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Rail Express magazine RAIL EXPRESS - Essential reading for today's rail enthusiast and photographer. Diesel & Electric era modelling magazine. Also inside: RAIL EXPRESS Modeller.

RAIL EXPRESS is Britain's favourite modern rail enthusiast title. Undoubtedly the best for modern traction photography, the magazine keeps readers informed and entertained with undiluted coverage of Britain's railways in the diesel and electric era. First produced in 1996, RE has set a new standard for the hobby, with a clean design, high quality paper and the best reproduction. Stapled inside RAI

L EXPRESS every issue is the RAIL EXPRESS Modeller mini-magazine. Providing the latest modern modelling news, honest and accurate reviews, comment, layout features, modelling articles and our ever popular Modeller's Guide and D&E Files prototype series, it is the perfect companion to the those looking at recreating the diesel and electric era in any of the major modelling scales.

11/05/2026

A new railway station serving Europe's largest medical research facility will open next month, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.

Step aboard the Worldโ€™s last seagoing paddle steamer, the magnificent Waverley, for a nostalgic cruise the whole family ...
10/05/2026

Step aboard the Worldโ€™s last seagoing paddle steamer, the magnificent Waverley, for a nostalgic cruise the whole family will enjoy. โค๏ธ

Waverley returns to service on Friday 8th May and operates until mid-October for what will be her longest operational season in well over a decade. Bookings will open for each area as the timetables are published. Remarkably this year marks the 80th Anniversary of Waverleyโ€™s launch back in 1946 as...

The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways present: โ€˜๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฎโ€™ featuring โ€˜Weird and Wonderful Surprisesโ€™...
10/05/2026

The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways present: โ€˜๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฎโ€™ featuring โ€˜Weird and Wonderful Surprisesโ€™ (19โ€“21 June 2026)

Outstanding scenery, comfortable carriages and historic steam engines await you here in the heart of Snowdonia. Glorious coastlines, ancient oak woodlands, mountains, rivers and castles, all beckon as you embark on your journey on our award winning railways. With some of the most comfortable carriag...

04/05/2026

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น, sounds perfect!!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†, ๐—›๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ & ๐——๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ is taking place on ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต & ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†, don't mis...
03/05/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†, ๐—›๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ & ๐——๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ is taking place on ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต & ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†, don't miss out! Alongside their current fleet of steam and diesel locomotives, they will be joined by 'River Esk' from Ravenglass & 'Fox' from Whistlestop Valley. Tickets are on sale now!

โžกโžก๐Ÿ”—www.rhdr.org.uk

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At Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway , young enthusiasts can step beyond the platform and into real steam engineering....
24/04/2026

At Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway , young enthusiasts can step beyond the platform and into real steam engineering. Our Young Engineers Experience Day offers footplate access, signals, turntable operation and hands-on workshop time. In partnership with Peterโ€™s Railway, itโ€™s an unforgettable introduction to steam. Limited places โ€“ book now. โฌ‡

๐Ÿ”— https://bwlr.co.uk/young-engineers-experience-day-like-nothing-else-available-in-conjunction-with-peters-railway/

Model World Live looks good!
15/04/2026

Model World Live looks good!

Join us for an unmissable weekend of railway and scale modelling April 25/26 2026 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham Buy Advance Tickets Sign up to the

Royal Mail is issuing a set of 12 stamps to celebrate the world of Hornby Model Railways.
12/02/2026

Royal Mail is issuing a set of 12 stamps to celebrate the world of Hornby Model Railways.

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