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Picture of the Month – December 2019
This months picture… 21C151 ‘Winston Churchill’ is turned ready for her next duty on the turntable at Fisherton Sarum
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Rails of Sheffield ex SECR Diagram 1424 Covered Goods wagons in 00 arrive, a...
Following their announcement in April this year retailer Rails of Sheffield have delivered on their SECR Diagram 1424 8 & 10 ton 16ft Covered Goods wagon as part of their range of exclusive models....
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The Bachmann 45t Ransomes and Rapier steam crane arrives on the quay
Bachmann announced back in March 2015 they we to produce the 45T Ransomes and Rapier Steam Breakdown Crane based on the two that were supplied (procured by the Government) to the Southern Railway, four...
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It could be a white Christmas at Canute Road Quay
It’s a cold, crisp and frosty December morning as we approach Christmas at Canute Road Quay and the crew on board ex LSWR Adams B4 Class No. 100 try to keep warm whilst shunting on the quay as flurries...
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Happy New Year! – Picture of the Month – January 2020
This months picture to bring in the new year… ex LSWR B4 0-4-0t No. 90 ‘Caen’ in Southampton Docks livery, rests at Canute Road Quay. She is a Dapol model, with lamps and crew added and weathered....
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Hornby to celebrate Centenary in style with ambitious plans for their 2020...
The first “Hornby clockwork train” was released by Meccano Ltd. back in 1920 and therefore the current Hornby are marking the Centenary in style. The full history of Hornby can be found elsewhere but I...
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‘New Van’ Goods Brake Vans ex LSWR Warner 20T SR diagram 1543 24T arrive from...
Now the dust has settled on the announcement of the Hornby 2020 range, we can take a look at one of the ‘New Van’ items announced last January as part of the 2019 range, the LSWR/SR/BR(s) Warner 20 ton...
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Picture of the Month – February 2020
This months picture… USA Tank No. 68 shunts across the Quay. One of the Model Rail Magazine commissioned locomotives manufactured by Bachmann. The number on the Engine Head signal disc, was used to...
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Bachmann Europe issue new Combined Volume, some new liveries and a change to...
Bachmann Europe have announced a change to their new product announcements and produced a new catalogue encompassing all their British Outline brands / scales including: Branchline, Graham Farish,...
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Canute Road Quay heads South East to the The Tonbridge show this Saturday
A reminder that Canute Road Quays next exhibition is this coming Saturday, 16th February, at the Tonbridge Model Railway Club exhibition being held at the The Angel Centre, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SF....
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Picture of the Month – March 2020
This month picture… Maunsell S15 4-6-0 is prepared for her next West of England goods turn. She is built from a DJH white metal kit. Just visible alongside is a Drummond K10 “Small Hopper” 4-4-0 PS....
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Happy Spring Equinox
By way of a distraction from the current COVID-19 situation, today is the Spring Equinox so I thought I would celebrate the start of spring and the cheery splash of colour that daffodils bring at this...
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Rails of Sheffield announce the SECR version of the 16’ Covered Goods Wagon.
Rails of Sheffield in partnership with Dapol have today announced that they are producing an OO gauge model of the SE&CR 16’ Covered Goods Wagon. Following on from the success of the late condition...
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’00’ Works to produce a R-T-R ex LSWR Beyer 0330 class “Saddleback” 0-6-0t...
The ’00’ Works have produced a number of small batches of hand built Ready to Run locomotives including a variety of Southern classes, including most recently ex London and South Western Drummond K10...
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Picture of the Month – April 2020
This months picture… An unusual visitor to Canute Road Quay is ex SER 0-4-0CT Crane Engine No. 1302. Built from a South Eastern Finecast white metal kit.
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RMweb SWAG Members Day 2020 in aid of NHS Charities Together this Sunday 26th...
Regular readers will know that this time of year I usually attend and assist with the running of, the RM Web South West Area Group members day held nr. Taunton. This year we are unable to do so but...
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#onthisday 25th April 1970 OVS Bulleid died
#onthisday 25th April 1970 Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid died, aged 87. He was the Southern Railway Chief Mechanical Engineer between 1937 and nationalisation in 1948. A line up of Bulleid Pacific’s...
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RMweb SWAG Virtual Members Day 2020 in aid of NHS Charities Together talking...
As I posted earlier this week I usually attend and assist with the running of, the RM Web South West Area Group members day held nr. Taunton. This year we are unable to do so but this has not deterred...
View ArticleNew Video and Gallery pages added to my www.grahammuz.com blog
I am far from being a ‘vlogger’ or a ‘youTuber’ and you will never get to watch me ‘unbox’ anything but I have often added video clips to illustrate posts throughout the site, I have now added a new...
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Picture of the Month – May 2020
This months picture… A Drummond T14 4-6-0 “Paddlebox” 461 a NuCast kit is turned whilst 21C14 “Nederland Line” a Series 2 Merchant Navy Pacific, a Millholme kit, heads towards London with the ‘UP’...
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