Latest News

Latest News Wednesday 23rd May 2018

Latest arrivals and deliveries

New Loco arrivals in OO were the Class 47s in BR large Logo Blue University of Nottingham and a Virgin Trains un-maned example.  Also arriving was the rep Limited edition 47712 lady Diana Spencer in Scotrail livery.   

Also back in stock are the NEM Pocket coupolings 36-027 and 36-030 plus a selection of coach and wagon wheels and many packs of OO Figures such as the Loco crew.  

Pre -Owned Arrivals include the following selection all boxes like new! Ex shop stock

R3115 West Country Class 34001 Exeter in BR Green £139

R2636 Stanier 4P 2-6-4 Tank in LMS Black  No 2546      £115

R2382 Stanier 5MT Black 5 No 44666 in BR lined Black    £115

R2486 EE Type 4 Class 50013 Agincourt in BR Corporate Blue £129

R2171 Merchant Navy Class  35005 Canadian Pacific in Express Blue  £135

Bachmann Arrivals

31-997 A4 Class 4484 Golden Eagle in LNER Green £125

31-996 A4 Class 60013 Dominion of New Zeland in BR Green £125

32-848 Standard Class 9F 92249 in BR Black  weathered £149

31-185 Stanier Jubilee Class 5663 Australia in LMS Crimson £125

32-976DC  EMD Class 66412 in DRS Early livery    £130

Other arrivals this week include

Hornby R587 Class 110 3 car Calder Valley DMU in BR Green mint still sealed £119

Hornby R2474 EE Type 4 Class 50  D421 in 1960s BR Blue a beauty    £119

Bachmann 31-408  Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 30850 Lord Nelson in BR Green £89

Bachmann 32-853 BR Standard Class 9F 92044 weathered in Black  £125

Misc HO news

We have just had a number of US HO Outline locos and stock brought in, all in superb as new condition and include the following

Rivarossi Southern Pacific Sundhine 4-8-4 in Black  £145

Rivarossi Southern Pacific  Sunshine 4-8-4 in Grey   £155

Plus we had a bout 20+ varoius Box cars / reefers/hoppers manly in UP Livery by Bachmann all with Metal wheels and Kd couplers.   All unused.

N Gauge News

we still get plenty of British/ European and Continental models coming in regularly which i forget to mention.

We still have a number of pristine Hornby Minitrix models in N such as 

2MT tank / Dock tank / Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0  A4 Mallard in BR Green / 70000 Britannia Class and Std 9F 2-10-0 in Black 

We have about 10 unboxed steam / Diesel outline models mailny GW Pannier tanks but also the large Prairie tanks x 3 , Compound 3F plus a Lima BR Green shunter / Class 25 in Green / Class 56 in Loadhaul and a GWR AEC Railcar  plus plenty of boxed and unboxed rolling stock

Latest News Friday 11th  May  2018

"Every Item you see listed on the following pages are in stock and available to buy"    We only show or mention items that actually exist.

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

This Saturday 12th May 2018 there is a one day Model Railway Show at the Salvation Army headquarter building in Farrow Street ,Shaw near Oldham  OL2 8QY between 10.30-4.30pm which will have upto 12 layouts in varius scales and some trade and demonstrations.  Admission £3 Adults  free parking , light refreshments No web link sorry.  shaw@salvationarmy.org.uk

The Shop is Open all Day Saturday as normal from 09-30- 5.30pm

On the way from Golden Valley Hobbies is the latest 4mm OO scale Janus 0-6-0 Industrial  Diesel Locomotive in BP Petroleum livery and Ports Authority London, both come with matching 7 plank open wagons if required,

We have just taken delivery of a batch of the Hattons OO Scale 4mm Barclay Industrial 0-4-0s in various liveries , a little beauty and we are open to part exchange or swaps on these models, some are already sold out and once you see one you will understand why.

New Bachmann Arrivals

New Loco arrivals in OO were the Class 47s in BR large Logo Blue University of Nottingham and a Virgin Trains un-maned example.  Also arriving was the rep Limited edition 47712 lady Diana Spencer in Scotrail livery.   

Also back in stock are the NEM Pocket coupolings 36-027 and 36-030 plus a selection of coach and wagon wheels and many packs of OO Figures such as the Loco crew.  

Pre -Owned Arrivals include the following selection all boxes like new! Ex shop stock

R3115 West Country Class 34001 Exeter in BR Green £139

R2678 LSWR M7 4-4-0 in Lime Green  No 252 Club edition £125

R2636 Stanier 4P 2-6-4 Tank in LMS Black  No 2546      £115

R2382 Stanier 5MT Black 5 No 44666 in BR lined Black    £115

R2572 BR Type 2  Class 31 in Green D5640 with white stripes DCC ready £135

R2197A 4 car EuroStar Train Pack in original livery  £125

R2486 EE Type 4 Class 50013 Agincourt in BR Corporate Blue £129

R2171 Merchant Navy Class  35005 Canadian Pacific in Express Blue  £135

Bachmann Arrivals

31-997 A4 Class 4484 Golden Eagle in LNER Green £125

31-996 A4 Class 60013 Dominion of New Zeland in BR Green £125

32-848 Standard Class 9F 92249 in BR Black  weathered £149

31-185 Stanier Jubilee Class 5663 Australia in LMS Crimson £125

32-976DC  EMD Class 66412 in DRS Early livery    £130

Other arrivals this week include

Hornby R3599TTS Rails Ltd edition Class 5MT in unlined black £220

Hornby R587 Class 110 3 car Calder Valley DMU in BR Green mint still sealed £110

Hornby R2474 EE Type 4 Class 50  D421 in 1960s BR Blue a beauty    £119

Bachmann 31-408  Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 30850 Lord Nelson in BR Green £89

Bachmann 32-853 BR Standard Class 9F 92044 weathered in Black  £125

Bachmann 32-530DS BR Class 55 Deltic 55001 St Paddy in BR Blue DCC Sound £185  

Misc HO news

We have just had a number of US HO Outline locos and stock brought in, all in superb as new condition and include the following

Wathers Genesis GP38 in Santa Fe livery DCC on Board      £135

Walthers Genesis GP38 in Union Pacific livery DCC on Board   £135

Rivarossi Southern Pacific Sundhine 4-8-4 in Black  £145

Rivarossi Southern Pacific  Sunshine 4-8-4 in Grey   £155

Rivarossi   Articulated Cab Forward in UP Black       £179

Plus we had a bout 20+ varoius Box cars / reefers/hoppers manly in UP Livery by Bachmann all with Metal wheels and Kd couplers.   All unused.

N Gauge News

we still get plenty of British/ European and Continental models coming in regularly which i forget to mention.

We still have a number of pristine Hornby Minitrix models in N such as 

2MT tank / Dock tank / Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0  A4 Mallard in BR Green / 70000 Britannia Class and Std 9F 2-10-0 in Black 

We have about 10 unboxed steam / Diesel outline models mailny GW Pannier tanks but also the large Prairie tanks x 3 , Compound 3F plus a Lima BR Green shunter / Class 25 in Green / Class 56 in Loadhaul and a GWR AEC Railcar  plus plenty of boxed and unboxed rolling stock

Latest News Thursday 10th May  2018

"Every Item you see listed on the following pages are in stock and available to buy"    We only show or mention items that actually exist.

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

On the way from Golden Valley Hobbies is the latest 4mm OO scale Janus 0-6-0 Industrial  Diesel Locomotive in BP Petroleum livery and Ports Authority London, both come with matching 7 plank open wagons if required,

We have just taken delivery of a batch of the Hattons OO Scale 4mm Barclay Industrial 0-4-0s in various liveries , a little beauty and we are open to part exchange or swaps on these models, some are already sold out and once you see one you will understand why.

New Bachmann Arrivals

New Loco arrivals in OO were the Class 47s in BR large Logo Blue University of Nottingham and a Virgin Trains un-maned example.  Also arriving was the rep Limited edition 47712 lady Diana Spencer in Scotrail livery.   

Also back in stock are the NEM Pocket coupolings 36-027 and 36-030 plus a selection of coach and wagon wheels and many packs of OO Figures such as the Loco crew.  

Pre -Owned Arrivals include the following selection all boxes like new! Ex shop stock

R3115 West Country Class 34001 Exeter in BR Green £139

R2678 LSWR M7 4-4-0 in Lime Green  No 252 Club edition £125

R2636 Stanier 4P 2-6-4 Tank in LMS Black  No 2546      £115

R2382 Stanier 5MT Black 5 No 44666 in BR lined Black    £115

R2572 BR Type 2  Class 31 in Green D5640 with white stripes DCC ready £135

R3054 BR Type 4 Class 50008 Thunderer in Engineers Blue livery v rare £145

R2197A 4 car EuroStar Train Pack in original livery  £125

R2486 EE Type 4 Class 50013 Agincourt in BR Corporate Blue £129

R2171 Merchant Navy Class  35005 Canadian Pacific in Express Blue  £135

Bachmann Arrivals

31-997 A4 Class 4484 Golden Eagle in LNER Green £125

31-996 A4 Class 60013 Dominion of New Zeland in BR Green £125

32-848 Standard Class 9F 92249 in BR Black  weathered £149

31-185 Stanier Jubilee Class 5663 Australia in LMS Crimson £125

32-976DC  EMD Class 66412 in DRS Early livery    £130

Other arrivals this week include

Hornby R3599TTS Rails Ltd edition Class 5MT in unlined black £220

Hornby R587 Class 110 3 car Calder Valley DMU in BR Green mint still sealed £110

Hornby R2474 EE Type 4 Class 50  D421 in 1960s BR Blue a beauty    £119

Bachmann 31-408  Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 30850 Lord Nelson in BR Green £89

Bachmann 32-853 BR Standard Class 9F 92044 weathered in Black  £125

Bachmann 32-530DS BR Class 55 Deltic 55001 St Paddy in BR Blue DCC Sound £185  

Misc HO news

We have just had a number of US HO Outline locos and stock brought in, all in superb as new condition and include the following

Wathers Genesis GP38 in Santa Fe livery DCC on Board      £135

Walthers Genesis GP38 in Union Pacific livery DCC on Board   £135

Rivarossi Southern Pacific Sundhine 4-8-4 in Black  £145

Rivarossi Southern Pacific  Sunshine 4-8-4 in Grey   £155

Rivarossi   Articulated Cab Forward in UP Black       £179

Plus we had a bout 20+ varoius Box cars / reefers/hoppers manly in UP Livery by Bachmann all with Metal wheels and Kd couplers.   All unused.

N Gauge News

we still get plenty of British/ European and Continental models coming in regularly which i forget to mention.

We still have a number of pristine Hornby Minitrix models in N such as 

2MT tank / Dock tank / Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0  A4 Mallard in BR Green / 70000 Britannia Class and Std 9F 2-10-0 in Black 

We have about 10 unboxed steam / Diesel outline models mailny GW Pannier tanks but also the large Prairie tanks x 3 , Compound 3F plus a Lima BR Green shunter / Class 25 in Green / Class 56 in Loadhaul and a GWR AEC Railcar  plus plenty of boxed and unboxed rolling stock

Latest News Tuesday 8th May  2018

Open Tuesday as normal. From 10am

"Every Item you see listed on the following pages are in stock and available to buy"    We only show or mention items that actually exist.

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

On the way from Golden Valley Hobbies is the latest 4mm OO scale Janus 0-6-0 Industrial  Diesel Locomotive in BP Petroleum livery and Ports Authority London, both come with matching 7 plank open wagons if required,

The New Dapol 7mm O gauge Ex Lionheart Models 64XX /74XX Pannier tanks are on the way to us now, these are a beautiful full metal construction model with superb detail and we have them available in GWR Green / Great Western Green and BR Black early and late crest priced at £335 each , these are sure to sell out pretty fast.

