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Category Archives: Models
In Pictures: Three full sized trams plus lots of models at Heaton Park!
Saturday 31st August saw a Model Tram exhibition at the Heaton Park Tramway with displays available for the public to view inside the museum building (Middleton Road tram depot). And of course it wasn’t just about small scale trams as … Continue reading
Model tram exhibition returns to Blackpool this May
After the success of last year’s Model Tramway Exhibition at the Solaris Centre in Blackpool it will return again this year at the same location. Due to take place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May it will again see … Continue reading
In Pictures: Another commemoration of 70 years since the end of Birmingham’s original trams
Over the weekend of Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th July the Wythall Transport Museum commemorated the 70th anniversary since Birmingham Corporation Tramways ran their last services. The weekend saw a display of model trams at the museum whilst the chance … Continue reading
In Pictures: The Beamish Tramway celebrates 50 years!
The Beamish Tramway has reached a major historical milestone with it having clocked up 50 years of operation – and rapidly approaching becoming the longest running of all tramways in the north east of England! To celebrate the 50th anniversary … Continue reading
Another Enhanced Weekend of operation in Blackpool May Day Bank Holiday weekend
Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours will be running another Enhanced Weekend over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. And if that wasn’t enough there is also due to be a Model Tram Exhibition at the Solaris Centre on the Saturday and … Continue reading
Blackpool Model Tramway Exhibition confirmed for end of April
There will be a Model Tramway Exhibition taking place in Blackpool on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th April, the first time in several years that an exhibition of this type has taken place in the resort.
For Sale! OO-scale tram layout
Does anyone want an OO-scale tram layout? We have been contacted by contributor Geoff Pickles who is looking to dispose of his model tram layout as he is no longer able to maintain it and is now looking to dispose … Continue reading
Corgi return with Blackpool trams
Between 1997 and 2009, Corgi released a number a diecast model Blackpool Balloon and Brush trams but since the release of Balloon 726 in its HM Coastguard livery in 2009 there have been no further models made available from Corgi … Continue reading
LEGO trams based on Crich collection added to LEGO Ideas website
If like your writer you are amazed and what people can create with a little bit of LEGO then you will be interested in this next story as a supporter of the Crich Tramway Village has recently created four incredibly … Continue reading
In Pictures: Robert Whetstone Models in operation
It was planned that once again in 2020 once a month at Crich that if you ventured into the Great Exhibition Hall you may have seen some trams actually running. They may not be full scale trams – those in … Continue reading
In Pictures: Model Trams on display at Crich
If you look around the edge of the Great Exhibition Hall at Crich you will find a myriad of model trams on display, with some of them occasionally being demonstrated at the once a month Model Tram days. This article … Continue reading
Trams of all shapes and sizes for Blackpool ‘Winter Gold’ event
The second ‘gold’ operating weekend for Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours took place on 25th & 26th February, with the now well established formula of six trams running to a timetable including one trip each to Fleetwood once again being used. … Continue reading
In Pictures: Chesterfield 7 back in service & Models on display at Crich
This latest pictorial update from Crich features two recent events. Over the weekend of 20th and 21st August there was a Models Weekend which saw a number of layouts on display in the Great Exhibition Hall. Meanwhile as we reported … Continue reading
MER model on sale now
If you are still looking for Christmas present ideas for the tram enthusiast in your life then look no further as a new model of Manx Electric Railway Winter Saloon 21 is now available directly from Isle of Man Railways … Continue reading
Model trams stolen from Heaton Park
During the model tram show held as part of the annual Trans Lanc Rally at Heaton Park on Sunday 6th September, two model trams were noted missing, believed stolen, from the exhibition at the Middleton Road tram depot.
Over 4,000 people enjoy the Beamish Model Tramway Exhibition
Whilst a large number of visitors to Beamish, the Living Museum of the North were enjoying their full sized counterparts there was the first model tram exhibition for a number of years taking place on the third and fourth day … Continue reading
Birkenhead 69 & 70 in miniature
Popular model-makers Bachmann have revealed that they will release OO gauge models of the two purpose-built Hong Kong trams which are residents of the Birkenhead heritage tramway early next year. Models of both 69 and 70 in their current liveries … Continue reading