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1. Nathanville Model Railway Village Nathanville Model Railway Village - Welcomes Careful Train Drivers! - And Railway Enthusiasts. A Tour of Nathanville in the making with tips on its constructions, photos and links to the main site for more information.  Also browse the relevant l...
2. Brunel's Great Western Railway Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the Great Western Railway was designed to be one of the fastest of its time. The railway was built on a wide gauge of 7 feet known as "broad gauge", designed to increase speed and passenger comfort, and it was jo...
3. The Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution was a period in Britain from mid-1700s to the mid-1800s in which power-driven machines in factories replaced manual labor. The industrial revolution resulted from advances in applied science and engineering, such as the deve...
4. Iron Duke - the Great Western Railway steam engine Later called the Alma class, and giving rise to the spin-off Rover class, the Iron Duke class were some of the Broad gauge engines used on the Great Western Railway. Once the successful Firefly class had been created, the Iron Duke was created as an...
5. Thomas the Tank Engine - Evergreen Favorite I wonder if, when the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry wrote the first story, he would have believed how his tales of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends would still be going strong in the 21st century, more than sixty years later. Like many other chi...
6. All about ME-- well, not quite All. Having just joined RocketMoms I needed an easy subject to use as a vehicle to practice using the modules. As I know about ME, I decided to do an autobiography. Hope you won't be bored! It didn't quite pan out as I had planned becaus...
7. Model Railway Video Showcase I have always been fascinated with Model Railways but unfortunately I have never had the space to make my own. Model Railway building is a hobby that can engulf a lifetime if done right. Building a layout can take years if done correctly, its not ju...
8. Star Class Steam Engines The first engines for the Great Western Railway, the North Star and Morning Star, gave rise to the Star Class broad gauge engines. Created from converted narrow gauge engines, these bore the brunt of work on the GWR until the specifically designed Fi...
9. Firefly - the Great Western steam engines The Firefly class of locomotives were designed to run on Brunel's Great Western Railway. Broad gauge was designed for speed of transit, and the Firefly - the first engine built specifically for it - was no exception. Capable of speeds of over sixty m...