We have just taken delivery of a batch of the Hattons OO Scale 4mm Barclay Industrial 0-4-0s in various liveries , a little beauty and we are open to part exchange or swaps on these models, some are already sold out and once you see one you will understand why.

New Bachmann Arrivals

New Loco arrivals in OO were the Class 47s in BR large Logo Blue University of Nottingham and a Virgin Trains un-maned example.  Also arriving was the rep Limited edition 47712 lady Diana Spencer in Scotrail livery.   

Also back in stock are the NEM Pocket coupolings 36-027 and 36-030 plus a selection of coach and wagon wheels and many packs of OO Figures such as the Loco crew.  

Pre -Owned Arrivals include the following selection all boxes like new! Ex shop stock

R3115 West Country Class 34001 Exeter in BR Green £139

R2678 LSWR M7 4-4-0 in Lime Green  No 252 Club edition £125

R2636 Stanier 4P 2-6-4 Tank in LMS Black  No 2546      £115

R2382 Stanier 5MT Black 5 No 44666 in BR lined Black    £115

R2572 BR Type 2  Class 31 in Green D5640 with white stripes DCC ready £135

R3054 BR Type 4 Class 50008 Thunderer in Engineers Blue livery v rare £145

R2197A 4 car EuroStar Train Pack in original livery  £125

R2486 EE Type 4 Class 50013 Agincourt in BR Corporate Blue £129

Hornby Class 142 Pacers in GMPTE Orange livery and the Provincial Blue

livery unboxed but in good condition for £49 each

Bachmann Arrivals

31-997 A4 Class 4484 Golden Eagle in LNER Green £125

31-996 A4 Class 60013 Dominion of New Zeland in BR Green £125

32-848 Standard Class 9F 92249 in BR Black  weathered £149

31-185 Stanier Jubilee Class 5663 Australia in LMS Crimson £125

32-976DC  EMD Class 66412 in DRS Early livery    £130

Other arrivals this week include

Hornby R3599TTS Rails Ltd edition Class 5MT in unlined black £220

Hornby R587 Class 110 3 car Calder Valley DMU in BR Green mint still sealed £110

Hornby R069 Class 43 HST Train pack in IC Swallow livery still sealed mint      £119

Hornby R2474 EE Type 4 Class 50  D421 in 1960s BR Blue a beauty    £119

Bachmann 31-408  Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 30850 Lord Nelson in BR Green £89

Bachmann 32-853 BR Standard Class 9F 92044 weathered in Black  £125

Bachmann 32-530DS BR Class 55 Deltic 55001 St Paddy in BR Blue DCC Sound £185  

N Gauge News

we still get plenty of British/ European and Continental models coming in regularly which i forget to mention.

We still have a number of pristine Hornby Minitrix models in N such as 

2MT tank / Dock tank / Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0  A4 Mallard in BR Green / 70000 Britannia Class and Std 9F 2-10-0 in Black 

We have about 10 unboxed steam / Diesel outline models mailny GW Pannier tanks but also the large Prairie tanks x 3 , Compound 3F plus a Lima BR Green shunter / Class 25 in Green / Class 56 in Loadhaul and a GWR AEC Railcar  plus plenty of boxed and unboxed rolling stock

Latest News Tuesday 1st May  2018

"Every Item you see listed on the following pages are in stock and available to buy"    We only show or mention items that actually exist.

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

Latest arrivals and deliveries

On the way from Golden Valley Hobbies is the latest 4mm OO scale Janus 0-6-0 Industrial  Diesel Locomotive in BP Petroleum livery and Ports Authority London, both come with matching 7 plank open wagons if required,

The New Dapol 7mm O gauge Ex Lionheart Models 64XX /74XX Pannier tanks are on the way to us now, these are a beautiful full metal construction model with superb detail and we have them available in GWR Green / Great Western Green and BR Black early and late crest priced at £335 each , these are sure to sell out pretty fast.

We have just taken delivery of a batch of the Hattons OO Scale 4mm Barclay Industrial 0-4-0s in various liveries , a little beauty and we are open to part exchange or swaps on these models, some are already sold out and once you see one you will understand why.

New Bachmann Arrivals

New Loco arrivals in OO were the Class 47s in BR large Logo Blue University of Nottingham and a Virgin Trains un-maned example.  Also arriving was the rep Limited edition 47712 lady Diana Spencer in Scotrail livery.   

Also back in stock are the NEM Pocket coupolings 36-027 and 36-030 plus a selection of coach and wagon wheels and many packs of OO Figures such as the Loco crew.  

Pre -Owned Arrivals include the following selection all boxes like new! Ex shop stock

R3115 West Country Class 34001 Exeter in BR Green £139

R2664 LMS Royal Scot 6100 in LMS Crimson Club Edition  £130

R2678 LSWR M7 4-4-0 in Lime Green  No 252 Club edition £125

R2636 Stanier 4P 2-6-4 Tank in LMS Black  No 2546      £115

R2382 Stanier 5MT Black 5 No 44666 in BR lined Black    £115

R2572 BR Type 2  Class 31 in Green D5640 with white stripes DCC ready £135

R3054 BR Type 4 Class 50008 Thunderer in Engineers Blue livery v rare £145

R2197A 4 car EuroStar Train Pack in original livery  £125

R2486 EE Type 4 Class 50013 Agincourt in BR Corporate Blue £129

R1107 Duchess Class 46237 City of Bristol in Express Blue split from set £79

Hornby Class 142 Pacers in GMPTE Orange livery and the Provincial Blue

livery unboxed but in good condition for £49 each

Bachmann Arrivals

31-997 A4 Class 4484 Golden Eagle in LNER Green £125

31-996 A4 Class 60013 Dominion of New Zeland in BR Green £125

32-848 Standard Class 9F 92249 in BR Black  weathered £149

31-185 Stanier Jubilee Class 5663 Australia in LMS Crimson £125

32-976DC  EMD Class 66412 in DRS Early livery    £130

Misc

We have just had in a large qualtity of quality unboxed wagons in oo mainly hornby TTA Tankers but also the very sought after Lima PGA hopper wagons n Yeoman livery and also ARC 

Heljan 53021 Class 53 Diesel Hydraulic No1200 Falcon in Rail Blue  £135

Vi Trains    Class 37430 Cwmbran in Trainload / 37411 Caerphilly Castle in BR green

Dapol       GW Neath Abbey  4-6-0 , L&Y Pug 0-4-0 , 

Lima Class 52 Western in BR Green, Class 40 D334 in BR Green, Class 47461  in Scotrail, BR Class 08 in Green HST in BR Blue and grey  plus many Others. 

Plus we got a load of small tank engines and 08 shunters always very popular with our junior customers  , 3F Jintys, GW Pannier Tanks, J83 Tanks J50 Tanks, M7s and Diesel shunters Class 06s and 08s in various colours.

Some more cheap and cheerful stock came in early today including a number of BR Blue Dieseld by Hornby / Lima and Mainline classes 25 - £29/31- £25/33-£34/37-£34/45-£30/55-£35 and 56 £35 plus a good splattering of rolling stock including a number of very clean unboxed Freightliner wagons with 3 x 20ft boxes on.  Also with those were a load of tidy Hornby Station platform sections and small rail related buildings in plastic.

Latest News Friday 20th  April  2018

"Every Item you see listed on the following pages are in stock and available to buy"    We only show or mention items that actually exist.

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

Latest arrivals and deliveries

On the way from Golden Valley Hobbies is the latest 4mm OO scale Janus 0-6-0 Industrial  Diesel Locomotive in BP Petroleum livery and Ports Authority London, both come with matching 7 plank open wagons if required,

The New Dapol 7mm O gauge Ex Lionheart Models 64XX /74XX Pannier tanks are on the way to us now, these are a beautiful full metal construction model with superb detail and we have them available in GWR Green / Great Western Green and BR Black early and late crest priced at £335 each , these are sure to sell out pretty fast.

We have just taken delivery of a batch of the Hattons OO Scale 4mm Barclay Industrial 0-4-0s in various liveries , a little beauty and we are open to part exchange or swaps on these models, some are already sold out and once you see one you will understand why.

New Bachmann Arrivals

New Loco arrivals in OO were the Class 47s in BR large Logo Blue University of Nottingham and a Virgin Trains un-maned example.  Also arriving was the rep Limited edition 47712 lady Diana Spencer in Scotrail livery.   

Also back in stock are the NEM Pocket coupolings 36-027 and 36-030 plus a selection of coach and wagon wheels and many packs of OO Figures such as the Loco crew.  

Pre -Owned Arrivals include the following selection all boxes like new! Ex shop stock

R3115 West Country Class 34001 Exeter in BR Green £139

R2664 LMS Royal Scot 6100 in LMS Crimson Club Edition  £130

R2678 LSWR M7 4-4-0 in Lime Green  No 252 Club edition £125

R2542 Bullied light Pacific 34092 City Of Wells in BR green £149

R2636 Stanier 4P 2-6-4 Tank in LMS Black  No 2546      £115

R2382 Stanier 5MT Black 5 No 44666 in BR lined Black    £115

R2684 Gresley A4 Class  Mallard with 18ct Gold Plating Ltd Edition £179

R2572 BR Type 2  Class 31 in Green D5640 with white stripes DCC ready £135

R3054 BR Type 4 Class 50008 Thunderer in Engineers Blue livery v rare £145

R2197A 4 car EuroStar Train Pack in original livery  £125

R2486 EE Type 4 Class 50013 Agincourt in BR Corporate Blue £129

Bachmann Arrivals

31-997 A4 Class 4484 Golden Eagle in LNER Green £125

31-996 A4 Class 60013 Dominion of New Zeland in BR Green £125

32-848 Standard Class 9F 92249 in BR Black  weathered £149

31-185 Stanier Jubilee Class 5663 Australia in LMS Crimson £125

32-976DC  EMD Class 66412 in DRS Early livery    £130

Misc

Heljan 53021 Class 53 Diesel Hydraulic No1200 Falcon in Rail Blue  £135

Vi Trains    Class 37430 Cwmbran in Trainload / 37411 Caerphilly Castle in BR green

Dapol       GW Neath Abbey  4-6-0 , L&Y Pug 0-4-0 , 

Lima Class 52 Western in BR Green, Class 40 D334 in BR Green, Class 47461  in Scotrail, BR Class 08 in Green HST in BR Blue and grey  plus many Others. 

Plus we got a load of small tank engines and 08 shunters always very popular with our junior customers  , 3F Jintys, GW Pannier Tanks, J83 Tanks J50 Tanks, M7s and Diesel shunters Class 06s and 08s in various colours.

Some more cheap and cheerful stock came in early today including a number of BR Blue Dieseld by Hornby / Lima and Mainline classes 25 - £29/31- £25/33-£34/37-£34/45-£30/55-£35 and 56 £35 plus a good splattering of rolling stock including a number of very clean unboxed Freightliner wagons with 3 x 20ft boxes on.  Also with those were a load of tidy Hornby Station platform sections and small rail related buildings in plastic.

Latest News Wednesday  28th  February 2018

Some Important News if you were planning to visit Preston Model Railway Show this weekend.

I have just seen this posted on the club website this morning, sadly looks like its cancelled.

PLEASE NOTE:   Preston and District Model Railway Club 2018 Exhibition     Owing to adverse weather conditions that are forecast for this week and the weekend, we have regretfully taken the decision to CANCEL the exhibition in the interests of the safety of the exhibitors, trade stands and the visiting public.

Please follow this link to the clubs website for further details , a great shame as that is a superb show.

http://www.prestonanddistrictmrs.org.uk/exhibition/

Some good News from Hornby this week is they have announced a second run of the very sought after R3555 Sir William Stanier FRS which will still be a short run so if you missed out last year i suggest you get a pre order in with us or someone else.

