Rolling stock

You will find knuckle couplings on American model railways and European ones as this is the standard coupling for everywhere except England. The knuckle coupling was invented in the late 1800s and is used all over the world today on the...

OO9 is 4mm to the foot scale (that is OO or 1/76) but using 9mm track gauge (the same size as N gauge). This is narrow gauge modelling and is meant to represent 2ft gauge in real life. The name comes from OO scale and 9mm track. It is a very...

OO is definitely easier for handling especially for those of us with larger hands and fingers, but otherwise there is no real difference: they use the same controller, work in the same way and require the same amount of time. If you are starting...

It goes back to the old saying: you get what you pay for. The more expensive locomotives out there have slightly better detailing when it comes to paint and overall finish. You can feel the quality when you hold them. They are also usually...

Mallard is the fastest steam locomotive in the world. This has to be one of the most iconic engines ever, it is 70 feet long and weighs in at 165 tons with the tender. It is a pacific steam locomotive class A4 and was run by LNER. It was built...

Gn15 is an exciting scale for smaller projects with quirky or unusual engines and wagon. Gn15 is a combination of garden railway which is G scale  (1:22.5) running on OO gauge track. The 15 in the Gn15 is the width of the prototype track in...

You can mix H0 et 00 engines as they run on the same gauge of track and use the same controllers with no problem whatsoever. There are however a couple of things to consider, how important they are to you will depend on where you lie in your...

The question: What is the difference between a 45xx Class and a Class 45? should really be: What isn't the difference?Just about the only things they have in common is that they are both railway engines and they both operated in Great Britain...

Departmental rolling stock is great for modellers. Often it is an excellent excuse to run much earlier locomotives and carriages alongside more modern examples because most departmental stock is only usually inherited at the end of its useful...

We are willing to bet that at least 99.9% of modellers own at least one MK1 carriage amongst their collection. These carriages are fantastic and have been around for so long they pretty much symbolise British rolling stock. But with so many...

ETHEL stands for Electric Train Heating Ex Locomotive and was the designation given to three class 25 diesel locomotives in 1983. They were renumbered as class 97s for departmental use and their new job was to supply electric train heating (ETH)...

If you are just starting out on your model railway adventure and are wondering which era you should model, the answer is simple: whichever makes you happy. After all, it’s your layout, and you will be spending a lot of time and money creating it...