Mainline Railways was a British model railway brand that operated between 1976 and 1983, introduced by Palitoy, the...
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Mainline Railways was a British model railway brand that operated between 1976 and 1983, introduced by Palitoy, the...
A Wickham Trolley is a small railway maintenance vehicle once widely used across Britain's railways. Built by D...
The Blue Riband subbrand was a significant step in the evolution of Bachmann Branchline, the UK division of Bachmann...
Applying a camber to a tight curve of track on your model railway layout can help improve the realism and operation...
A well-designed model railway is more than just a collection of tracks and trains: it’s a miniature world that...
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The MGR system utilised specific hopper wagons that could be automatically loaded and unloaded. A locomotive fitted with slow speed control could deliver a number of wagons on a continuous loop from colliery to power station delivering coal, hence the adoption of the term MGR to describe this 'merry-go-round' process. The reduction in time and manpower made for a very efficient system with obvious cost savings. It has been estimated that under the MGR system, each hopper could deliver up to 14 times as much coal as a wagon operated under the previous manual system.
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