The Historical Model Railway Society
The Historical Model Railway Society is a UK Registered Educational Charity "founded in 1950 by historians and modellers to collect and exchange records, drawings and photographs in the interests of historical accuracy in modelling". (Andrew Dow in The Oxford Companion to British Railway History, Simmons & Biddle (editors), OUP 1997)
A Definitive Rail History Source
The Society is one of the definitive sources of information on Britain's long and varied railway history, from the very beginning to the present day. It gathers, stores, and widely distributes historical railway information, thereby providing you with all the vital information you need to build historically accurate models. Whether you are a railway modeller, a railway historian or a railway enthusiast you will find plenty to interest you here.
To find out more about how we can help you, browse this site, visit our Museum and Study Centre, attend an Area Group meeting or make yourself known on our exhibition stand. Liking what you find, sign up and join in.New Appointment
We are very pleased to welcome John Hancock to the post of Photographic Sales Manager. The Photo order form and the "Contact Us" page have been updated.
Webmaster, 4th March.
Meetings
The London Area Group has
published its programme until September.
Webmaster, 3rd March.
Next Meeting
As an educational charity, our meetings are open to the public without charge. The next one will be held on 11 March 2010 at Brighton. and is entitled
"Swiss wanderings"
For full details of this event click 
Our current programme may be seen here.
Journal
The first issue for this year has been published with a mix of items, technical and operational, rise of freight to its decline, and a Circle that's now a lasso.
Click on the image for further details.
An illustration of the use of Society resources
SR (ex LSWR) 3 set from a Roxey mouldings by Andy Watson
Click on the "i" symbol for more information on this item.
Great Western Way - 2nd Edition
The Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS) is pleased to announce the availability of Great Western Way. In light of new research the opportunity has been taken to completely revise the original and so the whole book has been rewritten, expanded and comprehensively illustrated.
The book is priced at £37.50 (£25 for members). There is an increased postage charge for this very heavy book.
For full details of the book, click on the image above or here. To order it, click here.
Philip Godfrey, Publicity & Marketing Manager, 2nd Nov.
7mm Scale Wagon Bodies
We are pleased to announce the supply of two limited edition 7mm scale resin wagon bodies.
For full details click
Philip Godfrey, Publicity & Marketing Manager, 23rd Sep.
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