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This became the first model railway village in the United Kingdom, due to the focus of the attraction on the miniature railway. [2] When it opened to the public in 1996 it was the largest outdoor display of G gauge railway in the United Kingdom. [2] [3] The Jones family still run Southport Model Railway Village today. [2]
The latter is in association with The Model Railway Club [16] which is the oldest model railway society in the world, having been formed in 1910, [17] demonstrating BRM's place within the hobby. BRM's first show was The Festival Of Railway Modelling at Doncaster Racecourse in 1997. [ 18 ]
Pages in category "Model railway shows and exhibitions" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The founding president was the influential railway official and historian, George Dow. [4] One of its early members, and for some time its Vice-President, was the railway writer and artist C. Hamilton Ellis, whose 1962 book Model Railways 1838–1939 was said by The Times to have "led the way in charting the early history of this ... hobby". [5]
Model Rail [1] is a British railway magazine focusing on rail transport modelling. It was first published in 1997, after running as a supplement to Rail. Model Rail is published 13 times a year. It contains articles about railways in Britain, layouts, weathering, building kits, kitbashing, scratch building, and other model-making techniques.
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Railway Modeller is a monthly British magazine about model railways now published by Peco Publications in Beer, Devon. It has been in publication since 1949 with Vol. 1 No. 1 published as The Railway Modeller, being an Ian Allan Production for October–November, 1949. It is still Britain's most popular model railway title.