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A ready-to-run GE Rail Services KQA/KTA container wagon is due to be released in 2mm scale next year. THE range of container wagons available in ‘N’ gauge is to be expanded once again with C=Rail Intermodal announcing its intention to produce the distinctive KQA/KTA pocket wagons in ready-to-run form. Due for release in early 2018,…
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The second half of the 1980s saw Redland use the Speedlink wagonload network to distribute roof tiles across the country. David Ratcliffe details the history of this short-lived but highly modellable freight flow. THE growth of British Rail’s fast overnight Speedlink wagonload service attracted a number of new traffics to rail. One of these was…
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Looking for something a little different to add to an HST set, Daryl Harris-Saxton describes how he modelled the experimental and ultimately unique Mk.3 TSCD coach in 4mm. I GOT the bug to model Mk.3 Trailer Standard Conductor Disabled (TSCD) No. 45084 when flicking through a 1994 pocket book, and wondering what it was. I…
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Often overshadowed by the Class 08s, the lower-powered Gardner-engined machines were adopted as British Rail’s standard small shunter, enjoying a varied career across five regions. Simon Bendall recounts the type’s history and the many detail differences that would appear over the years. BUILT between 1957 and 1962, the Class 03s, as they would later become…
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Seeking to recreate an everyday sight from his youth, Stu Davies describes how to modify the Bachmann Class 03 shunter to represent one of the batch employed on the Southern Region, in particular the Weymouth Quay tramway. FOR many years, the Weymouth Harbour tramway operated with vacuum-braked stock, diesel power appearing in the area for…
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The ‘O’ gauge market welcomes a new ready-to-run manufacturer as the British Thomson-Houston Class 15 goes on sale. THE appearance of a new ready-to-run manufacturer is always a welcome event, especially in ‘O’ gauge where the development and expansion of the products available continues unabated. The Little Loco Company first arrived on the scene in…
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Two new wagons have been announced, while the range of liveries on the new Mk.3 coaches has also increased. THE London Toy Fair at the end of January saw Oxford Rail announce the first items in its 2017 range of ‘OO’ gauge models. As is the norm for the company, this will be the first…
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The latest addition to the company’s wagon range is the LMS/BR coke hopper, this coming in two different body styles. Now available from retailers is the latest entry in Hornby’s ever-increasing range of high-quality 4mm scale wagons, this being the LMS and BR designs of the 20-ton coke hopper. Following on from the earlier LNER/BR…
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To coincide with the release of the new Hornby models, Trevor Mann describes the history of the coke hoppers, these evolving from a private owner design to one built by the LMS and BR. With examples remaining in traffic until the early 1980s, modified and converted examples are also examined. The origins of the British…
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For much of the 1980s, the Class 47/7-powered push-pull sets were the face of ScotRail, working the front rank inter-city services between Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. In the latest part of his article on the sets, Andy Clayton describes how to model the hard-pressed Type 4 motive power and continues with the coaches by tackling the…
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