Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jools Holland, the musician and television presenter, is a model railway buff. However, organisers of a long-running model railway ...

Music mogul Pete Waterman is hoping to launch a new record this weekend, of the model railway variety. He is attempting the Guinness World Record for the largest portable model railway, which will be ...

Laurie Calvert has switched tracks to create his own weird and wonderful displays which are turning heads at conventions.

16:59, Mon, Mar 11, 2024 Updated: 21:51, Mon, Mar 11, 2024 Concerns were raised recently about an apparent lack of interest in model railways in the younger generations, leading to a lack of staffing ...

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The son of a model railway enthusiast says the hobby "saved" his father from depression. When Robert Terrance Smith found himself lacking motivation and drive to continue with everyday life after ...

Remember your train set? You set it up every Christmas, around the tree, on a table or perhaps on a piece of plywood straddling sawhorses. The Lionel steam engine would pull a handful of freight cars ...

Royal Mail is issuing a set of 12 stamps to celebrate the world of Hornby Model Railways. Frank Hornby, the inventor of Meccano, produced his first clockwork Hornby Series trains in 1920, followed in ...

Manchester Model Railway Society, the third oldest model railway group in the world, is preparing to open its 84th public exhibition this December. The Manchester Model Railway Society’s annual ...

Poole Model Railway Exhibition 2026 at Corfe Hills School spans two days, featuring finescale layouts, trade stands, demos, ...

The UK’s biggest model railway exhibition, the National Festival of Railway Modelling, will return to the NEC Birmingham on November 22 and 23. Widely recognised as the UK’s leading railway modelling ...

A model railway club is helping to provide a safe space for autistic young people to get involved in the hobby. The North Down Model Railway Society in Bangor, County Down, has been welcoming model ...