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This week's Friday video was the second of three from the St. Andrews Model Rail Exhibition for 2024 as organised by the East Neuk Model Railway Club.
In this part we continue the action from Loch Dubh followed by some German WWII train movements, Lego trains, locomotives on a freight spur in British Columbia and a large modern image layout running full length trains in some lovely scenery as pictured below.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/MsZlXqta0Hc
The final part will be available next Monday.
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This week’s video is the first of three from the St. Andrews Model Rail Exhibition for 2024 as organised by the East Neuk Model Railway Club.
In this part we feature Lockerbie (set in the early 2010s Virgin Trains and Trans Pennine Express era), Mains 'o Rusty Back Chain (a modern image extensive layout) and Loch Dubh (Central Scotland circa early 1960’s scenes with a distillery and its pickup freight service) as pictured below.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/MRmTrmtbBWc
Part 2 will be available on Friday.
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This week’s video is the second of two from the Inverness Model Rail Show for 2024 as organised by the Inverness & District Model Railway Club.
In this part we feature the layouts Castle Morris (1930s North West Midlands), Conness (narrow gauge near Ayr), White Cow Flats (Union Pacific local service in the 1990s), Nanjai Eki (Japanese commuter & freight scenes) and Glen Farist (a distillery and its small village station) as pictured below.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/IFOUHkNcP54
Next week we visit the St. Andrews Model Railway Exhibition.
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This week’s video is the first of two from the Inverness Model Rail Show for 2024 as organised by the Inverness & District Model Railway Club.
In this part we feature the layouts Bata Dubh (set around a 1960s distillery in the highlands of Scotland), Pagoda Bay (a railway in a Lantern), European Diorama (a small town and station scene) and Thomas (an amazing American 3-Rail system with lots going on including a cop chasing a robber around a moving open wagon!) as pictured below.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/RFMAE63Lugs
Part 2 will be available on Friday.
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This week we visit the Caledonian Railway at Brechin.
The railway runs steam and diesel hauled trains along the preserved 4 mile branch line between the town of Brechin in Angus and the countryside station at Bridge of Dun which dates back to 1848. Bridge of Dun station was on the former main Perth to Aberdeen Caledonian railway line and used to receive Royal Trains.
We have two videos, the first featuring the restored station buildings and history of the line including a return trip behind a Class 27 (Diesel Saturday) and the second featuring a trip behind a steam locomotive (Steam Sunday). Lots of action as the locos change ends at both stations.
Diesel Saturday = https://youtu.be/yxcX8t7ZKP0
Steam Sunday = https://youtu.be/u9NDDIfo-b0
Next week we visit the Inverness Model Railway Exhibition for the first time.
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This week’s video is the last of three from the Cupar Model Rail Show for 2024 as organised by the Cupar & District Model Railway Club.
In this part we feature another 6 layouts including Friarsgate Depot (steam based London Transport depot), Studio Tour (Harry Potter action with new live steam Flying Scotsman!), Rossie (rural stretch of the rail network in the East of Scotland), Nanjai Eki (Japanese commuter & freight scenes) and Ribbingfall Yard (a new North American switching yard) as pictured below.
We also take a look at the exhibits from the Dundee Model Boat Club.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/O_GIVopEZhQ
Next week we head into the countryside to visit an excellent heritage railway we've not visited before.
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Wow, we made it! Thanks so much to all our loyal subscribers as we've just passed the YouTube threshold of 1,000 subs.
Of course a BIG thanks goes to all the model railway layout designers, builders and operators and the exhibition organisers without whom we wouldn't have so much great content to bring you every week. Everyone we meet at shows is always so friendly and supportive - it's a great hobby!
As we head into the autumn peak season for model railway shows we are planning to visit some shows we've not been to before, as well as the usual return visits, and there will also be a few heritage railway videos coming up soon as well.
Thanks again for being with us, whether you joined recently or have been with us since the start over 18 months ago - we really do appreciate every one of you!
Let's go and watch some trains .....
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This week’s video is the second of three from the Cupar Model Rail Show for 2024 as organised by the Cupar & District Model Railway Club.
In this part we feature another 8 layouts including Haigh Junction (old steam depot with modern traction), Springfield Yard (small switching yard in the North East USA), Morven Terminal (CSX main line Intermodal freight yard), Clarence Sidings (run down steam shed with a diesel refuelling point during diesel transition years) and Glendhar (1930s narrow gauge) as pictured below.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/xZDWUjY4lMU
Part 3 will be available next Monday.
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This week’s video is the first of three from the Cupar Model Rail Show for 2024 as organised by the Cupar & District Model Railway Club.
In this part we feature the layouts Clifton and Lowther (set south of Penrith in the late 1950s and 60s), Stanton Road (modern day loco/wagon repair and refuelling point in Northern England), Altdorf Ost (a small German S-Bahn station - see if you can guess the previous theme of this layout!), Another Bridge (based on Dalguise viaduct) and Clay Bridge (a china clay slurry and aggregate loading point in Cornwall) as pictured below.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/yAptqf7Oq_4
Part 2 will be available next Monday.
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This week's video is the final part from the Perth Model Rail Exhibition for 2024 as organised by the Perth Model Railway Group.
This is Scotland’s largest summer show with over 40 layouts. In this part we feature 10 more layouts including Craster (set in 1870s Northumberland), Mariana Mesa (High Rockies of North America), South Millfields (1980s Nework SouthEast), Match Day (Yorkshire football stadium station) and Fullarton Junction (Ayrshire) as pictured below.
We also take a look at Rossie, Prestonhall Steam, Harz Mountain Experience, Dalziel North and Foxible Pool.
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/zBGwPJFv1gQ
The Perth videos have been really popular this year with a 300% increase in views compared to normal. Part 2 has just become our most popular video (finally beating Glasgow 2023!) with over 17K views - clearly everyone loves the Burntisland layout!
Next week we visit Cupar Model Rail.
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Action from model railway exhibitions and our home layout, where you have the best view to watch the trains go by.
Also available on the channel will be some trips to heritage railways and other related interesting topics.
For our own layout we’ve not modelled any specific location and have not reflected any particular historic era, it’s just a selection of trains and other items acquired over many years. The layout is OO gauge with most trains from the major suppliers Hornby and Bachmann and mostly from the UK. We are currently adding a separate set of tracks and a new TMD all controlled via DCC which will keep us busy for years! The main lines are DC controlled.
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We typically publish a new video every Monday afternoon with an extra video on Fridays at busy times!