A train buff’s stunning collection of model steam engines that he used to drive around his back garden is set to sell for £250,000. The late Jack Salem was a steam train enthusiast and over a 40-year ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The ¾ inch to 1 foot scale model of the 2-6-2 Baldwin Locomotive built by ...

“With today’s safety rules I don’t think many parents would hand them out today,” he said. Fifty-one years later, Mr Edwards has amassed one of the biggest scale model steam engine collections in the ...

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Many young and old spectators were fascinated by small-scale train tracks, steam engines and all things model engineering over the weekend’s Cape Town Society of Model and Experimental Engineers ...

Cherry Hill, leading model engineer who made working steam-powered locomotives at 1:16 scale Her models could contain more than 5,000 parts: ‘Every nut and bolt is made in my workshop, so a full model ...

If engineering choices a hundred years ago had been only slightly different, we could have ended up in a world full of steam engines rather than internal combustion engines. For now, though, steam ...

Functioning miniatures of steam engines took pride of place at the summer exhibition by the Die-Cast and Scale Model Society. The society, which traditionally holds an annual three-day exhibition ...

Editor's note: This is the second installment in a series of stories featuring local collectors. Check each Tuesday print edition as well as www.ourmidland.com for future installments. For Brandon ...

British model steam engine maker Mamod is enjoying a surge in the value of its collectables, despite the company facing challenges to survive. Nostalgia for a bygone age is behind the popularity of ...