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Spring was Showing in Leicester

Spring was Showing in Leicester

by | Mar 23, 2017

The TCS Spring Show & AGM was held last Saturday (18th March) in Leicester A new venue for the AGM, but familiar to many in the TCS, it was a good day out, plenty of clockwork indoors even if not that Spring-like outside! Some great layouts and displays and plenty...
The Second Oldest Model Railway Club?

The Second Oldest Model Railway Club?

by | Mar 6, 2017

Most model railway collectors are familiar with the fact that The Model Railway Club, in London, is regarded as Britain’s oldest, but which is the second oldest? The only evidence seems to be in early model railway magazines, in which reports of club activities are...
March Photo of the Month

March Photo of the Month

by | Feb 27, 2017

Our Photo of the Month for March is Model-Land WCML from Les Martin Les tells us about his layout and this photo "It depicts a typical scene on the WCML in the 1960s. The layout is purely Tri-ang (with the addition of Britain's trees) - their range of models is...
Trains at the Bottom of his Garden – Updated

Trains at the Bottom of his Garden – Updated

by | Feb 23, 2017

TCS member Fred van der Lubbe has been busy adding more videos of trains in his garden in recent months including the B-L Prince Charles shown here. He has a YouTube channel SNCF231E to show then all. But we also have a page on this website - There are Trains at the...
Putting life back in old toy trains

Putting life back in old toy trains

by | Feb 15, 2017

At the Train Collectors Association meeting in York Pennsylvania last year towards the end of the show as traders and collectors are keen to clear their tables and take the minimum back home, I found a shoe box with three very dilapidated and rusty 1930’s Lionel...