Photo: Buckminster Ironstone, seen from the staging/fiddle yard end taken at the little layout's outing to Railex over th...

I finally managed to extract myself from the holiday spirit of putting things off to erect the next project. Taken with a bit of light...

In the days before motorways, oversize loads were taken by rail. This often involved temporarily moving lineside equipment and anything ...

4631 puts on the brakes for Catcott Burtle; note the WR chocolate and cream liveried Mk1 inserted into this short train. The narrow gau...

A cheeky little Pug shunting and LBSCR 8 ton Goods Van S.R. Dia. 1434 out of the trap siding designed to catch runaways on the gradient up...

L&Y 'Pug Power', as the little beastie stands by the entrance to the colliery sidings whist performing a shunting move. Hol...

That's Ivo Peters' Bentley in the foreground, taken from the upstairs window of the Pendant & Armchair pub. 'Mother' l...

A scene from the mid-1970's at Polbrook Gurney Colliery; a class 31 by Model Rail's George Dent arrives with empties as Austeri...

Here is a trio of  RT Models Contractor's side tipping wagon  previously seen a week of two ago here before painting. The wagons, apar...

On the workbench; an RT Models Contractor's tipper wagon kit. The white metal wagon is seen here before finishing and painting. For...

I've been waiting for the announcement of this for some time, having in the early part of the summer escaped the heat to trawl through...

Click to enlarge This time of year I spend as much time outside as possible, and whilst for many the hobby pauses during the summer mont...

A couple of free wagons from Model Rail's Peter Marriott. These will be ideal for the ironstone project after a little work. Not al...

Narrow to standard gauge transhipment. Click to enlarge A few weeks ago I posted Vobster , a little mini-layout to make use of Polbrock...

Polbrook Gurney will made a rare visit to the Bath area on Saturday 20 July at Larkrail. Larkrail will take place on Saturday the 20th Ju...

Messing about with ideas, taken on a cell/mobile dog and bone. Messing about with Polbrock's old diorama case, backscene and basebo...

Click to enlarge Model Rail: July 2013 (184) published 13 June '13 Issue marking the Mallard 75 anniversary News: Growing l...

Click to enlarge Today I'm packing up and getting ready for Railex www.railex.org.uk this weekend, for which will be Polbrook Gurne...

Templecombe's ex-GWR Pannier tank No. 4631 is captured near the colliery weighbridge through a long lens in 1961. Until 1833 this ar...

nevard_130514_PGCH_IMG_3911 , a photo by nevardmedia on Flickr. Polbrook Gurney Colliery: this afternoon was spent running trains to s...

nevard_130511_PGCH_IMG_3837 , a photo by nevardmedia on Flickr. Polbrook Gurney Colliery update: Today I'm building a weighbridge, a...

Model Rail June '13 (183) main contents: On sale from 16 May FREE Workbench supplement on model buildings Model Rail Live announcem...

nevard_130508_PGCH_IMG_3807 , a photo by nevardmedia on Flickr. Polbrook Gurney Colliery Update: With RAILEX just 2 weeks away finishi...

Click to enlarge A few extra hours were grabbed today unexpectedly which means that I've managed to pull the replacement of the eng...