#onthisday 125th Birthday of my Granddad Arthur Muspratt
My grandfather, Thomas Arthur Muspratt, known as Arthur, was born this day 125 years ago in 1899. As I have stated before on this blog he was a ganger for the Southern Railway based at Salisbury, for...
View ArticleDapol announce 0 Gauge LSWR/SR Buildings in their Kitmaster Genesis range
Dapol have announced a range of UK produced laser cut self assembly card kits for 0 Gauge based on London & South Western Railway prototypes. The kits will be laser cut from the self-coloured card...
View Article#OnThisDay… O.V.S. Bulleid passed away
Today marks 54 years since the passing of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE. He was of course Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway between 27th May 1937 and 31st December 1947 and then...
View ArticlePicture of the Month – May 2024
This months picture... See Canute Road Quay this month at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway Model Show – Havenstreet Station, Isle of Wight Steam, Main Rd, Havenstreet, Ryde PO33 4DS
View ArticleBachmann announce new versions of the LSWR/SR Adams O2 with additional...
As part of their quarterly British Railway Announcements for Summer 2024 Bachmann have announced a further run of the LSWR/SR Adams O2 as part of their EFE Rail brand. Some of these versions include...
View ArticleWhy Canute Road… and a very local exhibition…
What's in a name... I am often asked why Canute Road Quay… The arrival of the excellent Model Rail Magazine commissioned USA Tanks (which I had a slight hand in the development for), and already having...
View ArticleKMRC announce LBSC Diagram 1369 & 1364 five plank open wagon range in 00 Gauge.
Kernow Model Rail Centre have announced LBSC 'Open A', SR Diagram 1369 & 1364 five plank open wagon range in 00 Gauge as exclusive models with the tooling designed, developed, and owned by Kernow...
View ArticlePicture of the Month – June 2024
This months picture... See Canute Road Quay this month at the Southampton Trams Museum model event – (Solent Sky Museum) Albert Road South, Southampton, SO14 3FR (Just around the corner from the real...
View Article80 years on – Turning left for France – Operation Overlord – the Southern...
Today, 6th June, marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces D-Day landings, Operation Overlord, on the Normandy coast, the largest ever wartime seaborne invasion landings, and the subsequent...
View ArticleRapido Trains UK reveal their 00 Gauge USATC S160 2-8-0 versions.
Rapido Trains UK have revealed their 00 Gauge USATC S160 2-8-0 versions. Although it was first announced back last August that they were produce the USATC S160, today, appropriately on D-Day, the first...
View ArticleMr Bulleid’s Tavern Cars, a new book
The latest book from The Transport Treasury is a Southern Times 'Extra' compiled from friend Kevin Robertson is 'Mr Bulleid's Tavern Cars'. Eight pairs of Tavern Cars were built at Eastleigh between...
View Article2B or 23 with a bar, that question of SR two character explained, a new SEG Book
The question of what the Southern Railway / BR(s) two character headcodes actually mean is relevant to any LSWR/SR/BR(S) modeller operating EMUs or Class 33, Class 73/74 locomotives and even the...
View ArticlePicture of the Month – July 2024
This months picture... See Canute Road Quay this month at the Chatham and District Model Railway Club – The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ
View ArticleCanute Road Quay heads to a dock like a dock to…
When does a quay, or for that matter a wharf, become a dock, and what is the difference between a dock and a harbour..? A quay and a wharf are pretty much the same thing, being somewhere alongside the...
View ArticleControlling Interests #12 Uncoupling revisited – Canute Road Quay
One of the most asked questions when exhibiting Canute Road Quay is about how my remote hands free uncoupling works. Quite some while ago now I started using modified tension lock coupling in...
View ArticleSonic Models announce the LBSCR K Class 2-6-0 in 00 gauge [Updated]
This comprehensive new project, by Sonic Models available exclusively via Rails of Sheffield, will cover the full lifespan of the mighty K Class 'Mogul', with 10 different guises available for...
View ArticleBachmann confirm new tooled Class 09 identities and new PLV/PMVs/CCT versions...
Bachmann Europe have announced their new products for Autumn 2024 that includes brand new tooled Class 08/09 identities and new PMVs/CCT versions. The brand new tooling for the Class 08 and Class 09...
View Article#onthisday 60 years since the last Atlantic Coast Express the final ACE
Today is the 60th Anniversary since the final run of the Atlantic Coast Express, known as the ACE. This is a version of my Talking Stock #28 post here to mark the anniversary. The last ACE left Padstow...
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