Other Model Railway Exhibitions & Events
Other Model Railway Societies, Groups, and Layouts
Black Diamonds – East Midlands group specialising in North American prototypes.
Blue Heron – Facebook group for an HO layout set in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
CAoRM – Canadian Association of Railway Modellers
Colwick Park TMD
DEMU – Diesel & Electric Modellers United: all about UK diesel and electric era modelling in any scale
RCTS – The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society.
Local Model Railway Clubs
Operating Heritage Railways and Museums
Alextrack – A place to find some of the railway sites you want.
Annesley Fireman – Pictures and reminiscences of former staff at the erstwhile ex-Great Central depot.
BR Database – Complete British Locomotive Database 1923-1997.
Cyberspace World Railroad – Daniel & Amy’s own site for those interested in railroads, model railroading … oh yes, and quilts, gardening, and cats too!
Picture the Past – Archive photographs from the museums & libraries of the City of Nottingham together with those of Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire.
Rail UK – British Railways 1823-2014.
Railscot – Wide-ranging resource for current information on and the history of the UK’s railways.
Railserve – An American bias, but a huge site with loads of model and full-size railway information.
The West Coast Mainline – Wikipedia entry.
The Woodhead Site – A site once devoted to Britain’s first electrified mainline, the erstwhile 1500V dc route over the Pennines, but now reduced to a couple of links.
Resources for Modellers
Glue-it.Com – Clubs, Glossaries, Museums, Resources: all you need from one site.
Model Train Prices – A website that compares model train prices across 900+ shops, including 108 shops in the UK.
NMRA – The NMRA (National Model Railroad Association of the US)
NMRA Directory – The NMRA’s Worldwide Directory of model railway/road clubs – 4,900 of them!
RMWeb – The main UK forum for railway modellers.
UK Model Shops – The leading listing and index resource site for the UK’s railway modellers; exhibitions, events, clubs, societies, manufacturers, and, oh yes, model shops too!
Model Railway Manufacturers
12A Models – 3D printed kits and components for railway modellers.
4 Mil Models – Kits for scale model military and utility vehicles.
A1 Models – Manufacturers of a range of detailing parts for diesels and electrics, plus kits for rail vehicles, etc.
Accurascale – Leading manufacturer of highly detailed models.
Bachmann UK – Model railway manufacturers in 4mm scale and in N gauge (Graham Farish).
Branchlines – Manufacturer of underframe kits and leading supplier of motors, gears, gearboxes, motor bogies and drive components. Blog has been silent since 2008.
Buggleskelly Station – Tom Marshall, Professional Model Maker. Tom has a shop in Old Dalby and stocks a wide range of 3D-printed model railway items, inspired by film, TV, and literature, including items related to the Will Hay film
Oh, Mr Porter!
Cambrian Models – Manufacturers of kits for 4mm scale wagons, particularly engineers stock. Now also have the Cooper Craft range of 4mm scale plastic kits for wagons, coaches, road vehicles, and lineside features.
Comet Models – Coach and locomotive kits including scale chassis kits.
Dart Castings – Cast white metal scenic kits and bits. Including MJT (etched brass and cast coach and detailing kits for EMUs, and Gresley coaches, plus buffers, brake gear, etc.), and Monty’s Models (detailing and scenic accessories).
Digitrains – Your one-stop supplier for all things DCC
Hornby – A company needing no introduction whatsoever!
Humbrol Paints – Paints! Enamels, acrylics, sprays, rail colours, accessories and craft products.
Isinglass Models – An ever-growing range of 4mm & 7mm scale drawings for LNER (and constituents) locomotives and coaching stock.
Metalsmith – Suppliers of sheet metal & plastic, tools, equipment, and fasteners.
Micro-Mark – US based supplier of tools and materials.
N Brass Locomotives – N gauge, 3mm, OO and O gauge locomotive kits, and both N Gauge and 4mm OHLE.
Peco – Peco manufacture track, buildings, structures and rolling stock in a variety of scales and gauges (including Parkside Dundas). They are also the UK’s leading publisher of model railway related books and magazines.
Railtec Models – Manufacturers of a wide range of transfers (decals) for locomotives, coaches and wagons.
Shawplan – Suppliers of paint, transfers and manufacturers of nameplates and details kits for the discerning modeller of the
post-steam eras.
Wizard Models Limited – The manufacturing arm of Wizard Models (carriage & wagon kits and components), and Model Signal Engineering (model signal kits for most types of semaphore signal).
Model Railway Traders & Suppliers
A2B Model Railways – A2B are a model shop based in the heart of the Peak District, in Matlock Bath, with a fine reputation for service and value. They stock most manufacturers and popular scales.
Anoraks Anonymous – Specialists in pre-owned British, European, and American outline model railway and diecast stock, and regular traders at NMRS shows. Suppliers of a wide range of secondhand models at bargain prices.
Cheltenham Model Centre – A wide range of ready-to-run locomotives and rolling stock, plus associated modelling products.
Hattons – One of the UK’s major retailers in new and second-hand model railways.
Hobby Holidays – Suppliers of the Master Chassis, loco, wagon & coach parts plus Residential Training Courses.
Malc’s Models – Traditional model railway and model shop in Ilkeston.
Mount Tabor Models – Specialist supplier of all types of European-outline model railways in scales from Z to G (Garden railway).
RAIL-stuff – Model railway and diorama scenery and accessories, to support you and your model railway journey.
Sherwood Models – North Nottingham’s local model shop, and now Nottingham’s only model shop, with a wide variety of models. Conveniently situated in the north of the city.
TTC Diecast – Derby’s model shop (formerly Loughborough Model Centre), TTC stock a wide variety of rolling stock from all the major
manufacturers, and a varied range of discounted model products. Their retail shop in Derby has free parking right outside.
Book Publishers and Publications
Booklaw Publications – A wide range of books from Nottingham’s local railway publisher, one of the UK’s leading railway publishers (now includes Santona Publications), and a stockist of railway and other transport books. Booklaw also stock an extensive range of CDs and DVDs.
Peco – The UK’s leading publisher of model railway related books and magazines, including the monthly magazines
Railway Modeller and
Continental Modeller. Peco also manufacture track, buildings, structures and rolling stock in a variety of scales and gauges (including Parkside Dundas).
Rail Express – The magazine for those interested in the diesel & electric era.
Book Dealers
Visit Nottingham
Abbots Travel – Hotels, flights, holidays, city breaks, resorts, parks, cottages, car rental, rail travel, coach tickets, ferries, cruises, and much, much more…
Tourist Net UK – Visitor attractions, visitor information, hotel & guest house information.