The wonders of the TCS show bring and buy stall
Well at the Summer Show last year I found a wonderful French Ge Ge station which I posted pictures of a little while ago and at the recent Spring show I found a wonderful wooden German castle from the 1930's made probably by Gottschalk pictured here after a little...TCS Show 12th March
Just a reminder folks that this is on the Sat 12th of March in Biggleswade. There will be the ever popular bring and buy so bring along your junk. The theme for the club stand is industrial locos so bring something from your collection. There will be a number of...
A spiral layout from Meccano ?
I have always wanted to build one of these wonderful spiral layouts but never had anywhere near enough Meccano to make such a thing. The nice feature of course is it is endless so just runs and runs, great for shows. If someone could come up with enough Meccano I...Japanese 0 gauge trains
Most of the classic 0 gauge trains from Japan pre WW2 and just post WW2 come from Seki, Sakai who probably was a successor to Seki and just post WW2 KTM. Seki and Sakai also " badge engineered" their trains for different countries for example Stronlite for the UK...Gnadler the most basic 0 gauge train sets ?
Over the last 25 years I have collected 0 gauge train sets from the widest range of manufacturers possible totalling about 500 so far. I think I can rate Gnadler as the manufacturer of a range of the crudest of them all, that's not to say that all their trains were...
Train Collectors Society Leicester show 7th Nov
DON'T FORGET THE LEICESTER SHOW Here is the final update for the show on 7th November. Theme for Club stand Southern Admission £3.00 Opening time 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Layouts James Day & Malcolm Pugh G gauge Bob Fleming HO American...A train set in a briefcase
Well we don't all have easily accessible lofts or basements to house our train layouts so here is what can be done in a briefcase. These were all showing at the Bob Leggett's Alresford Train show last year I think. Each one is different and at the end of the day you...
More loft layout pictures
I have added some more pictures of my loft layout and various displays as follows ; Top cable car climbs over various tin plate buildings Top French Hornby on the elevated track Below; Marx stations front...
A loft layout in 0 gauge
Many years ago I moved numerous pipes and a large water storage tank typical of older UK homes to squeeze in a loft layout in 0 gauge. In an odd shaped space with angled eves it took a while to get the maximum track distance and number of tracks in the space and...Recent Posts
Now available to members in the eLibrary: Train Collector Issue 73 December 2024
"Come and see father Christmas and the model railway" titles the December issue of the Train Collector. On 48 pages... Read more →
TCS Autumn Gathering in Leicester
TCS Autumn Gathering was held at Trinity Church Hall, Leicester Saturday Nov 2nd 2024. Bob as usuakl has taken a... Read more →
Train Collector issue 72 is now available to members in the Train Collector ELibrary
Welcome to TC 72. It contains the usual pot-pouri of subject matter fromthe 19th century to the present. Moreover, I... Read more →
Train Collector Issue 71 now available in the eLibrary
Issue 71 of the Train Collector has been uploaded to the members section of the eLibrary. 48 full color page... Read more →