British Railway Modelling (BRM)

The history of the layout is unusual. We, the Market Harborough Model Railway Group, didn’t plan to have a second O gauge layout. We were exhibiting our large continuous circuit, ‘Medborough’ when word reached us of a layout needing a new home. It wa

Having completed the scenic side, our attention turned to signals. Dapol launched its single-post GW signal; we bought one at the first opportunity and installed it just before the entrance to the fiddle yard. It is controlled by the fiddle yard oper

Name: David Tuffs Age: 77 Name of first layout: ‘Watlingford’, 1980s - O gauge Favourite era/region: Great Western Favourite locomotive: All GW 4-6-0s Name: Roger Tozer Age: 68 Name of your first layout: ‘Medborough’ - O gauge Favourite era/region: G

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Having grown up in the West Midlands during the 1970s, I naturally have strong memories of the sights and sounds of heavy industry and the many miles of canals that ran alongside and at one time served it. I spent many a happy summer holiday cycling

THE SCALE Model Scenery town house kit is easy to construct and with careful pre-painting can turn out to be an attractive addition to an N gauge town scene. The kit is designed to be used in multiple to produce a terraced row of town houses, and len

THE HORNBY Railroad class 47 is the Lima model with an improved mechanism. If you’re on a limited budget, it’s a great choice, as most agree that the model is accurate but basic. Since the deciding factor is probably price, I decided to spend no more

ALL MODEL railway projects start with a baseboard. It’s the most important part of the model. Do a poor job here, and the layout will never really recover. There will be bodging, and things falling off. I say this from experience. This is why buying

TO CELEBRATE Hornby’s 70th anniversary of its Margate home, the firm has released modern versions of the classic 0-4-0 locomotive Nellie, Polly and Connie. Back in 1962, Hornby took the unusual step of handing an original Nellie over to the artist Te

MODELLING A garage gives you a good excuse to display the excellent range of diecast vehicles available. I found an ideal building from a supplier that I haven’t used before, which is free from signage and therefore easy to tailor. Choose your own co

AS WE get to the end of the year and the nights lengthen, there is a definite sense of change in the air. The bright, vibrant, verdant colours of summer are gradually replaced by more subtle brown and yellow autumnal hues. It is a season that is not

Welcome to the November issue of TRACTION. We start with a selection of photographs of the line between Bradford and the first station on the line to Manchester, Low Moor. The days of heavy freight traffic at Warrington are recalled in our look at th

My first visit to Warrington was in June 1990, when I stayed around the local area for two days. This article covers the time that was spent on the freight lines between Arpey Yard, Walton Old Yard and Latchford Sidings, as the freight trains were my

Barnburgh Colliery was located close to the village of the same name, a few miles north of Mexborough in South Yorkshire. It began producing coal in 1916, and, being alongside the Dearne Valley Railway (DVR) running from Wakefield to the southern out

Having lived within earshot of the Derby to Stoke-on-Trent line for the past 50 years, I have noted a decline in freight traffic on the route during that time. Originally being a devotee of steam power, I paid little attention to the 3-car diesel mul

I’ve built other layouts in 009 and 00, before settling on O-16.5 narrow gauge. I have an end-to-end layout that this one will connect to, but this fits separately into a small hatchback for easier transportation. The inspiration is from childhood me

When preparing this article, I realised that these slender poles, supporting a multitude of wires following a railway route, had disappeared from the main line system. When searching my photo archive, it became clear that their demise had occurred ea

The other highly-anticipated classes of BR 1 Co-Co 1 ‘Peaks’ will be joining Rapido’s range of N gauge ready-to-run models. The models have been designed using a combination of archival materials and drawings and will be available in a variety of liv

00 1937-1951 274.99 Hornby first introduced a Gresley B17 into its range in 1980, in the form of LNER No. 2862 Manchester United. It featured tender-drive (with a symmetrical wheelbase, giving the curious anomaly of the centre axleboxes not lining up

00 1939 44.95 Picture a steam-era bus in your mind. I bet you are thinking of a Bedford OB. Ubiquitous in period dramas, this attractive prototype is still found preserved in modest numbers on the roads today. Launched in 1939, the war disrupted prod

0 1940 - preservation 319.00 I started to love this as soon as I took it out of the box and it continued to get better! Heljan’s model certainly captures the look of the Stanierdesigned 50-foot saloon, with an abundance of separately-fitted exterior