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May Photo of the Month

May Photo of the Month

by | Apr 27, 2018

Our Photo of the Month for May is GNR at the NRM or in full Great Northern scale and model locomotives at the National Railway Museum from Dirk Hertel. Dirk describes the scene as showing "two lithographed GNR clockwork locomotives made before WW1 by Carette, a small...
New Membership Secretary

New Membership Secretary

by | 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

2018 Leicester Spring Show and AGM Report

by | 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...
April Photo of the Month

April Photo of the Month

by | Mar 26, 2018

Our Photo of the Month for April is Rossignol display from Paul Williams. Paul explains that this photo "Is all composed from French O gauge from the 1950's. The train is clockwork, the centre station is JEP and all the rest is 'CR'....Charles Rossignol. The...
The End of the Train

The End of the Train

by | 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...