The Locos will be due in the shops mid June 2018

Bachmanns New release and sure to be a hot seller is the 32-983 EMD Class 66779 Evening Star in BR brunswick green livery which we will be selling at £159 while stocks last.   In stock now at athe shop and on line.

The 32-815RJ Class 47805 John Scott in DRS livery is also in now priced at £159  

Our Ebay shop is also packed with interesting items , please follow this link to our shop home page.  

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

I have been doing a bit of a tidy up behind the counter in the shop and surprisingly found a number of sound fitted locos i had forgotten all about.

So still in stock  with DCC sound are

Hornby TTS class 20 in BR Blue  / Network Rail 37 / Green Class 40 / large Logo 47401

Hornby

Castle Classes Clun and Kidwelly

King George IV

Class 67 Caledonian Sleeper livery

Class 08 in DB Schenker red   little cracker

Bachmann

Class 66022 Lafarge Buddonwood EWS  sound

Class 66040  in EWS   sound

Class 55 Deltic in BR green D9007 Pinza  sound

Class 44005 Cross Fell in BR Blue sound

Heljan

Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo with sound in BR Black

Class 128 Gloucester Parcels car DPU in BR Green with sound  superb

Oxford Rail

Dean Goods in BR Black and in Great Western lined green with sound. 

The New 2018 Hornby and Bachmann catalogues are finally here Priced at £8.50 each for the OO version and £7.50 for the Farish N Gauge catalogue.  

The new DRS Class 68008 Avenger  with DCC sound has arrived with much better revised sound at £253  and  68003 normal DC  £129  both in DRS Compass livery, also in is another ScotRail version 68006 Daring. A superb model.

The new 2mm N gauge Class 68s in all liveries in due with us at the start of next week. The DCC fitted versions are coming first . still no sign yet.

Oxford Rail News.

The first of the eagerly awaited BR MK3 coaches have arrived in Inter-City Swallow livery TSO and FO are the fist  look very smart they do £29.95 each 

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

The new  Hornby TTs sound chips have finally arrived Class 37/47/60/67 at priced at £39.95  they have gone up slighly.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Lima Models all boxed in vgc

Class 20906  in DRS early branding "Kosovo Train for life" Ltd edition £65

Class 20222 in BR Blue with Haymarket Depot Plaques  £44

Class 37 322 in BR Blue Imperial with Salmon motif  £39

Class 37351 Transrail Dutch Livery with Pro weathering superb  £59

Class 37424 Robert F Fairlie in Regional Railways livery  £49

Class 66 EMD in Original Freightliner Livery   66546   £59

Class 47513 Severn in revised Large logo livery        £ 39 

Class 47461 Charles Rennie Mackintosh in ScotRail livery Ex set   £89 V rare 

Pre owned Heljan  in 4mm just arrived

Ex shop stock we have had 2 x Class 23 Baby Deltics in all as new D5900/D5908 all in BR Green all £110 each  pretty hard to find now .

Also just in today in the Class 33030 in EWS maroon and Gold Livery  the only Crompton to appear in this livery and very smart it looks too.  Its has seen very little use.

We still have stocks of DP2/ Lion/ Falcon and Kestrel

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had yet another 2mm N Gauge layout brought into the shop, its 48" x 30" with loads of buildings, double loops and sidings and   plenty of scenary, good little project just needs refreshing. 

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

We have just had in a large box of well made Metcalfe N gauge buildings nearly the full range, these wont be around for long.

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

Kato Unitram we have 3 in at present a super little model.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Z gauge News

something we do not often get, but this week we have had a very smart dispaly Z Gauge layout brought in which is about 2 1/2 ft x 1ft with a pre moulded mountains and a Railway arched bridge, with double oval of track , very smart it is as well. Along with that came 3 part complete marklin train sets all 3 have steam locos and a few goods wagons all in good condition.

Latest News Tuesday 18th April  2018

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

Latest arrivals and deliveries

Back in stock Prodigy Advance 01 and 02 DCC systems but sadly at the new prices .

New release from Hornby this week, is the R3508TTS Princess Coronation Class City of Birmingham with TTS sound for £209  now sold out at Hornby.

We did get a Bachmann delivery also this week which included a number of Woodland scenics item such as the very popular incline/ decline sets, fine ballast ond cinders.

New Loco arrivals in OO were the Class 47s in BR large Logo Blue University of Nottingham and a Virgin Trains un-maned example.  Also arriving was the rep Limited edition 47712 lady Diana Spencer in Scotrail livery.   

Also back in stock are the NEM Pocket coupolings 36-027 and 36-030 plus a selection of coach and wagon wheels.  

Pre -Owned Arrivals include the following selection all boxes like new!

R2664 LMS Royal Scot 6100 in LMS Crimson Club Edition  £130

R2678 LSWR M7 4-4-0 in Lime Green  No 252 Club edition £125

R2542 Bullied light Pacific 34092 City Of Wells in BR green £149

R2636 Stanier 4P 2-6-4 Tank in LMS Black  No 2546      £115

R2382 Stanier 5MT Black 5 No 44666 in BR lined Black    £115

R2684 Gresley A4 Class  Mallard with 18ct Gold Plating Ltd Edition £179

R2197A 4 car EuroStar Train Pack in original livery  £125

R2486 EE Type 4 Class 50013 Agincourt in BR Corporate Blue £125

Bachmann Arrivals

31-997 A4 Class 4484 Golden Eagle in LNER Green £125

31-996 A4 Class 60013 Dominion of New Zeland in BR Green £125

32-848 Standard Class 9F 92249 in BR Black  weathered £149

31-185 Stanier Jubilee Class 5663 Australia in LMS Crimson £125

32-976DC  EMD Class 66412 in DRS Early livery    £130

Misc

Vi Trains    Class 37430 Cwmbran in Trainload / 37411 Caerphilly Castle in BR green

Dapol       GW Neath Abbey  4-6-0 , L&Y Pug 0-4-0 , 

Lima Class 52 Western in BR Green, Class 40 D334 in BR Green, Class 47461  in Scotrail, BR Class 08 in Green HST in BR Blue and grey  plus many Others. 

Plus we got a load of small tank engines and 08 shunters always very popular with our junior customers  , 3F Jintys, GW Pannier Tanks, J83 Tanks J50 Tanks, M7s and Diesel shunters Class 06s and 08s in various colours.

Latest News Tuesday 10th April 2018

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

Latest arrival from Hornby 

We have 3 new arrivals due sometime this week  they are

R3534 6023  King Edward II   Great Western green £179

R3552  6860 Aberporth Grange in GWR green £149

R3558 LNER B17  Liverpool in Apple green £89

Also arriving was the R6880 2018 year Wagons which this year is based on a HEA hopper wagon priced at £16.95

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

4 Hornby Train packs  all Brand new untouched dating from about 1997 so no DCC sockets

Thanet Belle with Battle of Britain Class 21C157 Biggin Hill   £159

The Cheltenham Flyer with Tregenna Castle in GWR  £125  

Hornby B12/3 Train pack with 3 x maroon gresley coaches £115.

We have had in 2 DC kits SR 2 Car EMUs in in early BR Green, one is a 3-CEP and the other a 2 Bill, both constructed and painted to a very high standard. 

Over the weekend we had in 2 as new Hornby N 15 King Arthur Class locos No 751 Ettarre and 767 Sir Valence in Southern olive green , hard to find like that now.

China Super detail Britannia Class William Wordsworth in BR green  and Stanier LMS 8F 8042 from the super detail range both arrived on Saturday.

Hornby super detail DCC sound fitted locos with Howes for sound chips which are superb via a mega speaker we have,

Hornby Ex LNER L1 Tank 2-6-4 again with Howes DCC sound but clean this time £189

Bachmann A2 Class Sea Eagle with DCC sound and weathering by Grimey Times looks stunning and sounds it too £235

Bachmann EWS Rolling stock, 6 x VDA sliding door vans and 4 x Mega Box stone bogie wagons came in along with a full set of JGA Autoballasters in Railtrack livery.

We have just had a large collection of Hornby Dublo 3 Rail brought into our shop with about 30 + locos ranging from several mint examples to a selection of well used and in need of restoration.

Duchessof Montrose, Atholl, Silver King and an 8F all spring to mind plus 4MT Tank 80054  boxed in super condition and a boxed N2 Tank 69567, alonmg with that lot came a huge box of good quality 3 rail track and points plus level crossings , most boxed.

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had yet another 2mm N Gauge layout brought into the shop, its 48" x 30" with loads of buildings, double loops and sidings and   plenty of scenary, good little project just needs refreshing. £350 

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

Pre loved N Locos in recently and in superb boxed condition are 

Farish   DELTIC DP1 in Powder Blue     £119

Farish  Class  37035 in Duch engineers livery £115 

Farish Class 37 506 in Railfreight large Loco British Steel Skinningrove £115

Farish Deltic D9007 Pinza in BR 2 tone green £115

O Gauge 7mm News

Due into our shop today are the Dapol O Gauge 16ton Mineral Wagons in various combinations of top door/ bottom door etc in Unfitted BR Grey and fitted Bauxite sure to be very popular , and a great addition to this expanding range, all will be priced at £44 each.

Latest News Monday 26th March  2018

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

Latest arrival from Hornby 

We have 3 new arrivals due sometime this week  they are

R3534 6023  King Edward II   Great Western green £179

R3552  6860 Aberporth Grange in GWR green £149

R3558 LNER B17  Liverpool in Apple green £89

New TTS Sound Chip for the BR Class 20 R8118  and a Standard 9F R8113   , both should be very popular, and are of very good quality for the price £39.50 each.

Also arriving was the R6880 2018 year Wagons which this year is based on a HEA hopper wagon priced at £16.95

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

We have had in 2 DC kits SR 2 Car EMUs in in early BR Green, one is a 3-CEP and the other a 2 Bill, both constructed and painted to a very high standard. 

Over the weekend we had in 2 as new Hornby N 15 King Arthur Class locos No 751 Ettarre and 767 Sir Valence in Southern olive green , hard to find like that now.

China Super detail Britannia Class William Wordsworth in BR green  and Stanier LMS 8F 8042 from the super detail range both arrived on Saturday.

Hornby super detail DCC sound fitted locos with Howes for sound chips which are superb via a mega speaker we have,

Hornby Ex LNER L1 Tank 2-6-4 again with Howes DCC sound but clean this time £189

Bachmann A2 Class Sea Eagle with DCC sound and weathering by Grimey Times looks stunning and sounds it too £235

Bachmann EWS Rolling stock, 6 x VDA sliding door vans and 4 x Mega Box stone bogie wagons came in along with a full set of JGA Autoballasters in Railtrack livery.

We have just had a large collection of Hornby Dublo 3 Rail brought into our shop with about 30 + locos ranging from several mint examples to a selection of well used and in need of restoration.

Duchessof Montrose, Atholl, Silver King and an 8F all spring to mind plus 4MT Tank 80054  boxed in super condition and a boxed N2 Tank 69567, alonmg with that lot came a huge box of good quality 3 rail track and points plus level crossings , most boxed.

A large box of OO Gauge 4mm buildings many Railway related such as 3 road engine sheds, signal boxes etc but many town houses , shops etc some are Metcalfe and some are scratch built to a very good standard.   Be quick as these wont be around for long and are all on sale in the shop.   

