Canute Road Quay is on the road again and appearing at the excellent Alton Model Railway Group's Febex 2026 show on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th February. The show features a wide range of high quality and inspirational model railway layouts, in a wide range of familiar scales and gauges: N, 3mm , H0, 00, … Continue reading This train is my life, Canute Road Quay on the road again – FebEx 2026 Alton Show 7/8th Feb
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Happy New Year – Picture of the Month – January 2026
Welcome to 2026 - Happy New Year - This Month's Picture... An industrious start to the New Year as B2 0-6-0t Peckett 'Leader' waits as W4 0-4-0t fellow Peckett passes at Canute Road Quay. . Both models are based on Hornby models.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas to you all, fill up your life with love, compassion, tolerance, peace, happiness and perhaps hopefully some time for modelling. The wonderful Southern Railway Christmas press advert from December 1924 seen left (click for a larger version) is a fascinating glimpse back to a different time. I love the promise of "Jolly Parties … Continue reading Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Workbench Witterings #27 – What a load of… well… loads
With the recent influx of excellent open wagons from the LBSC 5 plank D1369/64 from Kernow Model Rail Centre to the wide range of SECR / SR and other railway company wagons from Rapido Trains UK I have spent some time personalising them with some light weathering (using my usual techniques) and adding a variety of … Continue reading Workbench Witterings #27 – What a load of… well… loads
Picture of the Month – November 2025
This Month's Picture... For this Month's Picture we have moved to the South East with ex SECR motive power being utilised. Due to Canute Road Quay having very few visual references to either period or location it allows me to change the location and era with different rolling stock, vehicles and details. For more details … Continue reading Picture of the Month – November 2025
Picture of the Month – October 2025
This Month's Picture... A Drummond T14 class ‘Paddlebox’ 4-6-0 No. 30461 in early British railways livery passes Fisherton Sarum on a rake of Diagram 1774 40T ballast hoppers. The T14 is a Nucast white metal kit and the D1774/5 ballast hoppers are modified Lima models.
Picture of the Month – September 2025
This Month's Picture... For this Month's Picture we have moved eastwards to to perhaps the docks of Ipswich or Yarmouth utilising the lovely Model Rail magazine limited edition ex Great Eastern Railway J70 class 0-6-0 tram engines (or Toby’s if you prefer). Due to Canute Road Quay having very few visual references to either period … Continue reading Picture of the Month – September 2025
The quay to Bexhill… Canute Road Quay is visiting the South Coast this Saturday
Bexhill is a seaside town on the South Coast, in the heart of Southern Railway territory, but has neither a quay, wharf or harbour, until this Saturday 9th August when Canute Road Quay is appearing at the Bexhill Model Railway Club Model Railway exhibition. The exhibition is being held at St Richard’s Catholic College, Ashdown … Continue reading The quay to Bexhill… Canute Road Quay is visiting the South Coast this Saturday
Rapido Trains UK LBSC E1 class 0-6-0T arrives and renumbered
The Rapido Trains UK ‘00’ gauge LBSC E1 0-6-0 tanks were originally announced way back in 2018 as being a commission by Model Rail magazine with Rapido Trains UK. Following the magazine's decision not to proceed the project was finally confirmed as going ahead, by Rapido Trains UK alone, in January 2022 and eventually 14 … Continue reading Rapido Trains UK LBSC E1 class 0-6-0T arrives and renumbered
Happiness is the road, two shows with Canute Road Quay in two weeks…
Canute Road Quay is on the road again and appearing at two exhibitions the next two consecutive weekends. As part of this year’s Railway 200 celebrations, Alstom’s historic Derby Litchurch Lane Works is ho0sting the largest temporary gathering of trains and rail-related exhibits in a generation – The Greatest Gathering – between Friday 1st and Sunday … Continue reading Happiness is the road, two shows with Canute Road Quay in two weeks…