Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jools Holland, the musician and television presenter, is a model railway buff. However, organisers of a long-running model railway ...

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The UK’s biggest model railway exhibition, the National Festival of Railway Modelling, will return to the NEC Birmingham on November 22 and 23. Widely recognised as the UK’s leading railway modelling ...

Most end tables that you might find in a home are relatively static objects. However, [Peter Waldraff] of Tiny World Studios likes to build furniture that’s a little more interesting. Thus came about ...

The largest portable model railway is 694.9 m (2279 ft 10 in) and was achieved by The Railnuts (UK), at the NEC, in Birmingham, UK, on 27 April 2024. The attempt took place at UK’s National Exhibition ...

Volunteers who care for a 40ft-long (12.2m) model railway have said they are devastated and bewildered at plans to close the attraction. The David Clarke Model Railway - a replica of the signalling ...

Model railways have been around for a very long time, and enthusiasts will sometimes build huge layouts stretching across hundreds, even thousands of feet. If you don’t have the space or the money, ...

Step into the world of miniature railways at The Festival of British Railway Modelling 2026, the UK’s premier event for railway enthusiasts, collectors, and hobbyists. Taking place on February 7-8 at ...

Joins us at our model exhibition and collectables gala on 27 July. The event is at Horsehay Village Hall and Telford Steam Railway, a few hundred metres apart. Expect excellent model railways, vintage ...

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Trainspotters, this one’s for you. The Railway Model Festival, held in the 9th-floor event hall at Hankyu Umeda Main Store, is a wide-ranging exhibition showcasing the famous train networks of Kansai.