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Southern modelling tips

… Southern Region MODELLING TIPS What are the signatures of the Southern Region, and how can you model them? MIKE WILD offers his top … as starting in Kent and running north onto the Eastern and Midland regions using Cemflo cement tankers. These trains …

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REVAMPED CLASS 37/0 FOR ’O’ GAUGE

… Class 37 Co-Co Type 3 Diesel Builder: English Electric Region: Midland/Eastern/Scottish Gauge: 'O'/32mm Scale: 7mm:1ft …

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Stanier ’Princess’ upgrades

… Stanier 'Princess Royal' 4-6-2 Builder: LMS, Crewe Works Region: Midland Gauge: 'OO'/16.5mm Scale: 4mm:1ft Lengh: 302mm Price: …

Best Layouts 2020 Article

Best layouts of all time

… Gauge : ‘OO’, 16.5mm Size:  33ft x 15ft Period:  1959-1962 Region:  Southern Control:  DCC Featured:  HM146 … Size:  27ft x 8ft 6in Period:  1968-1971 Region:  Western/Midland Control:  Analogue Featured:  HM154 Vale of Oxbury … … all four surrounding BR regions – the Western, Southern, Midland and Eastern – as interregional traffic brought …

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UPGRADED SULZER ‘24’

… with three more on the way. Current options cover Eastern Region two-tone green, BR green with small yellow warning panels, Scottish Region BR blue, Railway Technical Centre (RTC) livery and the … Class 24 Bo-Bo Type 2 diesel Builder: BR Derby Region: Midland/Eastern/Scottish Gauge: …

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BRITISH RAILWAYS Western Region

… Railway. Its British Railways successor, the Western Region, enjoyed that legacy in steam’s Indian Summer of the … changes saw the Western lose some lines to the London Midland Region around Birmingham, but it gained the Southern … Coast route until this was taken over by the London Midland Region. Lined green signature The Great Western …

A4 at Aberdeen Article

The 'A4s’ Scottish fling

… “The General Manager of the Scottish Region saw the potential to use these fast engines.” … The … ideas. James Ness, the General Manager of the Scottish Region, saw the potential to use some of these powerful and … still ‘Britannias’ eking out their existence on the London Midland Region. The remaining ‘A4s’ continued to fall by the …

Train Formations Article

Transition in the Northern Fells

… non-corridor coaches and BR Mk 1 vehicles providing the Midland Region flavour along with a supporting cast of vehicles from …

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‘N’ Gauge 128 DPU progress

… with CAD work complete and awaiting approval. Both BR Midland Region centre headcode and BR Western Region split headcode variants are planned, in original and …

Seven Mill Depot Article

VIDEO: Seven Mill Depot running session

… of stock. It was originally intended to have a Western Region theme but, in the end, the stock available gave it more of a Midland Region leaning with classes 08, 20, 25, 31, 37 and 45 all …

Middleton-in-Teesdale Article

Middleton-in-Teesdale

… junction status to Havil. As Havil was based on the London Midland & Scottish Railway practice, the North Eastern … section which sent a number of Ivatt ‘D3’ 4-4-0s to the region in 1931. The ‘D3s’ gave way in 1936 to another class …

Hornby steam detailing Article

One step beyond

… seemed to flit around the northern end of the London Midland Region (and beyond) almost at will. I gave it the gloss …

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‘Hymek’ Hydraulics

… Tuck/Rail Archive Stephenson. By this time the Western Region had already adopted the policy of employing … it was natural that when a design was drawn up for that region that it should have the same form of mechanical … given a test run with seven coaches in tow on the former Midland Main Line through the Peak District. Immediately …

Gorpeton Blymee Article

GORPETON BLYMEE

… the cassettes was the site for the factory. THE DETAILS   Region: Western Period: 1945-1950 Scale: 4mm:1ft Gauge: 'OO', … number, informed me I could not have those buses as Midland Red would not sell them until 1957!   It has become a …

Heaton Lodge Junction Article

HEATON LODGE JUNCTION

… to carry out maintenance and repairs. THE DETAILS   Region: Midland Period: 1980s Scale: 7mm:1ft Gauge: 'O', 32mm Size: …