by Tony Stanford | Dec 3, 2017
It's that time of the year again when letterboxes and postbags start to fill with cards of good cheer. And while they may not be dependent on them today, the comprehensive postal services we take for granted, and the 'tradition' of the Christmas Card, were only made...
by Tony Stanford | Dec 3, 2017
Our Photo of the Month for December is Carols for the Adler from Bryan Pentland. Bryan describes it as "The Salvation Army plays Christmas Carols while the tin plate Adler arrives into town" He adds that "the background paper is a German Christmas calendar, the...
by Tony Stanford | Nov 23, 2017
Photo Competition for 2018 Following the great success of this year's photo competition the TCS is pleased to announce that there will again be such a competition for the coming year. Photos can be of any subject related to Toy Trains. Closing date for entries...
by Tony Stanford | Nov 10, 2017
Last Saturday (4th November) saw the latest TCS Leicester Get-together (the 26th!) It was another great day out - as ever organised by Paul Draycott and his team and held at the Trinity Church Halls - with old favourites and novelties (Playmobile trains with 1/24 slot...
by Tony Stanford | Oct 26, 2017
Our Photo of the Month for November is Arrival at Bridge Street from Sarah Jenkins. Sarah explains the shot as follows "The photo was taken in a local field, using a "Photo Plank" made specially for photographs. The train is empty hoppers from Ffrwd Ironworks, near...