Harry Potter continues to captivate one generation after another and now Hornby has created its own little piece of magic for fans.
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Category: Reviews
Unboxing of Hornby’s King George VI and Duchess of Hamilton
Here’s the latest unboxing of Hornby’s LMS Princess Class Locomotives, the Duchess of Hamilton and King George VI.
Read moreREVIEW: Allocation History of BR Diesel Multiple Units Part 3
By Roger Harris Self-published 63 Carol Avenue, Cherry Orchard, Bromsgrove B61 8RW 150 pages, all text, 297x210mm, softback. £21.50 THERE’S not a lot to say about this series of books by Roger Harris, except they
Read moreRails Across Britain
By David Cable Published by Pen & Sword Books www.pen-and-sword.co.uk 218 pages, colour, 198x257mm, hardback. £25 THIS is the latest in a series of books by the same author, following titles such as Rails Across
Read moreREVIEWS: Monorails of the Early 20th Century
By Adrian S Garner Published by Lightmoor Press www.lightmoor.co.uk 208 pages, black & white, 283 x 220mm, hardback. £25.00 THIS amazing piece of work is a follow-up to the author’s 2011 book that covered monorails
Read moreTyneside Railway – The 1970s and 1980s
By Colin Alexander Published by Amberley www.amberley-books.com 96 pages, colour, 235x165mm, softback. £14.99 THIS is a picture and caption format book that takes a nostalgic look back to the railways around Newcastle during the period
Read moreREVIEWS: Night Trains of British Rail
By Alan Whitehouse THIS book does ‘exactly what it says on the tin’ as a picture and caption collection of night shots of British Rail workings taken mostly in the 1980s. Back then, the variety
Read moreBritish Rail Diesels
By Mick Hymans Subtitled ‘The lives of the early diesels in photographs’, this book sets out to catalogue every British Railways diesel type from Class 15 to Class 55 plus shunters and prototypes resulting from
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