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had yet another 2mm N Gauge layout brought into the shop, its 48" x 30" with loads of buildings, double loops and sidings and   plenty of scenary, good little project just needs refreshing. £350 

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

Pre loved N Locos in recently and in superb boxed condition are 

Farish   DELTIC DP1 in Powder Blue     £119

Farish  Class  37035 in Duch engineers livery £115 

Farish Class 37408 in DRS Livery Lord Hinton   £139 

Farish Class 37 506 in Railfreight large Loco British Steel Skinningrove £115

Farish Deltic D9007 Pinza in BR 2 tone green £115

O Gauge 7mm News

Due into our shop today are the Dapol O Gauge 16ton Mineral Wagons in various combinations of top door/ bottom door etc in Unfitted BR Grey and fitted Bauxite sure to be very popular , and a great addition to this expanding range, all will be priced at £43.50  each.

Latest News Saturday 24th March  2018

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

Latest arrival from Hornby 

We have 3 new arrivals due sometime this week  they are

R3534 6023  King Edward II   Great Western green £179

R3552  6860 Aberporth Grange in GWR green £149

R3558 LNER B17  Liverpool in Apple green £89

New TTS Sound Chip for the BR Class 20 R8118  and a Standard 9F R8113   , both should be very popular, and are of very good quality for the price £39.50 each.

Also arriving was the R6880 2018 year Wagons which this year is based on a HEA hopper wagon priced at £16.95

TRADE NEWSLETTER Metcalfe Models & Toys Ltd.  |  Tel: 01729 830072 www.metcalfemodels.com

Two new N Kits from Metcalfe, available now N-Scale Settle-Carlisle Station (PN933) - RRP £14.00 N-Scale Settle-Carlisle Station (PN934) - RRP £8.00

DCC Concepts, we do stock some of their products and generally have in stock the Colbalt slow motion point motors, the Alpha central control system plus mimic boards, working head and tail lamp sets, heat shrink etc and The NCE Powercab Digital control sytem supplied by them. 

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Hornby super detail DCC sound fitted locos with Howes for sound chips which are superb via a mega speaker we have,

Hornby Duchess Class in BR maroon 46251 City of Nottingham expertley weathered and coaled by grimey Times £225

Hornby Ex LNER L1 Tank 2-6-4 again with Howes DCC sound but clean this time £189

Bachmann A2 Class Sea Eagle with DCC sound and weathering by Grimey Times looks stunning and sounds it too £235

We have just had a large collection of Hornby Dublo 3 Rail brought into our shop with about 30 + locos ranging from several mint examples to a selection of well used and in need of restoration.

Duchessof Montrose, Atholl, Silver King and an 8F all spring to mind plus 4MT Tank 80054  boxed in super condition and a boxed N2 Tank 69567, alonmg with that lot came a huge box of good quality 3 rail track and points plus level crossings , most boxed.

A large box of OO Gauge 4mm buildings many Railway related such as 3 road engine sheds, signal boxes etc but many town houses , shops etc some are Metcalfe and some are scratch built to a very good standard.   Be quick as these wont be around for long and are all on sale in the shop.   

Hornby pre owned this week include a number of DCC hard wired models such as

Class 25 x 2   , Class 47 large logo, Jinty 3F, Cadbury Castle, Class 47 in BR Green, and a Lima 2 car class 117 DMU , Lima class 20 in DRS and even a Virgin HST all great runners.

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had yet another 2mm N Gauge layout brought into the shop, its 48" x 30" with loads of buildings, double loops and sidings and   plenty of scenary, good little project just needs refreshing. £350 

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

O Gauge 7mm News

Due into our shop today are the Dapol O Gauge 16ton Mineral Wagons in various combinations of top door/ bottom door etc in Unfitted BR Grey and fitted Bauxite sure to be very popular , and a great addition to this expanding range, all will be priced at £44 each.

Latest News Friday 16th  March  2018

Apart from our website stock which is kept upto date on a daily basis, it is  only a fraction of the stock we hold most is at our high street shop but ,

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/

This weekend  we are at the HMRG  Model Railway Show at Rochdale Town Hall  March 17th / 18th 2018.

Please see our trade shows page or follow this link to the clubs website for further details.

http://www.hmrg.co.uk/exhibitions/hmrgexhib.html

Latest arrivals from Metclafe are here now the snow has gone, they include the Settle-Carlisle Station building and station shelter , The new midi kit small platform signal box and even a signal box interior.

Latest arrival from Hornby 

New TTS Sound Chip for the BR Class 20 R8118  and a Standard 9F R8113   , both should be very popular, and are of very good quality for the price £39.50 each.

Also arriving was the R6880 2018 year Wagons which this year is based on a HEA hopper wagon priced at £16.95

DCC Concepts, we do stock some of their products and generally have in stock the Colbalt slow motion point motors, the Alpha central control system plus mimic boards, working head and tail lamp sets, heat shrink etc and The NCE Powercab Digital control sytem supplied by them. 

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Hornby super detail DCC sound fitted locos with Howes for sound chips which are superb via a mega speaker we have,

Hornby Duchess Class in BR maroon 46251 City of Nottingham expertley weathered and coaled by grimey Times £225

Hornby Ex LNER L1 Tank 2-6-4 again with Howes DCC sound but clean this time £189

Bachmann A2 Class Sea Eagle with DCC sound and weathering by Grimey Times looks stunning and sounds it too £235

We have just had a large collection of Hornby Dublo 3 Rail brought into our shop with about 30 + locos ranging from several mint examples to a selection of well used and in need of restoration.

Duchessof Montrose, Atholl, Silver King and an 8F all spring to mind plus 4MT Tank 80054  boxed in super condition and a boxed N2 Tank 69567, alonmg with that lot came a huge box of good quality 3 rail track and points plus level crossings , most boxed.

A large box of OO Gauge 4mm buildings many Railway related such as 3 road engine sheds, signal boxes etc but many town houses , shops etc some are Metcalfe and some are scratch built to a very good standard.   Be quick as these wont be around for long and are all on sale in the shop.   

Hornby pre owned this week include a number of DCC hard wired models such as

Class 25 x 2   , Class 47 large logo, Jinty 3F, Cadbury Castle, Class 47 in BR Green, and a Lima 2 car class 117 DMU , Lima class 20 in DRS and even a Virgin HST all great runners.

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had yet another 2mm N Gauge layout brought into the shop, its 48" x 30" with loads of buildings, double loops and sidings and   plenty of scenary, good little project just needs refreshing. £350 

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

We have just had in a large box of well made Metcalfe N gauge buildings nearly the full range, these wont be around for long.

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

Kato Unitram we have 3 in at present a super little model.

7mm O Gauge News to report this week.

We have just taken in an RJH ready to run model of an English Electric 10001 in BR lined black with chrome banding, its a really well constructed model with a superb spray painted body and runs very well using 2 x delryn drive units.  The loco is priced to sell at £395

Latest News Saturday  10th  March  2018

PLEASE NOTE , ANY NEW VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE, THIS IS KEPT UPTO DATE ON A DAILY BASIS AND EVERY ITEM YOU SEE LISTED ACTUALLY EXISTS AND IS AVAILABLE TO BUT RIGHT NOW OVER THE NET OR JUST RING THE SHOP.

We also have our Ebay.co.uk shop with other items live on sale as well as the website and the high street shop.   try this link to our ebay site  thelocoshed

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester/ 

Its just a week away now until we are at the HMRG  Model Railway Show at Rochdale Town Hall  March 17th / 18th 2018.

Please see our trade shows page or follow this link to the clubs website for further details.

http://www.hmrg.co.uk/exhibitions/hmrgexhib.html

Latest arrivals from Metclafe are here now the snow has gone, they include the Settle-Carlisle Station building and station shelter , The new midi kit small platform signal box and even a signal box interior.

Latest arrival from Hornby 

New TTS Sound Chip for the BR Class 20 R8118  and a Standard 9F R8113   , both should be very popular, and are of very good quality for the price £39.50 each.

Also arriving was the R6880 2018 year Wagons which this year is based on a HEA hopper wagon priced at £16.95

DCC Concepts, we do stock some of their products and generally have in stock the Colbalt slow motion point motors, the Alpha central control system plus mimic boards, working head and tail lamp sets, heat shrink etc and The NCE Powercab Digital control sytem supplied by them. 

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

We have just had a large collection of Hornby Dublo 3 Rail brought into our shop with about 30 + locos ranging from several mint examples to a selection of well used and in need of restoration.

Duchessof Montrose, Atholl, Silver King and an 8F all spring to mind plus 4MT Tank 80054  boxed in super condition and a boxed N2 Tank 69567, alonmg with that lot came a huge box of good quality 3 rail track and points plus level crossings , most boxed.

A large box of OO Gauge 4mm buildings many Railway related such as 3 road engine sheds, signal boxes etc but many town houses , shops etc some are Metcalfe and some are scratch built to a very good standard.   Be quick as these wont be around for long and are all on sale in the shop.   

Hornby pre owned this week include a number of DCC hard wired models such as

Class 25 x 2   , Class 47 large logo, Jinty 3F, Cadbury Castle, Class 47 in BR Green, and a Lima 2 car class 117 DMU , Lima class 20 in DRS and even a Virgin HST all great runners.

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had yet another 2mm N Gauge layout brought into the shop, its 48" x 30" with loads of buildings, double loops and sidings and   plenty of scenary, good little project just needs refreshing. £350 

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

We have just had in a large box of well made Metcalfe N gauge buildings nearly the full range, these wont be around for long.

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

Kato Unitram we have 3 in at present a super little model.

7mm O Gauge News to report this week.

We have just taken in an RJH ready to run model of an English Electric 10001 in BR lined black with chrome banding, its a really well constructed model with a superb spray painted body and runs wery well using 2 x delryn drive units.  The loco is priced to sell at £395

Latest News Wednesday 7th March  2018

Our High Street Shop is open as normal all this week. 

Some good News from Hornby this week is they have announced a second run of the very sought after R3555 Sir William Stanier FRS which will still be a short run so if you missed out last year i suggest you get a pre order in with us or someone else.

The Locos will be due in the shops mid June 2018

Bachmanns New release and sure to be a hot seller is the 32-983 EMD Class 66779 Evening Star in BR brunswick green livery which we will be selling at £159 while stocks last.   In stock now at athe shop and on line.

The 32-815RJ Class 47805 John Scott in DRS livery is also in now priced at £159  

Our Ebay shop is also packed with interesting items , please follow this link to our shop home page.  

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

I have been doing a bit of a tidy up behind the counter in the shop and surprisingly found a number of sound fitted locos i had forgotten all about.

So still in stock  with DCC sound are

Hornby TTS class 20 in BR Blue  / Network Rail 37 / Green Class 40 / large Logo 47401

Hornby

Castle Classes Clun and Kidwelly

King George IV

Class 67 Caledonian Sleeper livery

Class 08 in DB Schenker red   little cracker

Bachmann

Class 66022 Lafarge Buddonwood EWS  sound

Class 44005 Cross Fell in BR Blue sound

Heljan

Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo with sound in BR Black

The New 2018 Hornby and Bachmann catalogues are finally here Priced at £8.50 each for the OO version and £7.50 for the Farish N Gauge catalogue.  

The new 2mm N gauge Class 68s in all liveries in now in stock at the shop priced at £129 . It really is a stunning looking model with the same level of detail as its big brother OO version.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

A large box of OO Gauge 4mm buildings, many Railway related such as 3 road engine sheds, signal boxes etc but many town houses , shops etc some are Metcalfe and some are scratch built to a very good standard.   Be quick as these wont be around for long and are all on sale in the shop.

Pre owned Heljan  in 4mm just arrived

Ex shop stock we have had 2 x Class 23 Baby Deltics in all as new D5900/D5908 all in BR Green all £110 each  pretty hard to find now .

We still have stocks of DP2/ Lion/ Falcon and Kestrel

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had yet another 2mm N Gauge layout brought into the shop, its 48" x 30" with loads of buildings, double loops and sidings and   plenty of scenary, good little project just needs refreshing. £350 

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

We have just had in a large box of well made Metcalfe N gauge buildings nearly the full range, these wont be around for long.

