Beckenham Vintage goes to Church
Last weekend saw the 7th annual Beckenham Vintage Train Show; run by the Beckenham and West Wickham Model Railway Club (and in particular Tony Penn). Another great day was had by all, with ten very different layouts plus traders. While the venue was the same as...
AGM AND SPRING SHOW REPORT
The Train Collectors Society had another great Spring Show and AGM at Biggleswade on the 12th March, despite some last-minute hiccups thanks to the venue double booking the set up time with a Bill Hayley tribute band concert! Here is a full illustrated report on the...
E-LOKS at Bad Krozingen
A model railway exhibition at Bad Krozingen, Germany 5th & 6th March 2016 While we have been having fun this month at Biggleswade some of our colleagues from a little further afield have been enjoying themselves as well. TCS member Karl Isele writes “Mainly this...
OTHER BRITISH TOY TRAINS
All Those Other British Toy Trains One of the many attractions at the TCS’s Spring Show and AGM last Saturday (12th March) was the launch of Book 2* in Michael Foster's British Toy Trains series – featuring all those other British toy train manufacturers. Although...
MARCH 2016 TRAIN COLLECTOR
THE MARCH 2016 TRAIN COLLECTOR IS OUT and is 'rocketing' its way to all members, if it has not already landed! Another great issue with articles, among others, on More about CCW, including some TT items Of Motors and Men – Denis Leakey and the LL motor The Alan Cliff...
NEW – The TCS Document Folder – updated 26 Feb
A new page has been added to the site - The TCS Document Folder. This is an on-line collection of files that may be of interest to the toy and model train collector and enthusiast, held separately so they will be available more permanently than in a news item ( though...
READING VINTAGE TOY SHOW 21 February 2016
Or a sweep around for a Brush without a Brush! Slightly earlier in the year than normal, was the ‘Spring’ Big Southern Vintage toyfair at Reading Leisure centre. Not just a toyfair either, but with several operating toy train layouts, including Hornby Dublo two and...A ‘tinplate’ Kitson-Meyer
A ‘tinplate’ Kitson-Meyer and other delights to view I would like to introduce to this site David Argent, or rather his toy train creations. David lives in South Carolina in the US and we met on the net via a Yahoo group devoted to French and other European tinplate....CIWL in miniature
TRAIN COLLECTOR SOCIETY MEMBER FRED VAN DER LUBBE from Holland has recently put together another fascinating book of photos and comment taken from his collection, this time on models of the rolling stock of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et Grands...Recent Posts
Train Collector Issue 70 now available in the eLibrary
Just in time for the weekend the latest issue of the Train Collector has been uploaded to the members section... Read more →
TCS 2024 Spring Show and AGM
Report and pictures by Bob Leggett As usual Bob shares with us his pictures and videos taken at the 2024... Read more →
Oscars video on the 2023 TCS autumn show
A visit to The Train Collectors Society Autumn Show at Trinity Methodist Church Hall Narborough Road Leicester LE3 2RD United... Read more →
Train Collector Issue 69 uploaded
The Train Collector Christmas Issue of 2023 has been uploaded to the members section. As cited on the cover "When... Read more →