Little Wicket Railway

19/09/2025

Extremely sad news from OO Duo 😞

A message to all of the followers of the OO Duo. We are incredibly sad to have to post that Gaz lost his fight against cancer on Wednesday evening 17th September. Oldcastle was his sanctuary over the past 18 months since his diagnosis, and being able to work on it with his daughter Ivy brought him so much pride and joy. Thank you for all of your support, we are devastated. From Claire (the wife)

05/09/2025

It's that time of year again where we vote for Charlie to win the Chadwick Model Railway YouTuber of the year award for to 27th year running 😜

I'm happy to just be on the list ☺️ Hopefully see you at the show.

Voting for the 2025 Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards is now open. MARK CHIVERS reveals this year’s categories and how you can support your favourite models, manufacturer and retailers of the

22/08/2025

Brand managing director Martyn Weaver had a chat with me in the Hornby factory about all things model railway

I caught up with Hornby brand MD at the One:One Collection open weekend to talk all things Hornby. This was completely unplanned (as you're probably be able ...

10/08/2025

Brilliant day at the One:One Collection open day followed by a visit to the WonderWorks

11/07/2025

Something a bit different

At the bottom of the Red Sea a few miles off the coast of Egypt lie two, heavily rusted, stanier 8F steam locomotives. I've been fortunate enough to visit th...

04/07/2025

If you're a DC user looking for easy automation then check this out.

In this video we take a look at the DC Co-Pilot controller from www.MRInnovations.co.uk. It's a feature rich DC controller that has built in automation with ...

01/07/2025

If you're into your European HO stuff then I've got quite a bit listed on eBay at the moment. I'm open to offers:

Follow little_wicket_railway on eBay. Buying, Selling, Collecting on eBay has never been more exciting!

01/07/2025

I'm often asked about the rolling road I use in videos. Rails currently have a deal on it (affiliate link below). It's great for most locos, particularly steam. However, if you've got a larger modern loco with two driven bogies then it's not ideal.

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29/06/2025

Thinking of taking up smoking?

In this video we're focusing on smoke/steam generators and looking at how the technology has evolved over the last century.Brian's Train Room: https://youtu....

31/05/2025

You need to visit Mountsorrel And Rothley Community Heritage Centre . Fantastic event from Tony's Trains of Rugby

This video is sponsored by Readly, get your 2 month free trial here: http://gb.readly.com/littlewicketrailwayTony's Trains hosted an incredible event at the ...

25/05/2025

5 years of Little Wicket 🥳🎉

25/05/2025

John Jmc has made a fantastic layout packed full of cool tech

A quick look at the stunning Byway MPD layout created by John Gay, who you may know from his YouTube channel Just like his locos this layout is full...