A treasure trove of rare model railway collectables is set to go under the hammer, after its owner reluctantly sent them down the tracks to a Beverley auction house. Brough locomotive enthusiast Chris ...

He taught me a lot.” Steam was being phased out rapidly on BR’s Western Region, and Pete stayed on the footplate only 14 months before going to work at GEC’s Coventry plant, where he became a TGWU ...

‘‘I thought I knew the meaning of the word “envy” That was before I clapped eyes on Pete Waterman’s unique collection of model steam engines. I turned as green as my Yorkshire miners’ tie gazing at ...

I thought I knew the meaning of the word “envy”. That was before I clapped eyes on Pete Waterman’s unique collection of model steam engines. I turned as green as my Yorkshire miners’ tie gazing at ...

Collectors from around the world are bidding for 56 lots, ranging from a rare 1874 instructional model built by apprentices to a massive exhibition quality locomotive, Caerphilly Castle. It’s ...

A railway set made up of more than 300 models collected by an enthusiast throughout his life has fetched £100,000 at auction. Nigel Thornley, a railway lover who lived in Chester and died earlier this ...

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An extensive collection of model trains are on track to go under the hammer in a live auction this month. There will be more than 800 items going for sale from the lifetime's collection of a ...