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

Kato Unitram we have 3 in at present a super little model.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Latest News Thursday  1st March  2018

In line with the rest of the country going on a reduced service i will Not be hanging around until 7pm or later today Thurs our regular late night. Its been quiet in the bad weather, if you were expecting to visit we will be closing at 6pm.

Important News if you were planning to visit Preston Model Railway Show this weekend.

I have just seen this posted on the club website this morning, sadly looks like its cancelled.

PLEASE NOTE:   Preston and District Model Railway Club 2018 Exhibition     Owing to adverse weather conditions that are forecast for this week and the weekend, we have regretfully taken the decision to CANCEL the exhibition in the interests of the safety of the exhibitors, trade stands and the visiting public.

Please follow this link to the clubs website for further details , a great shame as that is a superb show.

http://www.prestonanddistrictmrs.org.uk/exhibition/

More news to tell you. Our Local heritage railway at Bury the ELR "East Lancashire Railway " are holding their first Spring Steam gala of the Year, this weekend Fri/ Sat /Sun 2nd 3rd and 4th of March . Please see below the list of locos hoping to take part all depending on availability.
We will be having a small trade stall at this show hopefully under cover on the footbridge on Sat and Sunday so hope to see you there.

Some good News from Hornby this week is they have announced a second run of the very sought after R3555 Sir William Stanier FRS which will still be a short run so if you missed out last year i suggest you get a pre order in with us or someone else.

The Locos will be due in the shops mid June 2018

Its last order now yet again we have only 4 left to pre order then they are Sold Out Again.

Bachmanns New release and sure to be a hot seller is the 32-983 EMD Class 66779 Evening Star in BR brunswick green livery which we will be selling at £159 while stocks last.   In stock now at athe shop and on line.

The 32-815RJ Class 47805 John Scott in DRS livery is also in now priced at £159  

Our Ebay shop is also packed with interesting items , please follow this link to our shop home page.  

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

I have been doing a bit of a tidy up behind the counter in the shop and surprisingly found a number of sound fitted locos i had forgotten all about.

So still in stock  with DCC sound are

Hornby TTS class 20 in BR Blue  / Network Rail 37 / Green Class 40 / large Logo 47401

Hornby

Castle Classes Clun and Kidwelly

King George IV

Class 67 Caledonian Sleeper livery

Class 08 in DB Schenker red   little cracker

Bachmann

Class 66022 Lafarge Buddonwood EWS  sound

Class 66040  in EWS   sound

Class 44005 Cross Fell in BR Blue sound

Heljan

Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo with sound in BR Black

Oxford Rail

Dean Goods in BR Black and in Great Western lined green with sound. 

The New 2018 Hornby and Bachmann catalogues are finally here Priced at £8.50 each for the OO version and £7.50 for the Farish N Gauge catalogue.  

The new 2mm N gauge Class 68s in all liveries in now in stock at the shop priced at £129 . It really is a stunning looking model with the same level of detail as its big brother OO version.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Pre owned Heljan  in 4mm just arrived

Ex shop stock we have had 2 x Class 23 Baby Deltics in all as new D5900/D5908 all in BR Green all £110 each  pretty hard to find now .

Also just in today in the Class 33030 in EWS maroon and Gold Livery  the only Crompton to appear in this livery and very smart it looks too.  Its has seen very little use.

We still have stocks of DP2/ Lion/ Falcon and Kestrel

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had yet another 2mm N Gauge layout brought into the shop, its 48" x 30" with loads of buildings, double loops and sidings and   plenty of scenary, good little project just needs refreshing. £350 

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

We have just had in a large box of well made Metcalfe N gauge buildings nearly the full range, these wont be around for long.

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

Kato Unitram we have 3 in at present a super little model.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Latest News Wednesday 21st February 2018

Some good News from Hornby this week is they have announced a second run of the very sought after R3555 Sir William Stanier FRS which will still be a short run so if you missed out last year i suggest you get a pre order in with us or someone else.

The Locos will be due in the shops mid June 2018

Bachmanns New release and sure to be a hot seller is the 32-983 EMD Class 66779 Evening Star in BR brunswick green livery which we will be selling at £159 while stocks last.   In stock now at athe shop and on line.

The 32-815RJ Class 47805 John Scott in DRS livery is also in now priced at £159  

Our Ebay shop is also packed with interesting items , please follow this link to our shop home page.  

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

Micro Sol and Micro Set now back in stock

I have been doing a bit of a tidy up behind the counter in the shop and surprisingly found a number of sound fitted locos i had forgotten all about.

So still in stock  with DCC sound are

Hornby TTS class 20 in BR Blue  / Network Rail 37 / Green Class 40 / large Logo 47401

Hornby

Castle Classes Clun and Kidwelly

King George IV

Class 67 Caledonian Sleeper livery

Class 08 in DB Schenker red   little cracker

Bachmann

Class 66022 Lafarge Buddonwood EWS  sound

Class 66040  in EWS   sound

Class 55 Deltic in BR green D9007 Pinza  sound

Class 44005 Cross Fell in BR Blue sound

Heljan

Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo with sound in BR Black

Class 128 Gloucester Parcels car DPU in BR Green with sound  superb

Oxford Rail

Dean Goods in BR Black and in Great Western lined green with sound. 

The New 2018 Hornby and Bachmann catalogues are finally here Priced at £8.50 each for the OO version and £7.50 for the Farish N Gauge catalogue.  

The new DRS Class 68008 Avenger  with DCC sound has arrived with much better revised sound at £253  and  68003 normal DC  £129  both in DRS Compass livery, also in is another ScotRail version 68006 Daring. A superb model.

The new 2mm N gauge Class 68s in all liveries in due with us at the start of next week. The DCC fitted versions are coming first . still no sign yet.

Oxford Rail News.

The first of the eagerly awaited BR MK3 coaches have arrived in Inter-City Swallow livery TSO and FO are the fist  look very smart they do £29.95 each 

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

The new  Hornby TTs sound chips have finally arrived Class 37/47/60/67 at priced at £39.95  they have gone up slighly.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Lima Models all boxed in vgc

Class 20906  in DRS early branding "Kosovo Train for life" Ltd edition £65

Class 20222 in BR Blue with Haymarket Depot Plaques  £44

Class 37 322 in BR Blue Imperial with Salmon motif  £39

Class 37351 Transrail Dutch Livery with Pro weathering superb  £59

Class 37424 Robert F Fairlie in Regional Railways livery  £49

Class 66 EMD in Original Freightliner Livery   66546   £59

Class 47513 Severn in revised Large logo livery        £ 39 

Class 47461 Charles Rennie Mackintosh in ScotRail livery Ex set   £89 V rare 

Pre owned Heljan  in 4mm just arrived

Ex shop stock we have had 2 x Class 23 Baby Deltics in all as new D5900/D5908 all in BR Green all £110 each  pretty hard to find now .

Also just in today in the Class 33030 in EWS maroon and Gold Livery  the only Crompton to appear in this livery and very smart it looks too.  Its has seen very little use.

We still have stocks of DP2/ Lion/ Falcon and Kestrel

N Gauge 2mm

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

We have just had in a large box of well made Metcalfe N gauge buildings nearly the full range, these wont be around for long.

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

Kato Unitram we have 3 in at present a super little model.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Latest News Monday 18th February 2018 

Bachmanns New release and sure to be a hot seller is the 32-983 EMD Class 66779 Evening Star in BR Brunswick green livery which we will be selling at £159 while stocks last.   In stock now at athe shop and on line.

The 32-815RJ Class 47805 John Scott in DRS livery is also in now priced at £159  

Our Ebay shop is also packed with interesting items , please follow this link to our shop home page.  

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

I have been doing a bit of a tidy up behind the counter in the shop and surprisingly found a number of sound fitted locos i had forgotten all about.

So still in stock  with DCC sound are

Hornby TTS class 20 in BR Blue  / Network Rail 37 / Green Class 40 / large Logo 47

Hornby Sound ESU chips  

Castle Classes Clun and Kidwelly

King George IV

Class 67 Caledonian Sleeper livery

Class 08 in DB Schenker red   little cracker

Bachmann

Class 66022 Lafarge Buddonwood EWS  sound

Class 66040  in EWS   sound

Class 55 Deltic D9005 in BR Blue  sound

Class 55 Deltic in BR green D9007 Pinza  sound

Class 44005 Cross Fell in BR Blue sound

Heljan

Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo with sound in BR Black

Class 128 Gloucester Parcels car DPU in BR Green with sound  superb

Oxford Rail

Dean Goods in BR Black and in Great Western lined green with sound. 

The New 2018 Hornby and Bachmann catalogues are finally here Priced at £8.50 each.

Dapol News 4mm and 2mm

The new DRS Class 68008 Avenger  with DCC sound has arrived with much better revised sound at £253  and  68003 normal DC  £129  both in DRS Compass livery, also in is another ScotRail version 68006 Daring. A superb model.

The new 2mm N gauge Class 68s in all liveries in due with us at the start of next week. The DCC fitted versions are coming first . still no sign yet.

Oxford Rail News.

The first of the eagerly awaited BR MK3 coaches have arrived in Inter-City Swallow livery TSO and FO are the fist  look very smart they do £29.95 each 

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

The new  Hornby TTs sound chips have finally arrived Class 37/47/60/67 at priced at £39.95  they have gone up slighly.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Lima Models all boxed in vgc

Class 20906  in DRS early branding "Kosovo Train for life" Ltd edition £65

Class 20222 in BR Blue with Haymarket Depot Plaques  £44

Class 37 322 in BR Blue Imperial with Salmon motif  £39

Class 37351 Transrail Dutch Livery with Pro weathering superb  £59

Class 37424 Robert F Fairlie in Regional Railways livery  £49

Class 66 EMD in Original Freightliner Livery   66546   £59

Class 47513 Severn in revised Large logo livery        £ 39 

Class 47461 Charles Rennie Mackintosh in ScotRail livery Ex set   £89 V rare 

Pre owned Heljan  in 4mm just arrived

Ex shop stock we have had 3 x Class 23 Baby Deltics in all as new D5900/D5903/D5908 all in BR Green all £110 each  pretty hard to find now .

Also just in today in the Class 33030 in EWS maroon and Gold Livery  the only Crompton to appear in this livery and very smart it looks too.  Its has seen very little use.

We still have stocks of DP2/ Lion/ Falcon and Kestrel

Z Gauge News  1mm

Not something we often get here but we have just had in a factory made little layout that will fit inside a meduim suitcase, with a double oval and sidings plus pre formed hillsides and buildings.

Along with that came 3 Train packs 1  featuring a 4-6-4 passanger loco with 4 goods wagons the others are 0-6-0 tanks with 2 wagons each plus a couple of lose tank wagons and some extra  track.  all Marklin good quality. 

N Gauge 2mm

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Z gauge News

something we do noften get but this week we have had a very smart dispaly Z Gauge layout brought in which is about 2 1/2 ft x 1ft with a pre moulded mountains and a Railway arched bridge, with double oval of track , very smart it is as well. Along with that came 3 part complete marklin train sets all 3 have steam locos and a few goods wagons all in good condition.

Latest News Saturday 10th February 2018 

Our Ebay shop is also packed with interesting items , please follow this link to our shop home page.  

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

The New 2018 Hornby and Bachmann catalogues are finally here Priced at £8.50 each.

Dapol News 4mm and 2mm

The new DRS Class 68008 Avenger  with DCC sound has arrived with much better revised sound at £253  and  68003 normal DC  £129  both in DRS Compass livery, also in is another ScotRail version 68006 Daring. A superb model.

The new 2mm N gauge Class 68s in all liveries in due with us at the start of next week. The DCC fitted versions are coming first .

