Think 0 gauge, 00, N, Z.. It's all in here... Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:36:33 +0000 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:36:33 +0000 National Preservation https://www.national-preservation.com/forums/model-railways.29/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:27:31 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/pendon-museum.1426385/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/pendon-museum.1426385/ invalid@example.com (MellishR) MellishR https://www.national-preservation.com/posts/293588/ so I'm starting a new one.

Pendon is not only, or even mainly, a model railway. It's model of a stretch of the Vale of White Horse (and separately of a couple of other locations) in 1930-ish. The village and the railway lines are imaginary but all the buildings and trains are accurate models of real ones from the area and period, except on a few special...

Pendon Museum]]> Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:25:11 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/roxley-models.1426304/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/roxley-models.1426304/ invalid@example.com (evilswans) evilswans
Meeting the Legends Behind Roxley Models!


Hope you all have a lovely weekend
Matt]]> 1 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:24:07 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/bluebell-model-railway-weekend.1426242/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/bluebell-model-railway-weekend.1426242/ invalid@example.com (evilswans) evilswans



Hope you enjoy, and that you all have a lovely weekend
Matt ]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:38:53 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/walker-and-holtzapffel-a-j-van-riemsdyk.1426234/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/walker-and-holtzapffel-a-j-van-riemsdyk.1426234/ invalid@example.com (The Green Howards) The Green Howards
I've just acquired an OO-gauge clockwork loco based on the N2 made by the above: from what little I can gather it also seems Jan van Riemsdyk also had a connection to the NRM - can anyone elaborate further?]]> 1 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:23:50 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/kr-models-enters-liquidation.1426214/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/kr-models-enters-liquidation.1426214/ invalid@example.com (The Green Howards) The Green Howards
https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/news/kr-models-goes-into-liquidation

I rather liked the look of the Clayton DHP1 they made.]]> 3 Fri, 08 May 2026 23:23:51 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/uplifting-story-from-japan.1426101/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/uplifting-story-from-japan.1426101/ invalid@example.com (Bluenosejohn) Bluenosejohn ]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:08:25 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/lynton-and-barnstaple-model-railway-show.1426069/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/lynton-and-barnstaple-model-railway-show.1426069/ invalid@example.com (lynbarn) lynbarn
L&B Chairman Giles Perkins has issued a request for layouts and traders for the first L&B Model Railway Show, at Woody Bay, on Sunday 15th November.
10 am - 4 pm.

Please contact him directly by email at giles.perkins@lynton-rail.co.uk]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:17:24 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/swanage-model-railway-weekend.1426037/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/swanage-model-railway-weekend.1426037/ invalid@example.com (evilswans) evilswans

last weekend was the first Swanage model railway weekend, and it really was superb, trains packed and it felt very much like a gala!



Enjoy
Matt ]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:02:57 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/new-009-layout.1425999/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/new-009-layout.1425999/ invalid@example.com (evilswans) evilswans
thought I’d introduce my new 009 layout, based on the Talyllyn Railway, hopefully I can keep this going and you’ll follow along for the ride



enjoy

Matt ]]> 1 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:25:31 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/pecorama-to-close.1425595/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/pecorama-to-close.1425595/ invalid@example.com (Ploughman) Ploughman Statement from Peco.
It is with great sadness and after much soul-searching we have decided to close Pecorama, our well-loved family attraction, for the 2026 season.
With the challenging economic climate and costs continuing to rise, the PECO parent company cannot continue to support the financial losses of Pecorama. There is sincere hope that Pecorama can reopen in future in a new format which will continue to give lots of inspiration, fun and pleasure to our...

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