midland | PERIOD: 1980s |  CONTROL:  DCC, NCE Powercab … saloon special working for the area manager of the London Midland Region will occasionally make a visit. We have tried …

Rapido Highland Railway 'Jones Goods' 4-6-0 Article

Highland Railway 'Jones Goods' 4-6-0 next for Rapido

… 1923 Grouping the 'Big Goods' 4-6-0s passed into London, Midland and Scottish Railway ownership and were renumbered … to working order for railtours around the Scottish Region as well as ventures to Bedfordshire for the filming of …

Bachmann Class 90 Article

Colourful Class 90s lead Bachmann Summer 2022 announcements

… factory-fitted digital sound to its ‘OO’ gauge BR Southern Region Class 419 Motor Luggage Vans (MLVs). This is the first … as 60044 Ailsa Craig in Mainline blue (371-351A/SF), 60100 Midland Railway - Butterley in DB Cargo red (371-359/SF) and … blue`(sound-fitted) 371-351ASF £259.95 Class 60 60100 Midland Railway - Butterley , DB Cargo red (sound-fitted) …

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The Vanwides - BR’s last vacuum-braked pallet van

… being allocated to sundries traffic: 21 on the London Midland Region, 19 on both the Scottish and North Eastern Regions, 12 on the Eastern Region and 10 on the Southern Region. All 81 carried specific …

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Birch Hill

… in the north Bristol area so I could run both London Midland and Western Region motive power. … Birch Hill After thinking twice about … 16.5mm Scale: 4mm:1ft Size: 12ft x 2ft Region: Western/Midland Period: 1954-1964 Control: Analogue …

Hydraulic verses electric Article

British Railways’ War of the diesels

… natural that when both the Southern Railway and the London Midland & Scottish Railway decided to place a toe in the … of this type of locomotive, the Southern and London Midland Regions already having operated such types and the … generator. Amongst the more successful were the Southern Region’s trio of 1-Co-Co-1s 10201-10203 which delivered …

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Middle Elmton

… Size: 16ft x 2 ft 6in  | Control: Analogue |  Period: BR Midland/Eastern Region, 1960s … MIDDLE ELMTON came about following a period … Elmton & Creswell Junction and Clay Cross Junction (on the Midland Railway's Sheffield to Derby main line). A connection …

Pete Waterman's Leamington Spa. Article

Pete Waterman’s Leamington Spa

… Wild. Gauge: 'O',32mm Scale: 7mm:1ft Size: 85ft x 45ft Region: Western/Midland Period: 1950s-1960s Control: DCC, MERG … The question … ‘9F’ 2-10-0 92001 runs parallel with a fast fish train on Midland metals. In the distance is Leamington shed with the …

Class 52 Western D1000 Western Enterprise Article

The ‘Western’ diesel hydraulics

… almost 40 years ago. It is often said that the Western Region’s adoption of hydraulic transmission was due to a … route to Chester and Birkenhead moved to the London Midland Region, which declined to continue to use the … D1048 Western Lady is currently under restoration at the Midland Railway-Butterley. Above: D1015 Western Champion, one …

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SOUTHPOOL - THE 1960S IN THE NORTH WEST

… where I was born and Liverpool. Most of my stock is London Midland Region from the early 1960s period, but lots of other stock … – Baines Brewery disguises the boiler. Above: On shed Midland and LMS motive power is joined by a BR '9F' 2-10-0 on …

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AIRFIX MODEL WORLD CLUB SCENE

… Peterborough, and we attend numerous shows around the region. The annual World Championships at Telford, … centres in Coventry. It became associated with the Midland Air Museum around 1992, as a member (who was a … day’ is usually staged on Bank Holiday weekends. Where : Midland Air Museum, Rowley Road, Baginton, Coventry CV3 4FR …

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BR’s unique ‘Pacific’ Duke of Gloucester

… Harrow and Wealdstone crash of 1952 in which the London Midland Region’s Stanier ‘Pacific’ 46202 Princess Anne was wrecked … on equivalent work. In May 1955 it returned to London Midland Region express duties but proved itself to be a shy …

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NEW MODEL GUIDE 2022

… second batch of releases will include examples in London, Midland & Scottish, London and North Eastern, Southern and … be with customers and retailers shortly. The BR Southern Region General Manager’s saloon for ‘OO’ is expected to be … a choice of lined black and lined green liveries, Southern Region named examples and a range of accurate tenders. The …

LMS Turbomotive from Hornby Article

Ultimate ‘Black Five’ and all-new Turbomotive spearhead Hornby 2022

… the first tranche of releases, finished as 5200 in London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) lined black (R30224), … its latest appearance. For modellers of Southern Railway/Region operations, Hornby is to re-issue its ‘OO’ gauge …

APT-E Article

Reality Check: The Advanced Passenger Train - Experimental

… The APT-E departs London St Pancras in the mid-1970s on a Midland Main Line test run. The unit is a stark contrast to the grand architecture of the Midland Railway station. Today this location is no stranger … The APT was undergoing high speed tests on the Western Region at this time. Main line testing followed on the …