Oxford Rail News.

The first of the eagerly awaited BR MK3 coaches have arrived in Inter-City Swallow livery TSO and FO are the fist  look very smart they do £29.95 each 

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

The new  Hornby TTs sound chips have finally arrived Class 37/47/60/67 at priced at £39.95  they have gone up slighly.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Lima Models all boxed in vgc

Class 20906  in DRS early branding "Kosovo Train for life" Ltd edition £65

Class 20222 in BR Blue with Haymarket Depot Plaques  £44

Class 37 322 in BR Blue Imperial with Salmon motif  £39

Class 37351 Transrail Dutch Livery with Pro weathering superb  £59

Class 37424 Robert F Fairlie in Regional Railways livery  £49

Class 66 EMD in Original Freightliner Livery   66546   £59

Class 47513 Severn in revised Large logo livery        £ 39 

Class 47461 Charles Rennie Mackintosh in ScotRail livery Ex set   £89 V rare 

We have had in a few Bachmann pre owned this week  all boxed but not very good boxes

Class 37671 Tre Pol and Pen in Railfreight Distribution  £79

Class 37419 in EWS livery               £79

Class 25054 in BR Blue                     £59

Class 25  in BR green D7629             £59

Class 08 Diesel Shunter in BR Green D4192   £54

Pre owned Heljan  in 4mm just arrived

Ex shop stock we have had 3 x Class 23 Baby Deltics in all as new D5900/D5903/D5908 all in BR Green all £110 each  pretty hard to find now .

Also just in today in the Class 33030 in EWS maroon and Gold Livery  the only Crompton to appear in this livery and very smart it looks too.  Its has seen very little use.

 N Gauge 2mm

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

We have also just taken in a complete 2mm N Gauge German Military train with low loader and tank or plane loads, mobile big bertha guns and other odments i have never seem before.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Latest News Monday 29th  January 2018 

Our Ebay shop is also packed with interesting items , please follow this link to our shop home page.  

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

We have had in an order from gaugemaster this week with lots of re stocks on the popular lines such as Modroc, SEP Point motors/ long track pins/ static grass and some re issues backscenes.

The New 2018 Hornby and Bachmann catalogues are finally here 

Oxford Rail News.

The first of the eagerly awaited BR MK3 coaches have arrived in Inter-City Swallow livery TSO and FO are the fist  look very smart they do £29.95 each 

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

The new  Hornby TTs sound chips have finally arrived Class 37/47/60/67 at priced at £39.95  they have gone up slighly.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Lima Models all boxed in vgc

20222 in BR Blue with Haymarket Depot Plaques  £44

Class 37 322 in BR Blue Imperial with Salmon motif  £39

Class 66 EMD in Original Freightliner Livery   66546   £59

Class 47513 Severn in revised Large logo livery        £ 39 

We have had in a few Bachmann pre owned this week  all boxed but not very good boxes

Class 37671 Tre Pol and Pen in Railfreight Distribution  £79

Class 37419 in EWS livery               £79

Class 25054 in BR Blue                     £59

Class 25  in BR green D7629             £59

Class 08 Diesel Shunter in BR Green D4192   £54

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

We have just negotiated a superb DCC collection of of 50 mint boxed OO locos many with ESU or Howes for sound including

Bachmann Southern C Class 0-6-0 weathered and DCC sound looks superb £199

Bachmann Ivatt Class 2MT 46521 in BR Green with swd  DCC Sound  £179

Bachmann DELTIC Prototype DP1 sound fitted £235

Heljan Class 17 Clayton in BR Green  dcc fitted  £110

Heljan Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo Woodhead Electric  sound fitted £249

New Bachammn Class 40 Tooloing D368 in BR Green with Howes DCC Sound  

N Gauge 2mm

We have just had brought in a very smart purpose built N gauge base board which mesasures about 5ft x 2 on a lazer cut mdf 4" frame and covered in green hairy grass matt. an ideal starter for any layout project, no track just the board and legs for £50

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 156 2 car DMU in Northern Spirit livery £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

We have also just taken in a complete 2mm N Gauge German Military train with low loader and tank or plane loads, mobile big bertha guns and other odments i have never seem before.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Latest News Thursday 25th  January 2018 

I have a family funeral to attend on Friday some distance away so i personally will not be at the shop until late Friday afternoon. It will be open as normal in the capable hands of Chris and Mr T. from 10am

If you would like to take a look at our items curently on sale or auction on our Ebay .co.uk shop please follow this safe link.  We do get lots of interesting stock going on there now which is not kept at the shop, so if you see an item of interest please get in touch and we can have it at the shop for inspection

On there just now is a 4mm OO Gauge Kitbuilt Pirate Models London Tube Train  take a look

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

Oxford Rail News.

The first of the eagerly awaited BR MK3 coaches have arrived in Inter-City Swallow livery TSO and FO are the fist  look very smart they do £29.95 each 

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

The new  Hornby TTs sound chips have finally arrived Class 37 / 47/60/67 at priced at £39.95  they have gone up slighly.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Lima Models all boxed in vgc

20222 in BR Blue with Haymarket Depot Plaques  £44

Class 37 322 in BR Blue Imperial with Salmon motif  £39

Class 66 EMD in Original Freightliner Livery   66546   £59

Class 47513 Severn in revised Large logo livery        £ 39 

We have had in a few Bachmann pre owned this week  all boxed but not very good boxes

They are 2 car Class 170 / 4 in Central Trains livery £89

Class 37671 Tre Pol and Pen in Railfreight Distribution  £79

Class 37419 in EWS livery               £79

Class 25054 in BR Blue                     £59

Class 25  in BR green D7629             £59

Class 08 Diesel Shunter in BR Green D4192   £54

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

We have just negotiated a superb DCC collection of of 50 mint boxed OO locos many with ESU or Howes for sound including

Bachmann Southern C Class 0-6-0 weathered and DCC sound looks superb £199

Bachmann Ivatt Class 2MT 46521 in BR Green with swd  DCC Sound  £179

Bachmann DELTIC Prototype DP1 sound fitted £235

Heljan Class 17 Clayton in BR Green  dcc fitted  £110

Heljan Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo Woodhead Electric  sound fitted £249

New Bachammn Class 40 Tooloing D368 in BR Green with Howes DCC Sound  

N Gauge 2mm

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

New in from Farish the re released Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 in BR black weathered and BR Green  , also back in is the Standard 4MT 2-6-0 all DCC ready

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 156 2 car DMU in Northern Spirit livery £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol Class 220 Virgin Voyager 4 car Book Set

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

We have also just taken in a complete 2mm N Gauge German Military train with low loader and tank or plane loads, mobile big bertha guns and other odments i have never seem before.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Latest News  Monday 22nd  January 2018 

If you would like to take a look at our items curently on sale or auction on our Ebay .co.uk shop please follow this safe link.  We do get lots of interesting stock going on there now which is not kept at the shop, so if you see an item of interest please get in touch and we can have it at the shop for inspection

On there just now is a 4mm OO Gauge Kitbuilt Pirate Models London Tube Train  take a look

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

Oxford Rail News.

The first of the eagerly awaited BR MK3 coaches have arrived in Inter-City Swallow livery TSO and FO are the fist  look very smart they do £29.95 each 

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

The new  Hornby TTs sound chips have finally arrived Class 37 / 47/60/67 at priced at £39.95  they have gone up slighly.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Lima Models all boxed in vgc

20222 in BR Blue with Haymarket Depot Plaques  £44

Class 37 322 in BR Blue Imperial with Salmon motif  £39

Class 66 EMD in Original Freightliner Livery   66546   £59

Class 47513 Severn in revised Large logo livery        £ 39 

We have had in a few Bachmann pre owned this week  all boxed but not very good boxes

They are 2 car Class 170 / 4 in Central Trains livery £89

Class 37671 Tre Pol and Pen in Railfreight Distribution  £79

Class 37419 in EWS livery               £79

Class 25054 in BR Blue                     £59

Class 25  in BR green D7629             £59

Class 08 Diesel Shunter in BR Green D4192   £54

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

We have just negotiated a superb DCC collection of of 50 mint boxed OO locos many with ESU or Howes for sound including

Dapol 4mm Black Label Class A4 4468 Mallard in LNER garter Blue / Lights/ Smoke / Sound  its amazing 

Bachmann Southern C Class 0-6-0 weathered and DCC sound looks superb £199

Bachmann Ivatt Class 2MT 46521 in BR Green with swd  DCC Sound  £179

Bachmann DELTIC Prototype DP1 sound fitted £235

Heljan Class 17 Clayton in BR Green  dcc fitted  £110

Heljan Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo Woodhead Electric  sound fitted £249

New Bachammn Class 40 Tooloing D368 in BR Green with Howes DCC Sound  

N Gauge 2mm

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

New in from Farish the re released Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 in BR black weathered and BR Green  , also back in is the Standard 4MT 2-6-0 all DCC ready

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 156 2 car DMU in Northern Spirit livery £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in NSE livery                   £89 

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol Class 220 Virgin Voyager 4 car Book Set

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

We have also just taken in a complete 2mm N Gauge German Military train with low loader and tank or plane loads, mobile big bertha guns and other odments i have never seem before.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Latest News Wednesday 29th November 2017  

Its just a few days now until we are in attendance at our Home City Model Railway Show 2nd and 3rd of December which is the MMRS Show at the Barnes Wallace Building M1 7JR part of UMIST right opposite Manchester Piccadilly Station, This is a large and very well supported show with plenty of top quality layouts in most scales on show along with a huge number of trade stalls and specialist suppliers such as Shawplan, Direct Train Spares, DC Kits / Leggo man Biffo  and Model supplies something for everyone with very good catering on site all weekend. Short stay Parking for about 2-3 hours is available in many of the side streets opposite or even better use the Metrolink tram right opposite.  For further details please visit the clubs website and see you there. If there is anything you need us to bring just get in touch. 

A word of advice if you are visiting with young Children it could be a little quiter mid afternoon say 2pm -5pm as early on it is very congested.

PLEASE NOTE OUR HIGH STREET SHOP IN WHITEFIELD WILL BE OPEN AS NORMAL AS WELL AND IS ONLY ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY SHOULD YOU WISH TO CALL IN. 

http://www.mmrs.co.uk/exhibition/

The  AOL problem is now sorsted out,

On the subject of layouts, this time of year we often get asked for fully operational layouts and due to the lack of space in the shop its not often i have any there but we currently have the following available. These  are all in storage so please contact us first if you are interested. 

4mm OO Gauge Witham Colliery exhibition standards industial 10ft x 2ft £750

4mm OO Gauge  Belper Midland  twin track oval very good detail 8ft x 5ft £675

All of the above are operational and require just a minimal amount of wiring and cleaning to use, they all have no trestle tables but we can help wiith that.

Can supply photos on request.

For any New visitors to our website every item you see on the following pages do exist and are available to buy live right now over the net or we are just a phone call away.  Please see our "All you need to know" page accessed form the home page.

We have also got plenty of nice items for sale via our Ebay.Co.Uk shop  under Locoshed-Manchester

Bachmann News

On this weeks Bachmann delivery there should be the new re tooled  2mm N Gauge Farish Class 40s including the DCC sound version.

D211 is already sold out now, the rest are to follow over the next week. As expected it really is a superb looking model, the detail is amazing and DCC ready.

371-181  D369 BR green with small yellow panel  £125

371-382  40159 centre headcode in BR Rail blue   £125

Also on the way from Bachmann Spectrum HO Scale we have about a dozen quality DCC Sound fitted models due on our next delivery, thouight we would give them a try, in various liveries at a sensible price for a sound loco at £145 each they include Alcos GP7s / F7s etc.

Hornby News.

