Found this very cool Lionel train set on Amazon. When I was a kid I had a great Lionel set. In reality it wasn’t much more than an oval of track, a steam engine, and a few cars. But I loved it dearly and it was one of those that makes you think back and [...]

Top Gear’s James May presented a program about his Top Toys, and this is the segment on the number 1 toy – the train set. We also get a glimpse of Pete Waterman’s O Gauge layout. This all too brief video gives a nice introduction to the Hornby and Triang model railways of the UK [...]

In case anyone knows where I can get one, I am currently looking for a book. It is titled “In Search Of a Dream: The Life and Work of Roye England” and was edited by Stephen Williams. Published by Wild Swan Press in the UK, this book tells the story of the life and work [...]

05
Feb

Yes, I am a happy boy. Over the past week or week or so I received two different packages of model railway magazines I had been waiting for. The first pack was from a great guy I ran into online who had about 18 issues of Railway Modeller and British Railway Modelling that he wanted [...]

Just some short movies of model railroads that I found on YouTube. The layout at the National exhibit is very well done. And look, it’s Gordon!