Thanks to a Twitter suggestion from yours truly, my fictional town of Langstead is now on The Tube Map!
Not the real one of course but an Alternative version dreamed up by The Londonist. They recently asked people on Twitter to come up with suggestions of how they would rename stations if they had the chance. You’ll spot a lot of method in the madness as Stratford becomes Olympic Park and Westminster becomes Parliament Square.
The London Underground carries over a billion passengers each year, but what happens after the commuters depart, the escalators are shut down and only a handful of staff are left to patrol the desolate stations?
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Find out this Halloween weekend as John Mabey tells the story of real life accounts of unexplained phenomena on the worlds oldest underground railway in: The Mist Beneath The Smoke.
Friday October 31st and Saturday November 1st @ The Reading Rooms, Great Baddow, Chelmsford.
I’ve always thought the OO Gauge resin buildings (like those in the Skaledale range) look rather splendid.
But now I’m starting to add more lighting features to my layout – like street lamps and retro fitting rolling stock with LEDs, some of those cracking looking buildings are starting to look a little left out.
A word on Time, Budget & Specification. A post by Loco Yard.
Building a new model railway is a process which can be approached in different ways. For many it can be quite an organic process that begins with receiving a train set as a prezzie and evolves to end with a layout of considerable quality. However, for those of you who like me are juggling multiple demands, interests and schedules, an organic process is not the best way to get anywhere. We enthusiasts have a habit of thinking big rather than being realistic and this is something I have been guilty of. So, I’m going to borrow some generic processes to move forward a little quicker
Any project has three variables – time (when it is to be completed), budget and specification. These all link and rely on each other. For instance, if you have a lot of money and little time, you could buy a layout outright with the specification…
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Next up for review, something a little special: The Bachmann 25th Anniversary set (25-2014). No bonus points for deciphering that complicated product code!
I’m always a little behind the times with purchases, usually buying locos that have been out a while. This set however was released just a few months ago, and with internet analysis fairly sparse, this will be my most up-to-date review yet.
Featuring a Jubilee Class and Class 47, let’s take a closer look…
Calling All Stations 