On December 25 1942 a two-year-old boy named Christopher received a model steam locomotive for Christmas. Handmade by his father, the Rev Wilbert Awdry, the blue-painted train incorporated a sawn-off ...

UK model train outfit Hornby has developed a locomotive engine that is powered by real steam, yet runs on standard ’00’ gauge, 12-volt track. After filling a small tank with distilled water, the ...

Three rare model locomotives have sold for thousands at auction. The Fine Scale O Gauge models, made by James Stanley Beeson, went for £25,000 - nearly four times the total estimate. A LNWR Ramsbottom ...