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unusual facts about model railway



David Jenkinson

David Jenkinson (6 August 1934 – 27 April 2004) was a railway modeller and historian, who had a particular interest in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and was president of the LMS Society.


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Digital Command Control

A digital command control system was developed (under contract) by Lenz Elektronik GmbH of Germany in the 1980s for two German model railway manufacturers, Märklin and Arnold (models).

DR 18 201

Originally sporting a green livery with white stripes, the engine was repainted between 30 April 2002 and 10 July 2005 in a special red livery (RAL 3003, ruby red) sponsored by the model railway manufacturer, Roco.

Lines Bros

The range of vehicles was designed to be complementary to a model railway set, and for instance included a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud, a Humber Super Snipe, a Routemaster bus, a Shell petrol tanker and a towtruck.

Marks Tey

After the hall was almost doubled in size after the extension of the new Basketball hall, it is now home to the annual ' Colchester Model Railway Exhibition'.

Miniatur Wunderland

Miniatur Wunderland has featured on the British Television Series James May's Toy Stories twice, with Sebastian and Gerrit helping BBC Top Gear presenter James May building a 00 scale Hornby model railway along the abandoned railway, The Tarka Trail in Barnstaple to Bideford.

Mitropa

Mitropa model railway coaches have been manufactured by many companies including Märklin, Fleischmann, Trix, and others.

Seaton, Devon

At Beer, about two miles west of Seaton, is the Beer Heights Light Railway; along with numerous model railways this is part of Pecorama, a tourist attraction provided by the model railway manufacturer Peco.

Trago Mills

Also in the park is the OO gauge Trago Mills Model Railway which was built in 1988 over a period of 9 months by a team of 18 people led by Tony Irving, at a cost of over £100,000.

Vossloh G1700 BB

The G1700 and Am843 has been reproduced as a model railway model by Mehano and Piko in HO scale.