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We are open this Sunday - and Thomas, his Friends including Hogwarts Castle are visiting the Whitewebbs Park layout. Also see the progress on Bulls Cross as we get it ready for our September exhibition plus gets "hands on" on Clay Hill Manor.

The museum is OPEN this Sunday (yay) so its time for our next themed running day - continuing to move through the railway eras we have reached 5 & 6 the time of the Blue and Green diesel locomotives. Come along and see trains running in our carriage plus have a go on your new… Read more: Running Day: Eras 5 and 6 - Green and Blue Diesels

Our N Gauge layout is due to be exhibited on the 28th May, and was in need of a scenic refresh and track ballasting after the track had been completely relaid to improve running. With only 2 weeks and in reality 2 club nights available it was time for some speed modelling and updating of… Read more: Deadtree Manor becomes Clay Hill Manor

We wanted to be a bit different with Bulls Cross and make our own coaches and there are many ways to do this - common ways are brass or white metal kits, or plastic kits - but these are ready made in some way we decided to go one step further this time and into… Read more: Creating coaches for Bulls Cross

We talk about era's in terms of model railways which are basically the periods in which key types of railway traction and changes occurred as the railways evolved. With our Running Days we theme these during the year to each of the major eras and all of the stock (locomotives, carriages and trucks) matches the… Read more: Model Railway Era's explained