Modelling the Steam Age Railway

The author, a veteran railway modeller, shows how to create in miniature and in a small space the illusion of a real steam railway that will take the builder and visitor back to the days when real steam-operated trains were in action.

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It is now over 20 years since the last regular steam-hauled train ran on British Rail and in today's fast-changing railway world many modellers, and often their parents, have no clear recollection of steam in action - yet most model railway layouts are "steam-operated". Using the prototype as a starting point for the model, veteran railway modeller Cyril Freezer shows how to create in miniature and in a small space the illusion of a real steam railway that will take builder and visitor alike back to the days when steam powered trains existed.