Category Archives: Midland Region

Forest of Dean Lines Book review

Posted on November 26, 2015 by bawdsey

Forest of Dean Lines & the Severn Bridge Price £30.00 ISBN 13: 9781899889 98 3  http://lightmoor.co.uk   This is Volume 2 of British Railway History in Colour from Lightmoor Press. Volume 1 dealt with the Wye Valley lines and north … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on July 15, 2015 by bawdsey
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Wordless Wednesday 5201

Posted on July 8, 2015 by bawdsey

Double click images for bigguns…

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Wordless Wednesday 9F

Posted on June 17, 2015 by bawdsey
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, British Rail, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, Midland Region, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, OO Gauge, Photography, Scottish Region, Southern Region, toytrainset, train set, Western Region, wordless wednesday | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Seasons Greetings

Posted on December 23, 2014 by bawdsey

Just a quick note to wish all you readers the seasons greetings as we head towards the end of the year. The picture above is Albion Yard with the first fall of the winter, a good number of you will … Continue reading →

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Hornby. Hitting the right notes in 2015?

Posted on December 16, 2014 by bawdsey

Well it’s very nearly a year since the last foam filled festival of angst and fundamentalist fervor. In one sleeps time will Hornby hit the right notes with, (allegedly), two new steam engine projects, a passenger coach, (singular), and a … Continue reading →

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Space, The Final Frontier II …

Posted on October 15, 2014 by bawdsey

Last night I had the real privilege of meeting a hero, they, (whoever ‘they’ are), say you should never meet your hero’s for fear of disappointment, but this was a real pleasure. The hero wasn’t a person, but a layout, … Continue reading →

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New! 1st Hornby King image online!

Posted on September 8, 2014 by bawdsey

Link to first royalty free image of Hornby King! Hornby King

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Some Might Say …

Posted on July 14, 2014 by bawdsey

As remarked upon in my previous post there are a good number of people in the hobby that spend far too much time telling you how something should be done, what can be done and what can’t be done, with … Continue reading →

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Twenty Twenty Vision

Posted on May 9, 2014 by bawdsey

  This week there’s been quite a kerfuffle about Bachmann’s 20% price rise, most noticeably on assorted forums and meejah. Basically rising costs have meant that Bachmann have passed on elements of that rising cost to the end user, the … Continue reading →

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