Development at Wimbledon Chase Station
A proposal to demolish Wimbledon Chase Station then build a multi storey building in its place has been put forward to Merton Council. The station was built by the Southern Railway and opened on...
Southern Electric Group Blog
Local Group Meetings in February
South Hants. Branch Tues 4th – Steven Bigley takes a look at tram depots in Britain . Meeting held at The Eastleigh Railway Institute in Romsey Road, SO50 9FE and start at 19:30, Sussex...
3142 Update, 16th January 2020
With a day free from work our preservation manager has been preparing the paint required to repaint 4Cor motor coach S11187S at Shepherdswell. The photo shows just some of the paint that will be...
Class 73’s at Horsham
Graham Lelliott has been out with his camera, the photos show four GBRF Class 73’s (two at the back unidentifiable), 73107 “Tracy” and 73119 “Borough of Eastleigh” sitting alongside several Network Rail RHTT Windhoff...
Hornby – new Bil-Hal hybrid and a Bil
Just before Christmas Hornby’s R3699 Bil-Hal hybrid unit 2611 in BR(S) green became available, but too late for most to acquire before shops closed for several days. For some...
Heljan – yet more new Cromptons
Very late in 2019 Heljan announced a torrent of new 4mm scale Class 33 models, these being in addition to many new versions which at the time of posting have still to appear (though...
Hornby 2020 Range
For many modellers the 2020 purchasing season (or at least thinking about ordering) began at 9am on Monday 6th January with Hornby Railway’s...