A New wagon pack turned up this week the R6890 3 pack of Railroad MGR Hoppers which are a superb model and well detailed and selling for just £24.50 per pack, they are in Trainload Coal sector markings with yellow sole bar

Wow even more Hornby News. Hot off the ship today is the eagerly awaited R3555 Stanier Pacific 46256 Sir William Stanier FRS with cut down cab and experimental H G Ivatt pony truck in BR Maroon sorry these already sold out!!  LMS Duchess of Atholl is now in stock , City of Birmingham with TTS Sound to follow very soon.

The eagerly awaited Hornby stand alone TTS Sound Chips are now in stock, these will be selling for £39.50 complete with a speaker and are super value for any modeller entering the World of DCC sound. As proved previously some of these sound chips are of a very high standard compared  to their £100 counterparts. Come and have a listen for yourself in the shop.

In stock Now are Steam Class A1 Tornado / Class A3 / Class A4 / GW King / and Diesel BR Class 31 , the rest such as Castle  Class 37 / 47/ 60 66/67 are to follow in the next few weeks.

Dapol News

Now in stock are the new Dapol O Gauge 7mm Fowler 3F Jinty Class 0-6-0 Tank locomotives which are again a very highly detailed model and look superb, we will be selling them at £199 each while stock last  , these will not be around long.

5 version are due out and are the following

LMS unlined Black with large numbers on the tank 16564

LMS unlines black with LMS on tanks  16554

BR unlined black with BRITISH RAILWAYS on the tank sides 47501

BR unlined black 47501 with BR late crest  47673 Now Sold Out!!

More from Dapol this week

The 4mm OO scale  AEC GWR Railcars are in stock now at the shop and will be going live on-line later tonight, a stuunning model yet again and have exeptional running qualities. They are  in Great Western Chocolate and cream with cream or grey roof and the BR Crimson and cream versions , these also look a very well detailed model and are sure to be popular with any branch line modellers. We will be selling these for £124 each DCC ready and bi directional lights fitted.

Oxford Rail

We had another delivery this week of the Oxford Rail OO scale Warwell wagons this time with an addition flat bed platform for girders or lond vehicles and painted in depatmental yellow livery and another super model , back in stock are the War wells in  BR Departmental red with white buffers and the wartime version in Khaki and complete with chains, and the long awaited US Military Sherman Tank a stunning model , a very common sight on the Railways of  War time Britain Priced at are selling fast at £39.50 each 

Pre - Owned News  OO Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

32-529 A2 Class 50534 Irish Ellegance in BR Green   £125

32-227C Fowler Class 3F Jinty Tank 0-6-0 in BR Black  47410  £69 

31-652DS BR Sulzer Class 45 in BR Green D27 with Split Box DCC Sound £189

31-780 Modified Hall 6988 Swithland Hall in BR green              £114

32-550B Class A1 60163 Tornado in BR Green            £109  

32-425B BR Class 24 Bo-Bo in BR Green D5013    £69

More arrivals in 4mm included   Hornby

We have  a collection of 8 Super detail A4s all from TMC which have been proffessionally Re-named and re-numbered to a superb standard and have the added bonus of the correct photo artwork for the box sleeve done at great expense.

These have all been on display in acabinet for about 6 years test run only like new and are £139 each a very rerasonable price considering the cost involved.

They are all in BR Green with late crest, most have corridor tenders

60018 Sparrowhawk

60025 Falcon

60003  Andrew K McCosh

60034 Lord Farringdon

60015 Quicksilver

60031 Golden Plover

60019 Bittern

60024 kingfisher

More Pre owned News

Silver Fox Models  

Class 105 2 car DMU in BR Green with Scottish Brandings

Class ? Derby lightweight 2 car DMU in BR green  midland Brandings

A kitbuilt tiny 0-4-0 Industrial tank Loco with open cab No idea of the maker

OO Scale Pirate Models 2 Car London Underground Motorised Train   

N Gauge  pre -owned News

We have a load of mint condition kato N gauge track and accessories such as point switches, terminal tracks, turntable and extention set  always very popular.

Dapol EWS / DB Managers Train pack with Class 67 and  DVT  for £129

Dapol EMD Class 66 in EWS No 66215    unbranded                 £79                  

Farish Class 40s 40106 in BR green for for £79 in great boxed condition.

Farish Class 31541 in Dutch yellow and grey engineers livery £54 

Farish Class 37672 in Railfreight distribution livery the Freight Transport Ass £59

O Gauge News

Just in from Heljan a brand new O gauge Class 25 in BR Blue un-numbered and fitted with an ESU top Quality DCC Sound chip, it sounds amazing, the model is brand new and unused  £695, be quick this wont be around for long.

The New Dapol 7mm Fowler 3F Jinty Tanks are in stock now at the shop and on the website, these are a stuning model for the price of £199 and will be sure to sell out fast.

He had a delivery the other day from Bachmann scenecraft with the new 7mm O gauge packs of figures and trackside equiopment such as loco depot bottle jacks , tool boxes / WES lineside cabinets and more.

Latest News  Saturday 20th January 2018 

There is a small Model Railway show on this weekend 20/21st Jan 2018 in Blackburn should anyone be interested, its called the ELMRO charitable show at the Accrington Road Community Centre  BB1 2AF  10am-4pm both days. We were due to attend this show but due to staff illness sadly we can not make it.

For more info follow this link     http://www.elmro.org

If you would like to take a look at our items curently on sale or auction on our Ebay .co.uk shop please follow this safe link.  We do get lots of interesting stock going on there now which is not kept at the shop, so if you see an item of interest please get in touch and we can have it at the shop for inspection

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/locoshedmanchester

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

The new  Hornby TTs sound chips have finally arrived Class 37 / 47/60/67 at priced at £39.95  they have gone up slighly.

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

US HO Outline Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-2  L & N DCC ready 

US HO Outline Bachmann Spectrium 2-10-4 Reading DCC ready

US HO Outline Prescision Models 4-8-4 with DCC Sound Santa Fe

US HO Outline Rivarossi UP Challenger  2-6-0 0-6-2

US HO Outline Mountain Class 4-6-4   

Plus a box of 80+ boxed and unboxed freight cars many fitted with Kds and metal wheels.

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

We have just negotiated a superb DCC collection of of 50 mint boxed OO locos many with ESU or Howes for sound including

Dapol 4mm Black Label Class A4 4468 Mallard in LNER garter Blue / Lights/ Smoke / Sound  its amazing 

Bachmann Ivatt Class 2MT 46521 in BR Green with swd  DCC Sound  £179

Bachmann DELTIC Prototype DP1 sound fitted £235

Heljan Class 17 Clayton in BR Green  dcc fitted  £110

Heljan Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo Woodhead Electric  sound fitted £249

Hornby Princess Class 46208 Helena victoria in BR Maroon DCC Sound £210

New Bachammn Class 40 Tooloing D368 in BR Green with Howes DCC Sound  

N Gauge 2mm

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

New in from Farish the re released Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 in BR black weathered and BR Green  , also back in is the Standard 4MT 2-6-0 all DCC ready

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 156 2 car DMU in Northern Spirit livery £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in NSE livery                   £89 

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol Class 220 Virgin Voyager 4 car Book Set

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

We have also just taken in a complete 2mm N Gauge German Military train with low loader and tank or plane loads, mobile big bertha guns and other odments i have never seem before.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Latest News  Thursday 18th January 2018 

The New Airfix 2018 Catalogue arrived today priced at £6.95

Hornby have just issued their  planned releases for 2018 which include some very nice items   Click on this link to go to their news page

https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2018.html?

The new catalogues will be available from we think the last week of January.  

Bachmann announced their 2018 plans yesterday and among them were the following which you can view by clicking on theis safe link i can only see any mention of locos at present they will possibly add the coaches and wagons later today.

http://news.bachmann.co.uk/2018/01/branchline-2018-new-releases/ 

or for N Gauge 2mm fans

http://news.bachmann.co.uk/2018/01/graham-farish-2018-new-releases/

Pre - Owned News  OO/ HO  Scale     Arrivals this week include 

US HO Outline Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-2  L & N DCC ready 

US HO Outline Bachmann Spectrium 2-10-4 Reading DCC ready

US HO Outline Prescision Models 4-8-4 with DCC Sound Santa Fe

US HO Outline Rivarossi UP Challenger  2-6-0 0-6-2

US HO Outline Mountain Class 4-6-4   

Plus a box of 80+ boxed and unboxed freight cars many fitted with Kds and metal wheels.

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

We have just negotiated a superb DCC collection of of 50 mint boxed OO locos many with ESU or Howes for sound including

Dapol 4mm Black Label Class A4 4468 Mallard in LNER garter Blue / Lights/ Smoke / Sound  its amazing 

Bachmann Ivatt Class 2MT 46521 in BR Green with swd  DCC Sound  £179

Bachmann DELTIC Prototype DP1 sound fitted £235

Heljan Class 17 Clayton in BR Green  dcc fitted  £110

Heljan Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo Woodhead Electric  sound fitted £249

Hornby Princess Class 46208 Helena victoria in BR Maroon DCC Sound £210

New Bachammn Class 40 Tooloing D368 in BR Green with Howes DCC Sound  

N Gauge 2mm News

Bit of N Gauge 2mm News today we have just had brought in a very nice layout 7ft x 2ft with triple loop and sidings including an incline section, very smart indeed but needs the scenics finishing off, which will be an easy fix for someone. Complete with 14 peco points selling for £350 ono No trains included in that.

New in from Farish the re released Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 in BR black weathered and BR Green  , also back in is the Standard 4MT 2-6-0 all DCC ready

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

Farish Duchess Class 46245 City of London in BR Green Ex set £79

Dapol Class 156 2 car DMU in Northern Spirit livery £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in rare BR Blue livery     £89

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in NSE livery                   £89 

Dapol Class 121 Bubble car in BR Blue / Grey Dummy £55  

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol Class 220 Virgin Voyager 4 car Book Set

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

We have also just taken in a complete 2mm N Gauge German Military train with low loader and tank or plane loads, mobile big bertha guns and other odments i have never seem before.

No New 7mm O gauge to report this week.

Misc

We have had in a number of very intersting 4mm OO scale buildings and accessories of late some by skaledale and other by scenecraft  such as the

Hornby R9640 Limited edition coaling tower  as new £89

Hornby Road over rail bridge

Kato 2mm M1 starter track pack with controller and the V1 add on pack

Various smaller kato 2mm kits such as stations and engine sheds

Heljan 4mm British 70ft Turntable which is DCC fitted as new

Busch 4mm OO scale modern tram station with lights / shelters etc

Latest News  Friday 5th January 2018 

We have just been offered a 14ft x 8ft substantial fully working and fully scenic layout fitted for DCC operation with multi track operation and all buildings included.  We have no where to store it , if its of any interest to you please get in touch re a viewing, its local to our shop. 

We currently have very good stocks of the Hornby Train packs very popular this time of the year and also the Builder packs with stations and Signal box sets .

No News yet from Hornby or Bachmann of their planned releases for 2018 but it will be out soon, The new catalogues will be available from we think the last week of January.  

Pre - Owned News  OO Scale     Arrivals this week include 

US HO Outline Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-2  L & N DCC ready 

US HO Outline Bachmann Spectrium 2-10-4 Reading DCC ready

US HO Outline Prescision Models 4-8-4 with DCC Sound Santa Fe

US HO Outline Rivarossi UP Challenger  2-6-0 0-6-2

US HO Outline Mountain Class 4-6-4   

Plus a box of 80+ boxed and unboxed freight cars many fitted with Kds and metal wheels.

We have just had in a very nice collection of Diecast and plastic Military vehicles mostly WW2 German some very unusual vehiles all in perspex display cases, some 1/76 some 1/35 Many are ex Del Prado or Di Agostini , well worth a look.

