Until yesterday, I'd not had the space to set up Combwich since 2011, so a well over due photosession has been taking place on and off o...

The other day I was lucky enough to be given a brand new iPad Air 2 tablet.  I'm not a techy type, rather preferring things to be made o...

I've not found the time to photograph my own layouts recently, but a little earlier on found a few spare minutes to pop the camera on a ...

A few snaps from last weekend's excellent exhibition, grabbed of Polbrook Gurney Colliery during one of two of the quieter moments...

Yesterday afternoon was spent sorting out Polbrook Gurney Colliery for its trip up to Rochdale, for what will be its most northerly trip so ...

Rochdale Model Railway Group MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th April 2015 Playing Trains I don't do many...

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...