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In September 2023, the AMRA NSW Branch announced on Facebook that the 2019 exhibition ran at a loss, and COVID had prevented exhibitions in 2020 - 2022. AMRA NSW stated that it "is not currently in the position to host the Sydney Model Railway Exhibition, not in 2023, not in 2024, and not for the foreseeable future."
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The museum also features a historic train station (the 1887-vintage Arcadia, California depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway), a library, and a collection of railway memorabilia. [3] [4] Currently, entry to the museum is free and open to the public on the second weekend of each month, besides daily in May during the L.A. County ...
Considered to be the first 'scenic model railway', Madder Valley and John Ahern's series of books was a major influence on railway modelling through the 1950s. [15] As well as its scenic aspects, this also represented an influential shift from compressed representations of main line stations to a smaller branch line , where the model could more ...
The museum had an earlier model railroad layout, dating back to the early 1940s when Minton Cronkhite built the original Museum and Santa Fe Railway; a 2,340-square-foot (217 m 2) layout in O scale. [1] This layout had over 1,000 feet (300 m) of track and over 20,000 hand-laid ties.
British Railway Modelling (BRM) is a monthly British magazine about model railways published by Warners Group Publications plc. [2] It has been in publication since 1993, originally under the tagline "A Colourful New Look at Hobby". [3] The magazine has been based in Bourne, Lincolnshire, since its inception. [4]
3' Gauge rail modelling is a specialisation in rail transport modelling. Specifically it relates to the modelling of narrow gauge prototypes of 3 ft (914 mm) gauge. This gauge was the most common narrow gauge in the United States and in Ireland. Apart from some other lines in North, Central and South America, 3 ft gauge was uncommon elsewhere ...
In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot. The Gauge '3' Society represents this aspect of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch gauge railway modelling with both electric and live steam operation. Gauge '3' corresponds to NEM II scale, also known as "Spur II" in ...