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June Photo of the Month

by Tony Stanford | May 28, 2017

Our Photo of the Month for June is Le Rapide entering station from Fred van der Lubbe Fred describes the scene as follows "An 0 gauge CIWL express train made by LR (Le Rapide) in France around 1950 is entering a station some 10 Miles from Paris on its way to the Cote...

May Photo of the Month

by Tony Stanford | Apr 28, 2017

Our Photo of the Month for May is Erie Canal from Dirk Hertel. This is the second of Dirk's photos to feature in this year's calendar and shows a Bing freight train (as made for the US market) running alongside the Erie Canal in upstate New York Here is the calendar...

Photo of the Year UPDATE

by Tony Stanford | Apr 26, 2017

TCS member Dirk Hetel has contacted us to say with an update to his winning "Photo of the Year" Dirk writes; "The TCS January 2017 Calendar Photo starred my more than 100 year old model of Samuel W. Johnson’s Midland Railway 4-2-2 class 115 “Spinners”, one of Bing’s...

Updated Tri-ang & Hornby Listings

by Tony Stanford | Apr 23, 2017

Updates to John Entwistle's Listings now available TCS member John Entwistle has recently updated his comprehensive listings of Rovex, Tri-ang, Tri-ang Hornby and (Margate) Hornby steam locos " A Definitive Guide To Triang and Hornby Steam Locomotives 1955 – 2017" and...

April Photo of the Month

by Tony Stanford | Apr 2, 2017

Our Photo of the Month for April is Crocodile kills Crocodile from Max Stahel. Max is one of our Swiss members and this photo was taken at an event at Waldeck Edersee in Hesse, Germany on 10th April 2014. Nice to know that even crocodiles play with trains! Here is the...