General Modelling

British Rail’s second generation of standard coach was designated the Mk2, following on from the highly successful Mk1 series. Unlike the Mk1s howe...

Engineered to deal with the steep gradients of the Calder Valley route which it became synonymous with them being named 'Calder Valley sets', the C...

The Wisbech & Upwell Tramway was certainly unusual, including its coaches. Prior to 1884, when the line opened to Upwell, six four-wheel coache...

Southern locomotive 21C146 entered service in November 1946 having been built to Bulleid's air-smoothed 'Light Pacific' design. From new the locomo...

The British Railways Mk1 was the designation given to BR’s first standard design of main line coaching stock, and one of its most successful. Built...

The British Railways Mk1 was the designation given to BR’s first standard design of main line coaching stock, and one of its most successful. Built...

The British Railways Mk1 was the designation given to BR’s first standard design of main line coaching stock, and one of its most successful. Built...

Coal fuelled Britain during the twentieth century and much of this fuel was transported by rail. The 16 Ton Steel Mineral Wagon began as a wartime ...

The HAA Coal Hoppers were designed for use as part of the new Merry-Go-Round (MGR) trains introduced in the 1960s. Replacing the ageing fleet of wo...

The HAA Coal Hoppers were designed for use as part of the new Merry-Go-Round (MGR) trains introduced in the 1960s. Replacing the ageing fleet of wo...

Coal fuelled Britain during the twentieth century and much of this fuel was transported by rail. The 16 Ton Steel Mineral Wagon began as a wartime ...

The British Rail Class 37 is a favourite among enthusiasts and modellers alike and, having been a firm fixture in the Bachmann Branchline OO scale ...

The Class 40 Diesel Locomotive has long been a highlight of the Bachmann Branchline OO scale fleet, and for 2023 this popular model has been upgrad...

Built by British Rail, these Bogie Ballast Hoppers were some of the largest wagons in the engineer’s fleet. Like most engineer’s wagons, these ball...

This is the standard Southern Railway goods van with a 10 foot wheelbase and distinctive elliptical roof. About 1000 fitted vans were built 1936-3...

The MOGO had a 12-ton capacity and is fitted with end doors and wheel bars to allow a motor car to be loaded and transported in a goods train, henc...

Bogie Bolster Wagons first entered traffic in the early twentieth century. Designed to carry long loads, these flat bed wagons were fitted with bol...

Sir Nigel Gresley (1876-1941) was one of the most prominent designers of the steam era of British railways. Although his locomotive designs are his...

Sir Nigel Gresley (1876-1941) was one of the most prominent designers of the steam era of British railways. Although his locomotive designs are his...

Due to pressure from large customers BR developed a box van design with sliding doors, the Vanwide to Diagram 1/217, with standard dimensions of 17...

Rapido Trains UK is to produce one of Britain’s most enigmatic railway wagons, an inadvertent film star whose history still remains a little cloudy...

The LSWR M7 Class is a class of 0-4-4 passenger tank locomotive built between 1897 and 1911. Drummond designed the class for use on the intensive L...

The 14XX was a GWR tank locomotive designed for branch line passenger and freight work. Although the design is attributed to Collett, much of the a...

The class 121 and 122 (also known as "Bubble Cars") formed part of the first generation of British DMU's. These units were designed to run on branc...