Image By Bachmann

Modelling

• A word on how Hornby design their packaging.
• Production Samples of the new Bachmann Class 43 warships.
• You may have heard that you’ll shortly be able to pick up your groceries at London Underground stations, but what about model trains as well?
• There must be something in the water, or rather the wall, as two articles surface this week on scale brickwork from grahammuz and Prince Street.
• Ontario in HO continues to make the track itself the focus of a layout.

UK Rail

• If you live in London you might have noticed that there was a strike, but do consider the other side of the story.
• If there is another strike, The Poke have the official advice on how to survive a day without the Underground.
• If stayed in the pub late to avoid the bus-rush, perhaps next time you’ll want to follow INNside Track, the blog that’s finding the best pubs near every tube station. (Or the longest Pub Crawl in London!).
• The final push to complete the revamped Birmingham New Street.
• Bure Valley Railway celebrates it’s 25th anniversary…
• …whilst the Peterborough Society of Model Engineers are still looking for a new home for their miniature line.
• Farewell to 1638.
• How to make your own tube-related paraphernalia. Sort of.
• The Forth Bridge becomes World Heritage Site.
• Freight to return to Settle-Carlise link.
• It’s London Inheritance’s turn to journey into Charing Cross’ hidden tunnels.

World Rail

• Monet – The Railway Enthusiast by The Beauty Of Transport.
• What’s the longest possible journey you can take on the NYC Subway?
• …and if you find yourself in New York check out the Railroad Landscapes exhibition at the New York Transit Museum.

From The CAS Team

• Edward explores Nottingham’s Lost Railways…
• …and the History of Toton Sidings.

Compiled by Edward Kendal and Andy Carter