Category Archives: Inspiration

Another selection of odds and ends, but hopefully no more bad news bombshells! For the modeller….  I’m really sure how the Erie got this to stand up, but with slight upgrades and repairs, it was in operation till relatively recently. … Continue reading →

Well, following on from the demise of Hattons on Monday, come Thursday, another bombshell…. Warley has been perhaps the largest model railway show in the UK for 30 years.  It’s always debatable whether it’s been the best – that is … Continue reading →

Bad news for Monday was that Hattons is closing down.  One of the largest and most reliable model stores in the UK, with a long history.  It’s not a time to wonder why, just to hope that all the staff … Continue reading →

Lots of lovely EMUs today.  Not boring at all, but a fascinating range of builds, rebuilds and make-do-and-mends, in typical Southern Railway style. 2-BILs at East Croydon (John Atkinson) and Mortlake. A 2-HAL at Camberley, and an ancient 2-NOL at … Continue reading →

Today we have the modelling challenges for 2024 – if you dare! As we leave the Christmas holidays, here’s Oxford Street in 1949.  I’m not sure what happened to the reindeer…. This would be fun to build.  Volklingen in 1946.  … Continue reading →

I’m enjoying a quiet post-Christmas week, and not doing much of the modelling that I had planned.  So here’s some easy viewing to aid digestion after the Christmas excesses! One of my favourite rail journeys.  I’m glad to see that … Continue reading →

Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas Day!  We’ll start today with some ghosts of Christmas past… Brighton in 1906…. Eastbourne in 1905…. And the classic shot of the works Terrier at Brighton (photo Charlie Verrall)…. Petersfield in 1898…. And St … Continue reading →

Christmas greetings and blessings to all our readers! A wintery Hastings scene for Christmas Day (photo Rob Crouch.) And this popped up as my Windows login and was quickly saved for a Swiss Christmas greeting.