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RAILWAY REALISM: The British Royal Trains
By EVAN GREEN-HUGHES
… vehicles were built between 1913 and 1941, when the London Midland and Scottish (LMS) constructed three new vehicles …
Ellis Clark launches 'OO' gauge 'Quad-Arts'
By MARK CHIVERS
… under the Clark Railworks banner. Working closely with the Midland & Great Northern (M&GN) Joint Railway Society and the …
Laser-cut lamp huts
By JONATHAN NEWTON
… these 4mm scale Great Western Railway (GWR) and London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) lamp huts. They build a pair …
Third-rail Electrification
By EVAN GREEN-HUGHES
… Carriage and Wagon Company and the trailers by the Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Early versions of … Brian Stephenson. The 1980s saw some of the Southern Region’s classic trains replaced by designs based around the … where possible means infil schemes on the Southern Region must surely be on the cards. The glory days of the …
Class 08 Diesel Shunters
By EVAN GREEN-HUGHES
… LMS Origins In 1944 the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and the English Electric … specific tasks. Some of those supplied to the Southern Region were re-geared so that they could run at 25mph (these … away from the yard or the depot. Consequently the Southern Region had a batch constructed which was geared for 25mph …
Hornby Loadhaul ‘Shark’ Surfaces
By MARK CHIVERS
Hornby’s popular ‘OO’ gauge ‘Shark’ ballast plough brake van returns to the range, resplendent in Loadhaul livery as DB993826.
Accurascale’s Caledonian Sleeper Mk 5s
By MIKE WILD
… a part set arriving via the Channel Tunnel on the Southern Region with Adventure Rail barrier wagons. THE MODELS Four … Caledonian Sleeper Mk 5 carriages Builder: CAF, Spain Region: Midland , Eastern Gauge: ’OO’, 16.5mm Scale: 4mm:1ft Length: …
Great Days Out | Summer 2023
By MARK CHIVERS
… and coaches, primarily heritage vehicles from the former Midland Red, West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive and …
Development of the ‘Pacific’ steam locomotive
By EVAN GREEN-HUGHES
… of the improved and streamlined ‘A4s’ in 1935. The London Midland & Scottish Railway , meanwhile, had been a little …
‘N’ gauge Co-Bo from Rapido Trains
By MIKE WILD
… In service this small class was allocated to the London Midland Region with their best known duty being the ‘Condor’ … BR green Builder: Metropolitan Vickers Region: London Midland Region Gauge: ’N’, 9mm Scale: 2mm:1ft Length: 106mm …
Graham Farish's all-new Class 90 for ‘N’
By MIKE WILD
… 90 Bo-Bo AC electric locomotive Builder: BREL, Crewe Works Region: Midland and Eastern Gauge: ’N’, 9mm Scale: 2mm:1ft Length: …
Peco’s ‘N’ gauge next generation seven-plank opens
By MARK CHIVERS
… NR-7000W), Southern Railway (SR) brown (NR-7002S), London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) grey (NR-7003M) and London, …
Halland - Northern England in the steam era
By JOHN GAY
… layout which captures the isolation and beauty of this region to a tee. Photography, Richard Watson Halland started … a new exhibition layout. My interest has long been the Midland Railway and its London Midland & Scottish Railway successor, so Halland is set …
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Heljan’s ‘O’ gauge product progress
By MIKE WILD
In the second of our new series of manufacturer interviews, MIKE WILD meets Heljan UK Agent BEN JONES to catch up on the latest progress with its new ‘O’ gauge ready-to-run models.
The Charnwood Forest Branch – Part 2
By JOHN ELLIOTT
… other two, and better known, stations being Loughborough Midland and Loughborough Great Central. Practically … 13ft Track: Peco Control: Analogue Period: BR London Midland Region, 1960s … The Charnwood Forest Branch – Part 2 …