British Railway Modelling June 09 Out Now

The lastest edition of British Railway Modelling came through subscribers letter boxes earlier this week and it comes in at a big 180 pages with a free supplement Layout of a Lifetime: 5.

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Hornby Standard 4 Pre-Production Sample

An HD look at the forthcoming Standard 4 class locomotive. WATCH IN HD.

Out Now - The Railway Magazine June 09

This months Railway Magazine is now out. You can now order the magazine so that it is delivered to you electronically which is a great way to ensure that you get your copy as it is released. By ordering the digital version you can read the magazine online or download to your PC to read offline later. If you click the link below you can test the magazine out by getting three free zoomed pages from the latest copy. The best thing to do is to open it up and browse the limited version before deciding which pages to enhance.

The Railway Magazine has been published since 1897 and is now the UK's best-selling general interest rail title. Every month, The RM provides enthusiasts and professionals with authoritative and informed news coverage of the following: - Network Rail and the train operating companies- Locomotives, multiple units, carriages and wagons- Steam, heritage and the preservation world, inc narrow gauge- Metro and underground systems- In addition, the magazine carries frequent items of overseas interest.The Railway Magazine is also renowned for its wide-ranging and innovative

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The Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 arrives

My Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 that I ordered from OnTracks turned up yesterday which was a turn around of just a few days. I have managed to get it onto our current layout and take the picture that you see above. I will be looking to totally redesign the layout shortly and the Ivatt will be a core engine in that layout as I will be modelling a small village station on the old Spalding to Yarmouth line which was shut in 1959.

You can see what else OnTracks have to offer by clicking here.

Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0

I've been spending some time looking into trains that would have ran on the M&GN lines in the area around Spalding in Lincolnshire. There seems to be a lot of Ivatt 2-6-0's and J6 0-6-0 on the line up to the closure of a lot of the line in the area in 1959.

I'm intending to model a stretch between Spalding and Holbeach and to that end I have ordered an Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 as the first train that properly fits the line being modelled. A number of other Ivatt class trains can be found at OnTracks

70350 City of Peterborough at Nene Valley Railway

The 70350 City of Peterborough leaves Nene Valley Railway station on its way to Peterborough on 4 May 2009.

City of Peterborough steam train at Nene Valley Railway

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