Drummond

  • Roving Repton on autumn gala circuit

    Roving Repton on autumn gala circuit

    Posted

    by

    The North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR) Southern ‘Schools’ 4-4-0 No. 926 Repton took part in no fewer than three autumn steam galas during September and October, visiting the North West and the East Midlands in the process. The first event for the Maunsell ‘V’ class was the NYMR’s own 15-engine spectacular on September 27-29 (see p74-75),…

  • Drummond K10 ‘Small Hopper’ is on the way from OO Works

    Drummond K10 ‘Small Hopper’ is on the way from OO Works

    Posted

    by

    Model manufacturer OO Works is following its production of the London & South Western Railway’s large Drummond D15 4-4-0 with a model of the same designer’s small K10 4-4-0s which were nicknamed ‘Small Hoppers’. A batch of 40 K10s was built at Elms Works between 1901 and 1902 for mixed traffic work, and because of…

  • What’s in the Shops: A wonderful Holmes J36 from Hornby

    What’s in the Shops: A wonderful Holmes J36 from Hornby

    Posted

    by

    Nigel Burkin is suitably impressed by a superbly well-detailed OO-scale model of a much-loved North British Railway locomotive design. There is something very attractive about small tender engines to modellers, and Hornby’s new LNER J36 0-6-0 is already proving popular. Designed under the auspices of North British Railway locomotive superintendent Matthew Holmes, the J36s were…

Latest Issue

Newsletter Signup

Enter your e-mail address below and you will receive weekly rail news straight into your inbox…



You can unsubscribe at any time.