With the end of the Virgin Trains franchise taking place at 01:59am on December 8 after 22 years of running trains between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, they’re going out with a bang!
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There were smiles all-round in a corner of Margate over the weekend of August 17-18 as the doors were opened to Hornby’s spiritual home.
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This year sees the 150th anniversary since the ‘Pacific Railroad’ was finished, which linked the existing eastern US network with the Pacific coast at Omaha, Nebraska.
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Harry Potter continues to captivate one generation after another and now Hornby has created its own little piece of magic for fans.
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Azuma arrives in London for first passenger service, 11:03am from London King’s Cross to Leeds.
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Digitrains is a model railway shop based in Lincoln. They are specialists in digital command control (DCC). Using DCC offers a huge new range of possibilities for a model railway track, including greater control of
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Two Class 50 locomotives which have been repainted in GB Railfreight colours, unveiled this afternoon (March 20 2019) at Eastleigh works. Full story in the April 2019 issue of The Railway Magazine.
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Here’s the latest unboxing of Hornby’s LMS Princess Class Locomotives, the Duchess of Hamilton and King George VI.
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Greater Anglia bi-mode Class 755/4 on test at Velim, Czech Republic. 6 September 2018.
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With the exception of two World Wars, Snowdon Mountain Railway has run uninterrupted since 1896. It has even been used to help mountain rescue teams working on Snowdon. Offering both a heritage steam service and
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