This week we have also had in a collection of as new kits from Tamiaya/ Hobby Boss / ARV Club and Italeri mainly German WW2 again in 1/25 scale and some very unusual subjects.

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

We have just negotiated a superb DCC collection of of 50 mint boxed OO locos many with ESU or Howes for sound including

Dapol 4mm Black Label Class A4 4468 Mallard in LNER garter Blue / Lights/ Smoke / Sound  its amazing 

Bachmann Ivatt Class 2MT 46521 in BR Green with swd  DCC Sound  

Bachmann DELTIC Prototype DP1 sound fitted

Heljan Class 17 Clayton in BR Green  dcc fitted

Heljan Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo Woodhead Electric  sound fitted

Hornby Princess Class 46208 Helena victoria in BR Maroon DCC Sound

New Bachammn Class 40 Tooloing D368 in BR Green with Howes DCC Sound  

N Gauge 2mm

New in from Farish the re released Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 in BR black weathered and BR Green  , also back in is the Standard 4MT 2-6-0 all DCC ready

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

10 x Dapol 6 wheel Milk tanks all boxed United Dairies

Dapol Class 220 Virgin Voyager 4 car Book Set

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

We have also just taken in a complete 2mm N Gauge German Military train with low loader and tank or plane loads, mobile big bertha guns and other odments i have never seem before.

Latest News  Tuesday 2nd January 2018     Back to normal opening hours Now

Latest arrivals from Bachmann  are the following

Graham Farish 371-183DS EE Class 40141 in BR Blue with DCC sound £195

Branchline 37-954   Conflat with Pickford Furniture container in Blue £15.50

Branchline Narrow Gauge 009 Scale 393-050/51/52/53 Bogie open wagons in various liveries

Woodland scenics figures, Clump Foliage, underbush and the Poly sheets for hill side modelling. 

Dapol 4mm OO Gauge News

We also took delivery on Friday of the new Class 121 Bubble car DMUs in various liveries priced at £124 each another very smart job. 

Dapol 4mm OO Gauge News

The re released Vossloh Class 68s in DRS and Scotrail liveries are on the way to us now, these are very popular and will make a perfect gift for someone.

All priced at  £135 each

68008  Avenger  in DRS

68003 Astute    in DRS

68006 Daring in Scotrail livery

Oxford Rail News in 4mm OO scale the new GWR 6 wheel Toad Brake vans have arrived and are in stock now priced at £14.50. yet another fine and well detailed model .

GVH News Golden Valley import a number of very interesting items and we are getting a few Busch 006 Gauge Narrow Gauge sets and locos to try which look superb quality and very well detailed, this size is on par with 009 sized models running on 2ft  Z  gauge track  

Bachmann News

The new Farish new re tooled  2mm N Gauge Farish Class 40s are in stock now, the  DCC sound version is to follow very soon.

371-180  D211 Mauretania in BR plain green         £125  1 left

371-181  D369 BR green with small yellow panel  £125  2 left 

371-382  40159 centre headcode in BR Rail blue   £125   1 left

Also on the way from Bachmann Spectrum HO Scale we have about a dozen quality DCC Sound fitted models due on our next delivery, thouight we would give them a try, in various liveries at a sensible price for a sound loco at £145 each they include Alcos GP7s / F7s etc.

Hornby News.

Now in stock from Hornby is the long awaited re-release of the Stanier 8F Heavy Freight Locomotive R3565 in LMS unlined black and R3564 a BR late crest version No 48045 running with a Fowler tender both priced at £145

A New wagon pack turned up this week the R6890 3 pack of Railroad MGR Hoppers which are a superb model and well detailed and selling for just £24.50 per pack, they are in Trainload Coal sector markings with yellow sole bar

The eagerly awaited Hornby stand alone TTS Sound Chips are now in stock, these will be selling for £39.50 complete with a speaker and are super value for any modeller entering the World of DCC sound. As proved previously some of these sound chips are of a very high standard compared  to their £100 counterparts. Come and have a listen for yourself in the shop.

In stock Now are Steam Class A1 Tornado / Class A3 / Class A4 / GW King / and Diesel BR Class 31 , the rest such as Castle  Class 37 / 47/ 60 66/67 are to follow in the next few weeks.

Dapol News

Now in stock are the new Dapol O Gauge 7mm Fowler 3F Jinty Class 0-6-0 Tank locomotives which are again a very highly detailed model and look superb, we will be selling them at £199 each while stock last  , these will not be around long.

5 version are due out and are the following

LMS unlined Black with large numbers on the tank 16564

LMS unlines black with LMS on tanks  16554

BR unlined black with BRITISH RAILWAYS on the tank sides 47501

Pre - Owned News  OO Scale     Arrivals this week include 

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

We have just negotiated a superb DCC collection of of 50 mint boxed OO locos many with ESU or Howes for sound including

Hornby R2846 6MT 72000 Clan Buchannan near mint boxed

Dapol 4mm Black Label Class A4 4468 Mallard in LNER garter Blue / Lights/ Smoke / Sound  its amazing 

Bachmann Ivatt Class 2MT 46521 in BR Green with swd  DCC Sound  

Bachmann DELTIC Prototype DP1 sound fitted

Heljan Class 17 Clayton in BR Green  dcc fitted

Heljan Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo Woodhead Electric  sound fitted

Hornby Princess Class 46208 Helena victoria in BR Maroon DCC Sound

New Bachammn Class 40 Tooloing D368 in BR Green with Howes DCC Sound  

N Gauge 2mm

New in from Farish the re released Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 in BR black weathered and BR Green  , also back in is the Standard 4MT 2-6-0 all DCC ready

We are still getting plenty of N gauge coming into the shop, its something i often forget to mention so apologies,

in recently are 

Dapol  Class 66 EMD in DB red Modelbahn Union Ltd edition in Polish livery

Dapol  Class 66077  EMD in EWS livery re numbered and weathered 

Dapol  Class 66 610 EMD Class 66546 in Original Freightliner livery 

Farish 372-750k Fairburn Tank No 2085 in Caledonian Railways Blue Livery

Hornby Minitrix  Britannian Class 70000 / 9F 2-10-0 Heavy Goods

We have also just taken in a complete 2mm N Gauge German Military train with low loader and tank or plane loads, mobile big bertha guns and other odments i have never seem before.

We have loads of rolling stock including the new SPA low sided wagons in Railfreight red and Network Rail yellow. A rake of pre -loved EWS OTA wagons came in the other day and loads more.

We have a large box of very clean and hardly used Kato track including many straights and some points and even a large scissored crossover.

Narrow Gauge

just got 3 Roco / jouef tank locos in  2 x 0-6-0 and a 2-6-0   plus  much more 

Latest News  Thursday 21st Decemeber 2017  open until 7pm today

Today is the last real chance to get anything in time for Christmas so if you are thinking of ordering any items from the website or via our shop please let us know asap as we have a 3pm cut off for posting.

Our High Street shop will be open as normal this week upto Christmas. 

Dapol 4mm OO Gauge News

The re released Vossloh Class 68s in DRS and Scotrail liveries are on the way to us now, these are very popular and will make a perfect Christmas gift for someone.

All priced at  £135 each

68008  Avenger  in DRS

68003 Astute    in DRS

68006 Daring in Scotrail livery

Oxford Rail News in 4mm OO scale the new GWR 6 wheel Toad Brake vans have arrived and are in stock now priced at £14.50. yet another fine and well detailed model .

GVH News Golden Valley import a number of very interesting items and we are getting a few Busch 006 Gauge Narrow Gauge sets and locos to try which look superb quality and very well detailed, this size is on par with 009 sized models running on 2ft  Z  gauge track  

Bachmann News

The new Farish new re tooled  2mm N Gauge Farish Class 40s are in stock now, the  DCC sound version is to follow very soon.

371-180  D211 Mauretania in BR plain green         £125  1 left

371-181  D369 BR green with small yellow panel  £125  2 left 

371-382  40159 centre headcode in BR Rail blue   £125   1 left

Also on the way from Bachmann Spectrum HO Scale we have about a dozen quality DCC Sound fitted models due on our next delivery, thouight we would give them a try, in various liveries at a sensible price for a sound loco at £145 each they include Alcos GP7s / F7s etc.

Hornby News.

In stock now from Hornby is the long awaited re-release of the Stanier 8F Heavy Freight Locomotive R3565 in LMS unlined black and R3564 a BR late crest version No 48045 running with a Fowler tender both priced at £145

A New wagon pack turned up this week the R6890 3 pack of Railroad MGR Hoppers which are a superb model and well detailed and selling for just £24.50 per pack, they are in Trainload Coal sector markings with yellow sole bar

The eagerly awaited Hornby stand alone TTS Sound Chips are now in stock, these will be selling for £39.50 complete with a speaker and are super value for any modeller entering the World of DCC sound. As proved previously some of these sound chips are of a very high standard compared  to their £100 counterparts. Come and have a listen for yourself in the shop.

In stock Now are Steam Class A1 Tornado / Class A3 / Class A4 / GW King / and Diesel BR Class 31 , the rest such as Castle  Class 37 / 47/ 60 66/67 are to follow in the next few weeks.

Dapol News

Now in stock are the new Dapol O Gauge 7mm Fowler 3F Jinty Class 0-6-0 Tank locomotives which are again a very highly detailed model and look superb, we will be selling them at £199 each while stock last  , these will not be around long.

5 version are due out and are the following

LMS unlined Black with large numbers on the tank 16564

LMS unlines black with LMS on tanks  16554

BR unlined black with BRITISH RAILWAYS on the tank sides 47501

BR unlined black 47501 with BR late crest  47673 Now Sold Out!!

More from Dapol this week

The 4mm OO scale  AEC GWR Railcars are in stock now at the shop and will be going live on-line later tonight, a stuunning model yet again and have exeptional running qualities. They are  in Great Western Chocolate and cream with cream or grey roof and the BR Crimson and cream versions , these also look a very well detailed model and are sure to be popular with any branch line modellers. We will be selling these for £124 each DCC ready and bi directional lights fitted.

Oxford Rail

We had another delivery this week of the Oxford Rail OO scale Warwell wagons this time with an addition flat bed platform for girders or lond vehicles and painted in depatmental yellow livery and another super model , back in stock are the War wells in  BR Departmental red with white buffers and the wartime version in Khaki and complete with chains, and the long awaited US Military Sherman Tank a stunning model , a very common sight on the Railways of  War time Britain Priced at are selling fast at £39.50 each 

Pre - Owned News  OO Scale     Arrivals this week include 

We have had a load of very well made Metcalfe model buildings in including all the Mills and factories, Church, Engine Sheds, Signal Boxes and houses and shops , these sell very well all year around so wont last long.  All on the demo layout in the shop, we also had a number of Hornby Skaledale items such as twin engine shed, Goods depot, and even a Heljan OO scale DCC fitted turntable.

Bachmann   All Mint Boxed

We have just negotiated a superb DCC collection of of 50 mint boxed OO locos many with ESU or Howes for sound including

Hornby R2846 Class 6MT  72000 Clan Buchannan  

Dapol 4mm Black Label Class A4 4468 Mallard in LNER garter Blue / Lights/ Smoke / Sound  its amazing 

Bachmann Ivatt Class 2MT 46521 in BR Green with swd  DCC Sound  

Bachmann DELTIC Prototype DP1 sound fitted

Heljan Class 17 Clayton in BR Green  dcc fitted

Heljan Class 76 EM1 Bo-Bo Woodhead Electric  sound fitted

Hornby Princess Class 46208 Helena victoria in BR Maroon DCC Sound

Hornby A4 Class 60001 Sir Ronald Matthews in BR Green DCC Sound

New Bachammn Class 40 Tooloing D368 in BR Green with Howes DCC Sound