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Here is a most interesting little pamphlet. It’s from 1935 and describes a lecture given by Sir Stephen Tallents about the opportunities, benefits and challenges in relation to promoting the activities of the Post Office. I’m interested in this because … Continue reading →

Here is the cover of a folder with four sheets of paper model trains within. Actually, it’s one loco and tender, an SR streamlined Merchant Navy or Battle of Britain class by Bullied, with a passenger carriage and a number … Continue reading →

The French have a long tradition of coloured paper cut-out models…this story begins with paper figures associated with the playhouse and with the battlefield… I posted before about these kinds of images, here http://paulrennie.rennart.co.uk/post/122765079235/napoleon-illustrated-again  

In 1963, the US pop artist, Ed Ruscha published his Twentysic Gasoline Stations…this was a kind of photographic road trip with associated art works in print form. Someone should do the same with railroad stations and model railway layouts… In … Continue reading →

It’s October, and I visited the local model railway exhibition with my friend, Alan, at the weekend. You can imagine how pleased I was to see this model of the Granary Building at King’s Cross, with the new CSM…except that … Continue reading →

It’s October, so yesterday, I went to my local Model Railway Exhibition. This happens every year, and I’ve posted about it before. Yesterday, I visited with my friend and former colleague, Alan Baines. It turns out, he’s quite an expert… … Continue reading →

The pop music producer, Peter Waterman, is selling part of his collection of model railway locomotives. Mr Waterman is well known amongst railway conservation and preservation groups. The sale is an attempt to make space and to underwrite the restoration … Continue reading →

Here are some terrific O gauge model engines…

It’s October, so off to the Leas Cliff Hall to visit the annual Folkestone Model Railway Exhibition. I’ve posted about this before… Every year, there is a different selection of big layouts. The best thing I saw today was an … Continue reading →

This is a post about model railways… I’ve been there before, but what the heck. The history of model railways is almost as old as the railway itself. At first, the model railway was a miniature engineered model. This was … Continue reading →