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Part of an HO scale model railroad layout. In model railroading, a layout is a diorama containing scale track for operating trains. The size of a layout varies, from small shelf-top designs to ones that fill entire rooms, basements, or whole buildings. Attention to modeling details such as structures and scenery is common. Simple layouts are ...
As the first EM gauge layout to be exhibited, and for the extent and detail of its magazine coverage, it has been described as 'the single most important layout in the history of the hobby'. [25] A feature of the later railway was 'The Automatic Crispin'. This was a very early example of model railway automation using a form of drum sequencer.
The Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS) is a British charitable society which supports railway modellers in creating historically accurate models. To this end it collects, preserves and makes available documents, drawings, photographs and other records, covering the period from the early 19th century to the present.
Another range launched under the Exclusive First Editions banner involved model London Underground tube trains. Three different types have been released depicting 1938, 1959 and 1962 stock carriages; these models are mainly of plastic construction but have been designed to allow motorization for used on model railway layouts if required.
Hornby, toy train line by Hornby Railways of England. Stopped making wooden toy trains a few years ago. Ikonic Toys, wooden toy brand from Holland. Tesco, sold at the Tesco stores may be related to Euro-Play; Tarnawa is a polish wooden company manufacturing ecological toys in Europe since 1934 (tarnawaeu.com). [42]
He edited Railway Modeller from 1950 to 1978, and Model Railways from 1978 until 1983. He also wrote many articles for Model Railroader . Freezer popularised the 'terminus to fiddle yard layout ', is credited with inventing the " rabbit warren layout ", and published many books on model railways, many of which are considered classics in the field.
A 242A1 locomotive and standard gauge track at some model railway scales. This page lists the most relevant model railway scale standards in the world. Most standards are regional, but some have followers in other parts of the world outside their native region, most notably NEM and NMRA.
An N gauge model of a BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T. Graham Farish is a Chinese-owned brand of N gauge British railway models. The Graham Farish Ltd company was founded in 1928 in the UK and Kader Group of Hong Kong bought the firm in 2001. Kader's subsidiary, Bachmann Industries absorbed its operations and the models are made in China.