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Category: Features

Model railway enthusiasts are all over TikTok

15th August 2022 Arianne Davey Features, Modelling, Trackside, Video

Have you entered the world of TikTok? Well, we’ve found lots of model railway themed videos there, which provide plenty of tips and ideas for your model railway.

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Book of the week: Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys vol. 2

15th August 2022 Alex Bestwick Features

Our latest book of the week is Phil Williams’ fascinating follow up of steam days memories.

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Rail enthusiast content creators we’re loving right now

11th August 2022 Alex Bestwick Features

With the rise of social media, it’s easier than ever to share your love of all things trains and gain a following. Here are some of the content creators we’re loving right now.

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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 6 – Brush Type 2S

8th August 2022 Alex Bestwick Diesel, Features

This week’s book pick is the sixth installment in Gavin Glenister’s Diesel Dawn series.

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Young Railway Photographer of the Year 2022

2nd August 2022 Alex Bestwick Features

Third rail DC electric railways featured prominently in the winning portfolios submitted in the inaugural competition organised by the Railway Photographic Society.

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Green machines at sixty

2nd August 2022 Alex Bestwick Features, Gallery

Following the pictorial celebration of 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 , we once more delve into the Mortons Archive for a selection of images of the locos in their original two-tone BR green liveries.

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Stratford Depot Locomotives by Roger Rounce is this week's book of the week.

Book of the Week: STRATFORD DEPOT LOCOMOTIVES

1st August 2022 Alex Bestwick Diesel, Electric, Features

Photographer Roger Rounce’s Stratford Depot Locomotives is packed with stunning images and a must-read for rail enthusiasts.

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‘Royal’ loco No. 47798 (formerly 1656), was one of a pair of Class 47s (the other was No. 47799) employed on Royal Train duties (and painted accordingly) between 1995-2004. The machine is seen at the NRM, York, on May 25, 2004 where it is now preserved.

Nothing duff about these Co-Cos

1st August 2022 Alex Bestwick Electric, Features, Gallery, Trackside

To celebrate 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 diesel electric locos (later designated Class 47), we present a small selection of images from the Mortons Archive.

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Black model train on tracks beside a model station with steps up the side and a model person stood at the top of the steps.

The Dedicated Traveller

21st July 2022 Arianne Davey Features, Modelling, Trackside

The bell of the omnibus circuit phone rang just the once. That was how Arthur Platt in the signal box at Knottewithought Junction alerted the staff at the station that a stopping train was about to arrive. This time it was the branch train from Wempole, terminating at Knottewithought.

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The Railway Magazine’s editors meet for the 125th anniversary of the first issue

8th July 2022 Ben Stockdale Features, Podcasts, World

This month marks 125 years since the first issue of The Railway Magazine was published in July 1897. In this special podcast episode, we reunite

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