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Using a back-to-back gauge for your model railway ensures that the wheels on your rolling stock are spaced correctly...
A poly-cap is a type of plastic cap often used in model-making kits, especially for assembling figurines or model...
Graham Farish is a name you’re likely to come across if you're interested in British model railways, especially in...
Semaphore signals, those distinctive mechanical arms that once graced railway lines across the UK, were largely...
Kato track is a popular choice in the world of model railways, known for its quality, ease of use and versatility. If...
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Bo-Bo is a common wheel arrangement for many medium sized diesel and most electric locomotives. It indicates that a locomotive has two bogies (one at each end), each bogie has two axles and each axle has 2 wheels giving the locomotive eight wheels...
Soldering irons are a little bit like the children's story "Goldilocks and the three bears": some are too hot, some are too cold and some are just right, but which is which when it comes to modelling and why?An entry-level soldering iron will be...
When railway modellers refer to a baseboard, they are talking about the large flat board on which their railway tracks are permanently attached to.The purpose of a baseboard is to provide a solid and permanent foundation on which a model railway...
7/0.2 wire is what railway modellers most commonly use for wiring auxiliary features to their layouts and to carry power to and from a controller and the tracks. The code simply relates to the number of individual metal strands inside a wire (in...
You can use reed switches on your model railway when you want an action to be triggered by a train passing over a particular section of track. Reed switches work in a very basic way, they have two fine strips of metal placed slightly apart acting...
There are times when you may want to operate more than one set of points using just one switch, examples of locations where this could be an advantage include, crossovers, catch points and when a dedicated route is required, this is not a problem...
We have all been there, with that wagon or coach that derails all of the time, and we suspect that the reason for this mischievous item of rolling stock constantly making a break for freedom is a lack of weight. The solution is easy though: simply...
Modern image is a phrase that railway modellers use to describe a layout that reflects modern times. Interestingly, modern image doesn't feature as a category in a lot of manufacturer's era systems which describe specific and significant periods...
The EM1s (Class 76 under the TOPS system) were a British design of Bo-Bo electric locomotive with a maximum speed of 65mph and built to a design by Sir Nigel Gresley. EM1 stands for Electric Mixed-traffic 1 and the prototype was designed as early...
Trees are a big feature on most model railway layouts. There are some great ready to go trees from various manufacturers, depicting many different types and sizes of trees that work across all gauges. But did you know that you can also easily make...
When choosing a decoder for your model, it can be expected that making your model move is something that all decoders will do as a minimum. In addition to this, all but the most basic of decoders will offer a certain amount of additional...
The white discs that were displayed on the front of steam trains and early types of diesel were a way of communicating to the signal box what type of train it was and sometimes the route that it should take.The white disc system is also known as...