Local Group meetings in December
South Hants. Branch Tues 3rd – Mark Greening: St. Denys – Fareham: an inter-city route? Meeting held at The Eastleigh Railway Institute in Romsey Road, SO50 9FE and start at 19:30, Sussex Branch Monday...
Southern Electric Group Blog
New stock announced for Isle of Wight
A £26m package of investment in the worn-out Isle of Wight railway line has been unveiled by the government. Five Class 484 2 car units are being converted from London Underground D78 stock by...
444019 has a revised livery
Stuart Hicks photographed 444019 with a revised livery of rainbow stripes at Clapham Yard on 5th September 2019.
Dapol second batch Electro-Diesels are now available
After a long wait patience is now rewarded by eight (including limited editions) new 4mm scale Class 73 models from Dapol. The first batch in December 2015 proved to be a mixed blessing, with...
Bachmann’s new models 2019
Bachmann released details at mid-day on 14th January but these did not reach the public realm until after 3pm. Bachmann have previously stated their last year or so was for consolidation and catch up,...
Hornby’s new models 2019
Hornby’s 2019 programe of new OO gauge models was announced on January 7th at 10am. Here are details of new “native” Southern Electric products: R1176 e300 (i.e. Class 373) Eurostar train set (new Eurostar...
New versions of 4mm scale Diesel locomotive models for 2019
This years’ two new SR native diesel models have gone down so well that second runs for 2019 have been announced. Our friends at the Kernow Model Railway Centre have commissioned a second batch...