Picture of the Month – August 2025

This Month's Picture... A Maunsell N1 Class 2-6-0 brings a Meldon Ballast train past Fisherton  Sarum.  The Drummond M7 class No. 41 is collecting its stock from the carriage siding. My N1 class has been converted from a Bachmann N Class for details see my Talking Stock #12 post here...

New ‘Moguls’..’The book of the’ from The Irwell Press join the ‘Q’

The latest books hot of the press from my good friends at the Irwell Press are firstly two new publications in the excellent hardback "Book of the" series to cover the Southen Railway Moguls. The two volumes cover the initially ex South Eastern and Chatham and later Southern Railway, Richard Maunsell designed and produced 2-6-0 … Continue reading New ‘Moguls’..’The book of the’ from The Irwell Press join the ‘Q’

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Talking Stock #12 3 cylinders better then 2? Converting an N to an N1

As seen in my last talking stock post on the my 40T Ballast Hoppers, I often run that rake with my Maunsell N1 as part of one Fisherton Sarum’s signature trains. To create the N1 i converted a Bachmann N class model to the 3 Cylinder N1. The Southern Maunsell N1 class, comprising of six … Continue reading Talking Stock #12 3 cylinders better then 2? Converting an N to an N1