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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Exhibition layouts:
Farquhar
Bramma Joint
Rydesvale
Borchester
MRC Gauge O
GMT Gauge 1
Southend Joint Tramways
Orpington MRC
Burgess Hill MRC
Plans Page:
NER ballast brakes - R. W. Rush
Portsmouth express electric stock - Ray Chorley
Humanism - A plea by A. Howard
Vintage Electric
New British Rail station signs - Story of a circle told by Dick Goudge
Constructors Review - news and views of the latest from the trade Club News
Trade Briefing
Letters
Rutherford - visited by R. G. Perkins
Alyn Eden writes
Front Cover: Storm clouds gather overhead as 4-BUF unit No. 3082 bound for the South Coast passes the up Brighton Belle. See pages 126 and 130.
Article Snippets
Forty years young
The Easter week exhibition at Central Hall will be the fortieth such gathering of model railway people organised by the hard-working officials of the Model Railway Club. It is, of course, well over forty years since the first exhibition was held, and in the span of fifty-five years since the Club was founded in 1910, the whole aspect of railways and model railways has changed. Yet this year's exhibition, which promises to be every bit as good, if not better, than those of previous years, will be showing models from ail eras made by folk from all walks of life. Generally, model railway people tend to be conservative in their outlook, but a few of our clubs have a remarkably progressive element about them. Half of the layouts on show this year are being staged by clubs or similar groups, and this has been the tendency for some years past; witness the fine layouts exhibited in recent years by the Crawley and Epsom and Ewell Clubs, quite apart from the MRCs own OO layout. It would seem, therefore, that despite the many changes that have occurred in both prototype and model railway spheres over the years, the various model railway clubs throughout the country offer a consistent, steadying influence on the hobby as a whole; new enthusiasts would be well advised to get in touch with their local club, or failing this, to at least get along to one of the local exhibitions that are now part of the everyday life of most model railway clubs to see just what other folk in the area are doing.
This month
There is no layout feature as such this month; instead, we are giving brief details of all ten layouts on show at the MRC exhibition, with a track diagram of each. A close study of the ten layouts on show reveals some interesting trends in model railway construction; the continuous layout, for instance, seems to be regaining popularity at the expense of the end to end line. Elsewhere between the pages of this issue will be found a sheet of the new British Rail station signs for the up-to-date enthusiast, and there is also a special feature on vintage electric traction. By the way, the mrc stand at the exhibition will be featuring working models of London Underground and Southern Electric trains, and at intervals a member of the editorial staff will be on hand to answer questions, so don't forget to pay us a visit on stand 29.
The Easter week exhibition at Central Hall will be the fortieth such gathering of model railway people organised by the hard-working officials of the Model Railway Club. It is, of course, well over forty years since the first exhibition was held, and in the span of fifty-five years since the Club was founded in 1910, the whole aspect of railways and model railways has changed. Yet this year's exhibition, which promises to be every bit as good, if not better, than those of previous years, will be showing models from ail eras made by folk from all walks of life. Generally, model railway people tend to be conservative in their outlook, but a few of our clubs have a remarkably progressive element about them. Half of the layouts on show this year are being staged by clubs or similar groups, and this has been the tendency for some years past; witness the fine layouts exhibited in recent years by the Crawley and Epsom and Ewell Clubs, quite apart from the MRCs own OO layout. It would seem, therefore, that despite the many changes that have occurred in both prototype and model railway spheres over the years, the various model railway clubs throughout the country offer a consistent, steadying influence on the hobby as a whole; new enthusiasts would be well advised to get in touch with their local club, or failing this, to at least get along to one of the local exhibitions that are now part of the everyday life of most model railway clubs to see just what other folk in the area are doing.
This month
There is no layout feature as such this month; instead, we are giving brief details of all ten layouts on show at the MRC exhibition, with a track diagram of each. A close study of the ten layouts on show reveals some interesting trends in model railway construction; the continuous layout, for instance, seems to be regaining popularity at the expense of the end to end line. Elsewhere between the pages of this issue will be found a sheet of the new British Rail station signs for the up-to-date enthusiast, and there is also a special feature on vintage electric traction. By the way, the mrc stand at the exhibition will be featuring working models of London Underground and Southern Electric trains, and at intervals a member of the editorial staff will be on hand to answer questions, so don't forget to pay us a visit on stand 29.
