Electric locomotives
Midland Motive Power Survey
BR London Midland Region’s motive power roster incorporated former London Midland and Scottish Railway locomotives, as well as a vast array of BR ‘Standards', plus prototypes, diesels, electrics and Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs).
VIDEO: The 2021 Great Electric Train Show
The Great Electric Train Show returned to the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes on October 2/3. In this video the Hornby Magazine team brings you the highlights from the show, the 2021 Hornby Magazine Model Railway Award winners, new releases and new announcements in the news.
Hornby Magazine November 2021
Welcome to the latest issue of Hornby Magazine - HM173, November 2021. Highlights of this issue include three stunning layouts in 'OO' and 'O' gauge, the latest model reviews covering Bachmann's 'V2' 2-6-2 for 'OO', Dapol's Class 122 for 'O' and more, the chance to win a Hornby Dublo 'Merchant Navy' 4-6-2, practical modelling guides, the winners of the 2021 Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards voting and more. Read the full magazine in PDF format here and check out our latest video content in the Video Features section.
New deco samples for Rails' NER Autocar
Rails of Sheffield has received revised decorated samples of its forthcoming newly-tooled 'OO' gauge North Eastern Railway (NER) Electric Autocars for assessment.
FIRST LOOK: Heljan ED EP
Heljan has received the first Engineering Prototype (EP) of its forthcoming newly-tooled 'O' gauge BR Class 73 Electro-Diesel (ED) for evaluation by the development team.
Latest Hornby samples
Decorated samples of Hornby's forthcoming 'OO' gauge releases are on display this weekend (October 2/3) at the Great Electric Train Show in Milton Keynes.
Rossiter Rise, 'OO'
Rossiter Rise portrays a fictitious through station somewhere in the suburbs of North West London in the mid-late 1950s. It includes platforms serving LMR suburban services, LMR branch line trains and a bay platform for London Underground shuttle services.
Revolution goes Underground
Revolution Trains has revealed plans for the first-ever ‘N' gauge London Underground tube train, in the form of classic 1938 deep tube stock.
HIGH-SPEED RECORDS
For many people the pinnacle of railway achievement was Mallard’s 126mph dash down Stoke Bank in July 1938, but since then this high-speed record has been broken many times with most of the subsequent attempts being much less well known, as EVAN GREEN-HUGHES found out.
East Coast variety from Hornby
Hornby has received the first decorated samples of its all-new ‘OO’ gauge Class 91 Bo-Bo electrics and LNER liveried Class 800 Azuma InterCity Express Trains (IET) for assessment.