Pop producer and rail enthusiast Pete Waterman has rejected claims model railways are dying out. His comments came after the cancellation of the UK's biggest model train show and the closure of one of ...

Concerns were raised recently about an apparent lack of interest in model railways in the younger generations, leading to a lack of staffing at key enthusiast events. Article continues below ...

A lack of young people owning model trains has been blamed for the closure of a popular exhibition and a major retailer. Organisers of the annual Warley National Model Railway Exhibition at Birmingham ...

Rod Stewart has donated £10,000 to a model railway club whose exhibition was destroyed by vandals. We enthusiasts know how much the hobby can help mental health The singer and model railway enthusiast ...

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Colin Boocock has noticed more young people taking an interest in the hobby, while Prof Keith Hayward is jealous of Rod Stewart’s layout Alex Hern, in his interesting piece about a perceived ageing of ...

Railway stations, lightning flash effects and working street lights will appear at the exhibition An exhibition celebrating the world of model railways is set to be hosted by a heritage railway. More ...

Channel 4 has commissioned Little Trains & Big Names from Workerbee Group (A Banijay UK Company). The new four-part series with legendary music producer Pete Waterman which will explore the weird and ...

Nestled away in a small village on the Gower Peninsula rests a hidden little model railway and Scalextric shop that has stood the test of time since opening back in 1971. The store first started as a ...

The first mass market railway sets where made by Marklin in Germany in 1891 but it was a group of English hobbyists who in 1904 began model building. The first electric models where introduced just ...

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