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1st August 2019

… rolling stock and architecture as welas adding the Midland influence to a primarily Great Western part of the … power was arriving. The layout consists of a Western Region (ex-Great Western Railway) through station situated in … of Bristol, which I use to duplicate Temple Meads and a Midland Region through station located at Gloucester …

1st August 2019

… more realistic. Last summer we extended our Western Region terminus layout, Grosvenor Square (HM136), by adding … The sign is part of Sankey Scenics’ customised Western Region steam era motive power depot pack. FINAL DETAILING … the mainline hydraulics, plus we have interlopers from the Midland Region arriving on shed working inter-regional …

6th June 2019

… their 43-year reign on express services on the Western Region to an end. They aren’t gone for good though as the new … GWR and the type remains in service on the East Coast and Midland Main Lines as well as on CrossCountry services (for …

4th July 2019

… most of the group’s boxes as it could accommodate Southern Region motive power while also including some London Midland & Scottish Railway and British Railways Standard …

2nd May 2019

… which brought pairs of BRCW Class 33s from the Southern Region as far north as York. These 15ft wheelbase wagons were … Works in Kent to Widnes in Lancashire (with a change to Midland Region motive power at Willesden yard) while in late … to the Accurascale range which will suit Southern, Midland, Eastern and Scottish region modellers alike. And if …

6th June 2019

… become very useful in researching the topography of the region. The layout is based on the Garsdale area and the … faithfully in ‘OO’ gauge it would require something in the region of 210m, therefore a considerable amount of compromise … added underneath the baseboard when finances permit. The Midland Railway principle of no facing points has been …

2nd May 2019

… Volume 2 focusing on Southern Railway (SR) and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) coaching stock absorbed by … Western Railway, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Midland Railway and more. The final 26 pages include details … fixed coaching sets operated by British Railways’Southern Region is also included, with dates and formation changes …

2nd May 2019

… operation of the Cambrian routes was transferred to the Midland Region which brought its own motive power to the area … of steam as the line had been transferred to the London Midland Region, which brought ex-LMS types as well as some of …

7th March 2019

… life, with much of it spent by necessity on the Western Region. EVAN GREEN-HUGHES explains all. Western Region THE … later the same year. Both the Western and the London Midland Regions expressed interest in the idea, with … and a six-car version for London Euston to Derby along the Midland Main Line, although this was later extended through …

7th March 2019

… gauge in a revised format to model one of the two former Midland Region six-car units after they transferred to the Western … introduced in 1960 with two six-car sets running on the Midland Region from London to Manchester and three eight-car …

11th April 2019

… for British outline models. Here, in a classic Southern Region scene from the 1960s, a Hornby Bulleid rebuilt … a Bulleid ‘Q1’ 0-6-0 and an array of Hornby’s Southern Region electric units. THE BEGINNING of the 1980s saw Hornby … chassis for the ever popular ‘Duchess’ 4-6-2 – both London Midland Region locomotives – while it also revealed the first …

4th April 2019

… the world. The Great Western Railway and later BR Western Region operated a number of titled trains including the … was under threat from air travel and both the London Midland & Scottish (LMS) and the London and North Eastern … previous workings recommenced, British Railways’ London Midland Region brought back only 17 named trains but did add …

By PHOTOGRAPHY, MIKE WILD 4th April 2019

… me that when I was two we reached Southend from Leyton Midland and as we passed by the locomotive it blew off steam … by Custom Finish Locos. We have no preference as to any region. However, we love freight locomotives with added … includes locomotives from the Western, Southern, Midland and Eastern regions together with a wide range of …

By PHOTOGRAPHY, MIKE WILD 7th March 2019

… as it evolved the layout moved from the Western to the Midland Region – though the latter still had milk traffic which we … very effective. The finished layout has stayed with its Midland Region theme. The main headshunt is long enough to …

11th April 2019

… the most famous of the ‘Dublo’ models, that of the London Midland & Scottish Railway’s Stanier ‘Duchess’ 4-6-2 as 6231 … was the horsebox which could be had in Southern Region green or in British Railways standard maroon livery. …