RM NOVEMBER 2018 ISSUE Vol.69 No.817
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
London Road
The essence of the ‘premier line’ – the London & North Western – distilled by Jolyon Wilkinson in 4mm scale in the shape of this main line station.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Chard Town Goods
Demoted passenger stations doing service as freight yards were not uncommon in steam days. The potential of a Somerset location is gauged by Tim Rayner.
SCALE DRAWINGS
Hull & Barnsley 50ft bogie coaches
This celebrated Yorkshire railway ordered its first bogie stock in 1905 from R Y Pickering for its Sheffield services, as Steve Flint explains.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Project of the Month
Creating Crioch – 1: design considerations to be taken into account when planning a small layout are explored by Peter Fletcher using his Highland mini-layout in EM as an example..
Burnroyd Works
Chris Burnage describes the first layout he built for himself, representing a modern urban scene in OO gauge, with a little help from his friends.
Latest Reviews
The lead review item this month is the OO gauge Class 87 electric from Hornby.
Chelfham
Lifelong Lynton & Barnstaple modeller Bob Barnard built this encased scene of the line’s landmark viaduct in OO9 as an L&B Trust flagwaver at exhibitions.
In the news
There's a full preview of the Warley national Model Railway Exhibition (at the NEC, 24 & 25 November). One of the full-size locos is a Hunslet 4-6-0T courtesy the War Office Locomotive Trust.
The Great Model Railway Challenge
The first episode of this terrestrial TV programme was broadcast on Friday 5 October on Channel 5. Here we take a sneak look behind the scenes.
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