Model of the Month

By Philip Hindley I have a particular interest in the Penrhyn Railway because many years ago I had a return trip up the railway in one of the quarrymen's coaches. In the late 1950's to early 1960's much of the school holidays were spent with a like minded school friend exploring the railways of North [...]

By Brian Dominic Since I built my micro-layout “Flagg Fluorspar” I’ve been on the lookout for kits for small items of rolling stock and locos. There are a fair number of these available at what I would call “pocket money prices” and whilst they all make quite respectable models, most of them will repay a [...]

Building a 16mm scale model of the largest 2-foot narrow gauge steam locomotive to operate in North America By Ric Collins I have been a 2 - foot narrow gauge railroad enthusiast ever since reading “The Maine Two-Footers” by Linwood Moody, published in 1959. Over time I became interested in many of the 2-foot narrow gauge railways around [...]

By Leslie Tindall I’ve always like narrow gauge and this engine caught my attention when I rode behind it on the Froissy-Cappy-Dompierre line in France (the engine has since moved on from this location). 100 were built in the USA in 1917 for the British Army in France. I had seen the plans for this [...]

By John Stephen   In early 2015 I was looking for something simple to build as practice for the skills needed to attempt a bigger project I had in mind. Searching the internet I came across a German narrow gauge loco that looked interesting; it had a simple body shape plus a jack shaft,cranks and [...]

Described by Jason Morgan With all the excitement of Roundhouse’s Darjeeling “D” class Garratt going around recently; I thought I’d share with you a story about one of my father’s first scratch built locomotives: The Morgan Locomotive Company Number 4. To fully appreciate what a remarkable locomotive this is, we’d have to go back to [...]

By Paul Humphries The fiction Long serving members may remember the original NCR collaboration with the neighbouring Coquet Valley Railway to build a single car 4 wheel railbus (Photo 1). Each company produced a vehicle to the same design that could couple and run in multiple across both companies metals. When the CVR ceased operations some [...]

Described by Richard Huss Lurking in my loco cupboard is this rather unusual vertical boilered, tram-style locomotive. It isn’t actually part of my own fleet, but has been kindly placed on loan to my Elmdon Heath Light Railway by the owners, who do not have a garden railway of their own at present. Pausing [...]

By Alan Regan My Merlin W&LLR #14 (SLR #85) appeared as Model of the Month in September 2009. I put the loco on the Heritage stand at the National Garden Railway Show in Peterborough 2014, along with a description of what I planned next. The changes described below were completed later that year, but it [...]

By Simon Hill The completed coach. Being relatively new to 16mm modelling, and needing some coaches for my new Roundhouse “Karen”, the Swift Sixteen range of coaches caught my eye. Being of no particular prototype fitted my requirements, and with a total cost of £80 complete, certainly good value. I've worked in resin quite a [...]