Please feel free to email if you have any questions or comments about the layouts including availability for exhibitions.
The links below are to a few other websites, some model railways, some real railways, some nothing to do with railways at all. The links open new windows enabling you to return to this page for the next on the list if you so wish.
Cheshire Railway Modellers, a free on-line club, open to all comers. If you can't get to a conventional model railway club then share ideas and advice via the forum.
Crewe Model Railway & Engineering Society, an old established model railway club. The CMR&ES owns a large OO gauge main line layout.
Crewe Heritage Centre, a collection of historic locomotives, railwayana and many other interesting articles regarding the town's history.
The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum, recording the career of Holman Fred Stephens, light railway promoter, engineer and manager, his family, his railways and his successors. A must for any fan of the British standard gauge light railways.
Small Layout Scrapbook, Carl Arendt's excellent e-zine. A wealth of information and ideas for the space starved modeller and avid fans of small layouts. A new edition each month, sometimes with mid-month specials, and back issues also available. Several of my layouts have appeared in the Scrapbook over the past few years.
Shunting Games, a nice little timewaster, but addictive!
Bahamas Locomotive Society, formerly based at Dinting Railway Centre, now to be found on the K&WVR in Yorkshire, ex LMS Jubilee class 45596 "Bahamas" and several other locos.
Haslington Models, my local model shop. Crewe Road, Haslington (opposite The Hawk public house) near Crewe. Les Kent has a friendly welcome for customers new and old. No website but will deal with email enquiries for mail order and personal shoppers.
Model Trains International, the only magazine that I still subscribe too. Even in these days of "everything on line" it is nice to have a printed page to read from time to time. MTI also has a reader's forum, linked from their main website.
NG 4 Today. Andy Evans is interested in narrow gauge trains and what may have been possible using present day technology. The website also links to a blog chronicling the building of the Körschtalbahn, Andy's German branch line.
Mogtrains, a collection of small layouts. Martin Hogg's interesting and entertaining approach to railway modelling. No rivet counters allowed, this is modelling for fun!
Railwayz, Darren Eckersley's website showing his model railways, indoors and out, with photographs and videos. Also including a lively discussion forum, with contributions from far and wide.
RMweb, this is perhaps Britain's busiest model railway forum. Many different sections dealing with everything and anything connected with the hobby.
RJR Branch Line, John Teal's railway empire in a garden shed. Two layouts, one built into the shed and one portable.
GnATTERbox, not just Gn15 but also encompassing O9 and, a newcomer to the scale/gauge compendium, Gnine. An active and informative forum.
Light Railway Modelling, this website shows Jim Read's micro-layout modelling, O scale in a very small space. New link, May 2008
Chicago Tunnel Company, a very unusual underground railway. The two foot gauge freight network that once served the windy city's business district.
P.S.M.T. If you thought the Chicago link strange try this. Does the word monorail bring to mind a shiny 21st century rapid transit system? Think again!
Sand Hutton, another unlikely, but true, tale. This lovely narrow gauge line used to run on a private estate in Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway, a railway close to my heart, even if not close to my home. The Moors Line is running timetabled trains through to Whitby this year. When I joined the NYMR in the seventies this seemed just a dream!
Welsh Highland Railway, another line that I remember from years ago. When I was a child in the sixties my sister and I used to play on the trackbed of the WHR near Beddgelert. It seemed unlikely then that the railway would ever see trains again, but it is going to happen!
Penmorfa, Welsh slate mining and narrow gauge railways go hand in hand. This site includes many lesser known tramways in addition to the more famous lines.
Dis-used Stations, a fascinating reference site with pictures of the stations in happier days as well as what they look like now.
Subterranea Britannica, a guide to hidden places near you (or not, depending upon where you are).
The Cloud Appreciation Society, as 'Bob Blackcloud' I had to include this! Nothing to do with my fan club though, just some wonderful photographs of clouds.
The Old Fashioned Love Band, an old fashioned jazz band with an excellent sound, this band played at my fiftieth birthday party.
The Limelight, Crewe's glittering night spot. A friendly club with good beer and great music.
I would like to draw your attention to what I consider to be a very worthy cause, The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Please spare a few moments to visit their website by clicking here. (Registered Charity No. 209617)
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Sandbach, Cheshire, UK
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