Featured on the cover of the October 2026 Railway Modeller (photographed in natural light and NOT using AI!) is the new US Army Transportation Corps S160 2-8-0 in OO gauge from Rapido Trains UK, which is reviewed inside. Other new model reviews include Great Eastern Railway and London, Brighton & South Coast Railway wagons, also in OO from Rapido Trains UK; Great Western Railway Hall and Modified Hall 4-6-0s in N gauge from Graham Farish/Bachmann; and Coras Iompair Eireann Park Royal coaches in OO from Irish Railway Models.Railway of the Month is Fairwood Junction, an OO gauge exhibition model of a busy location on the Great Western main line near Westbury in Wiltshire. Other layouts featured include Oldbury (Pearsall Street), the new O gauge exhibition layout by Warley Model Railway Club, whose 60th anniversary is also celebrated in this issue; Compass Point, an OO9 model that has also inspired a series of detective novels; and Penrhyn Quarries, a Welsh narrow gauge winter scene in 10mm scale. Modelling features include the construction of a turntable for an N gauge model of Leominster, by cutting down and modifying a Peco kit; building a Class 66 diesel in 3mm scale from 3D-printed parts; and how to fit hands-free Sprat & Winkle autocouplings to locomotives and rolling stock in the new TT:120 scale.We also bring you all the latest news from the model railway world, including the autumn announcements from Bachmann, Sentinel shunters in OO and a Fowler narrow gauge diesel in OO9 from Rapido Trains UK, and a range of laser-cut bridge kits in TT:120 by Peco.

Ever since its launch in 1983, Continental Modeller has been providing information and inspiration for modellers interested in modelling overseas railways. Like its sister title, Railway Modeller, all scales and gauges are covered with topics of interest to both ready-to-run enthusiasts and kit- and scratch-builders alike. If European, American, Australian, Asian and African railways are to your liking, Continental Modeller is for you.