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I had a look, but couldn't see any previous threads in this vein, so please let me know if I've missed something! I just thought it might be nice to have a thread for talking about model railway exhibitions people on here have either been to or are going to go to, either as an operator or a...

I had a thought this morning: have any 10-car IET services worked along the Cotswold Line (Oxford - Hereford) since their introduction? I did a quick search on the forums just now and couldn't find anything mentioning an instance of this happening, but upon looking on RealTime Trains (which I...

I've done a quick search but couldn't see anything about this program on the forum. Currently watching it on iPlayer after noticing it was on yesterday and it seems really good. It shows a journey of 60103 along the Severn Valley Railway a few years ago from the footplate (with several exterior...

I've done some looking around but couldn't see anything relevant to this topic - please let me know if there's already an explanation! When waiting to watch the GBRf tour yesterday, I noticed that the announcements played when a train approaches include a notice telling passengers that the end...

This looks to be one of the GWSR's biggest galas in recent times. From their website: https://www.gwsr.com/enthusiasts/40th_Anniversary_Celebration.html Timetables are yet to be released but it does sound good! -Peter

I've done a bit of looking into this and can't find anything - please point me in the right direction if I've missed something. Looking at RealTime Trains for Charlbury next Monday (9.8.2021), there are four empty coaching stock workings, in the following order: 5Z21 0712 London Paddington -...

I'm hoping this won't, to quote Sir Humphrey Appleby, become a "troublemaker's letterbox" for people to share their issues with individual products. My thinking behind this thread was to provide a place to share news and updates regarding issues about the supply and stock of model railway items...

Following from this post (and related discussion) in the ABC Rail Guides thread: I thought it might be worth making a new thread for this magazine considering it's separate from the ABC Rail Guide books. As said in the post quoted above, it's a new publication from Colin J Marsden and is going...

Barrie Davis has published, on his YouTube channel, a few videos referring to "Rails of Hope" - a scheme run by himself, and I believe maybe a couple of others, to provide free model railway items for disabled people. Here are the videos he's published so far: (There a couple of others, but...

From Auntie Beeb: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57399628 They were also reporting that the sites of the New York Times, Guardian, and Financial Times were offline. Quite the story it seems, even if it only lasts for a short amount of time? -Peter EDIT: The BBC News article is...

Hello :) I recently obtained, through the "Free to a good home" section on RMWeb, a set of three Modern Railway Working volumes - these being Vol. 2, Vol. 5, and Vol. 6. On the inside title page of Vol. 2, it seems to list 1912 as the publishing date, and in Vol. 5 and Vol. 6, 1913 is the year...

Hello :) I expect at least 90% of people reading this have used the Internet before. The information superhighway has all sorts of, well, information; including stuff about model railways. There are some brilliant model railway YouTube channels around and so I thought it might be worth making a...

Now - I've spent all day staring at bits of paper and track on a layout baseboard, so I've gone a bit barmy. If this isn't coherent, that's why. ;) Earlier I was cutting up bits of card boxes to create sheets which could then be used for scratchbuilding when I next get a grand idea to build...

We all like a bargain - particularly those of us on tight budgets (hello!). So: what's your best bargain? This could be anything; an engine, unit, coach, wagon, or other model railway item, past or present. Bought an entire layout for 50p in 1974 and still use it today? Do share. Bought an...

And no - this isn't an elaborate April Fools prank - it was announced at 1201 :) From https://rapidotrains.co.uk/the-titfield-thunderbolt-70th-anniversary-range/: Personally I'm really looking forward to what the models will look like. Apparently they're expected to be released in 2022 and...

Now this may seem like a stupid question, but stick with me. Even if you have nothing to say you'll hopefully have had a laugh at my inability to ask questions :D This thought began all the way in December 2020 - around Christmastime. I put up lights around my layout to make it look a bit more...

Hello :) I've been surfing the interwebs recently and on my travels I've found quite a few layouts of modern-image layouts. A lot of these seem to focus on smaller locations, and mainly freight yards, but there are a few which are based on large stations such as Crewe or London Marylebone. This...

Hello :) I've been trying to work out what I want to do with some coaches I've been given and during my research (alright - that's a bit steep; it was me reading a magazine last night), I came across Iris 1 & 2, and other associated units. For those who hadn't heard of them before, there's a...

Hello :) In the thread about ABC Rail Guides (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/abc-rail-guides.182073), I mentioned the Platform 5 equivalent - the British Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock series of books. I've been checking Platform 5's website (www.platform5.com) semi-regularly for...

I've spent a lot of my time on the forums recently going through older threads and posts to find various bits of information I've been looking for and, during this, I've found a lot of my own posts - many of which I'd say are completely different in both the opinions expressed and the manner in...