Front Page Archives - The Train Collectors Society

New TCS Webmanager

by Rainer Haug | May 1, 2018

Rainer Haug introduces himself as the new webmanager of TCS Another new face on the TCS webpage. German train collector Rainer Haug will take care for TCS webpage as off 1st of May Dear readers As I am taking over the the TCS webpage from Tony first I want to...

New Membership Secretary

by Tony Stanford | Apr 8, 2018

A new Membership Secretary and a new postal address The TCS are pleased to announce that Paul Chapman is now our Membership Secretary. Paul may be well known to you as a helper and exhibitor at many recent TCS shows, Lima O gauge springing to mind as one example. With...

2018 Leicester Spring Show and AGM Report

by Tony Stanford | Mar 30, 2018

2018 Spring Show and AGM report available now Bob Leggett's report on the TCS Spring Show and AGM held in Leicester on March 17th - is now available here and from the Event Reports page. And thanks to Malcolm Pugh there are some great videos there as...

The End of the Train

by Tony Stanford | Mar 8, 2018

Or rather - the finishing touch? Traditionally freight trains have needed something at the end, for the guard or conductor, or whoever was in charge of the train. In N American parlance the Caboose, in the UK the Brake Van. Given the prevalence of goods rolling stock...

March 2018 TRAIN COLLECTOR

by Tony Stanford | Mar 7, 2018

The March 2018 issue of the Train Collector is winging its way to members (if it has not already arrived). Another great issue, with plenty to interest all. In-depth articles on the origin of our gauges and scales, and the scale of signals are of particular note, but...

March Photo of the Month

by Tony Stanford | Feb 26, 2018

Our Photo of the Month for March is Wagon-Lits train at the station from Fred van der Lubbe. Fred writes about this photo "At the French CR (Rossignol) station a train of the Compagnie Internationale Des Grands Express Europeens with CR dining and sleeping car is...