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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Railway of the Month: The Glenrock Garden Railway - An imaginative 0 gauge outdoor system, built by Ian Pethers and featuring a variety of steam and diesel outline models. Plan of the Month: Down by the coal yard - Hugh Flynn's compact shunting layout suggestion for 00 gauge was inspired by a yard at Edinburgh Haymarket. Scale Drawings: Ryhill Halt - A somewhat less than salubrious installation for a L&Y motor train service, drawn and described by John Farline. Features: Easingwold East - A fictitious extension to a long-closed private line, modelled in EM by Peter Fletcher. Modern ballast wagons - A variety of Limpet spoil carriers, built from kits and scratch by Richard Bardsley in N. Glenalmond - The main line north of Glasgow was the inspiration for John Harker's N gauge layout, set in the 1980s, which he built on a standard door. Freight trains on Dhoon - The use of card waybills to organise wagon movements has been popular, in North America in particular, for many years. Alan Browning explains his take on the system. Balnakiel - An estate railway in Gn15 (G scale, using 16.5mm gauge to represent 15"), set in Scotland, Ian Roberts constructed nearly all of the layout's features, including the figures, himself. Oxenhope - The terminus of the branch up the Worth Valley in BR days, modelled in 3mm by Victor Hall. Is your freight train formation fit for purpose? - Alan Whitehouse explains how cuts of wagons were typically marshalled into a train. Fiddle yard flexibility - One minute, Gerald Godfrey's fiddle yard can be serving the rest of his room-sized 00 layout; the next, it supports a work table for maintenance. Baseboard options - 2 - The second part of this series covers modular box baseboards, made principally from MDF and designed for use with shelf brackets. Neale Burrows shows you how it's done. Customising proprietary coaches - Good though the current crop of ready-to-run coaches is, they can be enhanced further; Craig Tiley shows you how to add passengers to three different types of vehicle. A 100' run to Willingford and back - Through Roy Holloway's railway room door is an extensive system in 00, which stores all his favourites in sidings out in the open, and easily accessible. A start in the hobby - 5: A start in N - John Turner took a Peco Setrack plan as an inspiration for his first venture into 1:148 scale. Railway Modelling Explored - 1: Craig Tiley continues his series for those beginning their railway modelling journey; this month, points and power feeds. Railway Modelling Explored - 2: Working tail lamps - Adding illumination to brake vans, described by Derek Sissons and modelled in 00. Regulars: Comment - Observations and opinions across the spectrum of railway modelling. This month: Neil Burgess, enthusiast and modeller of the pre-Grouping scene. Readers' Letters Latest Reviews - The items reviewed this month include the Graham Parish BR Standard Class 5 in N; the Hornby BR(SR) pull-push two-coach set with M7 in 00; the Bachmann SR Motor Luggage Van in 00 from Bachmann; and much more. Book & DVD Reviews News - Including a preview look at the Graham Farish Class 70 in N, and Hornby Thompson suburbans in 00, and much more. Societies & Clubs - The biggest and best guide to the exhibition scene up and down the land. . a€Ã
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