Canute Road Quay on the road again – Salisbury Railex 23rd & 24th May 2026.

Canute Road Quay is on the road again, part of a record breaking year  travelling many more miles in a single year than ever before and is appearing at the Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Society's Railex on Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th May at The Thruxton Centre, Thruxton circuit, Andover, Hampshire SP11 8PN. The show … Continue reading Canute Road Quay on the road again – Salisbury Railex 23rd & 24th May 2026.

Picture of the Month – May 2026

This Month's picture... Adams B4 No.89 'Trouville' in Southampton's Docks lined brown livery shunts towards the quayside at Canute Road Quay past a visiting Adams B4 No.82 in SR Livery arriving with a SR Bogie B Van. Canute Road be seen this month at the  Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Society's Railex show on 23rd … Continue reading Picture of the Month – May 2026

Canute Road Quay at the York Model Railway Exhibition this weekend

Canute Road Quay is this Easter Weekend at the York Model Railway Show from Saturday 4th to Monday 6th April at York Racecourse, Racecourse Road, York. YO23 1EX If you are visiting the show please say hello, Canute Road Quay is stand 56 located on the first floor mezzanine.

Picture of the Month – April 2026

This month's Picture... USA Tank No. 68 crosses the access road to Canute Road Quay. Canute Road Quay will be at the  York Model Railway Show - Sat 4th-Monday 6th April 2026 at York Racecourse, Racecourse Road, York. YO23 1EX

Happiness is the road… or… Canute Road Quay hits a lot of road…

2026 will be a record year for Canute Road Quay, travelling many more miles in a single year than ever before, making exhibition appearances literally up and down the United Kingdom. Having already be at the Alton Model Railway Groups Febex show in Hampshire, its next appearance will be at the renown York show this … Continue reading Happiness is the road… or… Canute Road Quay hits a lot of road…

Picture of the Month – February 2026

This Month's Picture... Adams B4 No. 96 'Normandy' now in black but still named in SR Sunshine lettering (a re liveried Dapol model) shunts some banana traffic (kit built D1478 wagons) whilst USA tank No. 72 (yet to receive modified cab and coal bunker) on docks shunting  duty 4 heads towards the quayside. Canute Road … Continue reading Picture of the Month – February 2026

This train is my life, Canute Road Quay on the road again – FebEx 2026 Alton Show 7/8th Feb

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

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