General Modelling

The humble slate wagon was an obvious choice to accompany the Quarry Hunslet locomotives as part of Bachmann Narrow Gauge’s NG7 launch range, howev...

The humble slate wagon was an obvious choice to accompany the Quarry Hunslet locomotives as part of Bachmann Narrow Gauge’s NG7 launch range, and i...

The humble slate wagon was an obvious choice to accompany the Quarry Hunslet locomotives as part of Bachmann Narrow Gauge’s NG7 launch range, and i...

The four coaches in this group of vehicles were known as the 'Bowsiders' because of the shape of their sides, and were supplied by two builders in...

The four coaches in this group of vehicles were known as the 'Bowsiders' because of the shape of their sides, and were supplied by two builders in...

The four coaches in this group of vehicles were known as the 'Bowsiders' because of the shape of their sides, and were supplied by two builders in...

The Dinorwic Quarry was once the world’s second largest slate quarry and vast narrow gauge railway networks were employed to move materials around ...

When it comes to coaching stock the non-corridor ‘Suburban’ coaches were certainly not the celebrities, but nonetheless they played a vital role mo...

British Rail’s second generation of standard coach was designated the Mk2, following on from the highly successful Mk1 series. Unlike the Mk1...

The TTA wagon was developed in the 1960s and continued in production through into the 1970s. The wagons were built by a variety of companies, this...

Charles Collett (1871-1952) succeeded G.J Churchward as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the GWR in 1922. Collett has been accredited more with the im...

A small shunter that makes a big impact, the Ruston & Hornsby - WM JEA - 88DS - No1 locomotive is a lovely addition to any model railway la...

Britain’s railways have long been used to transport oil and petroleum products and the 45 Ton Tank Wagons, later given the TOPS code TTA, were intr...

The HAA Coal Hoppers were designed for use as part of the new Merry-Go-Round (MGR) trains introduced in the 1960s. Replacing the ageing fleet of wo...

Britain’s railways have long been used to transport oil and petroleum products and the 45 Ton Tank Wagons, later given the TOPS code TTA, were intr...

Coal fuelled Britain during the twentieth century and much of this fuel was transported by rail. The 16 Ton Steel Mineral Wagon began as a wartime ...

Britain’s railways have long been used to transport oil and petroleum products and the 45 Ton Tank Wagons, later given the TOPS code TTA, were intr...

The HAA Coal Hoppers were designed for use as part of the new Merry-Go-Round (MGR) trains introduced in the 1960s. Replacing the ageing fleet of wo...

The adoption of the RCH 17’-6” underframe for the 12 Ton van in1927 coincided with a change in door design to vertical planking, and after 1932 the...

The 27 Ton Steel Tippler Wagons were built by British Railways to convey bulk materials like stone, ore and, in this case, chalk. Having no doors, ...

Due to pressure from large customers BR developed a box van design with sliding doors, the Vanwide to Diagram 1/217, with standard dimensions of 17...