Peco Railway Modeler July 2026

Gracing the cover of the magazine is the new Manning Wardle L Class 0-6-0 saddle tank in OO gauge from Rapido Trains UK, with a sample depicting preserved example Matthew Murray and posed on a diorama representing part of the real locomotive's home line, the historic Middleton Railway in Leeds.
Inside the magazine is a review the new model, and Callum Willcox describes how he constructed the diorama. 

Railway of the Month is Lydbrook Dean, a superb OO gauge model of a freight-only branch line in the Forest of Dean – which, though not representing a real location, has perfectly captured the atmosphere of such half-forgotten byways towards the end of the British Railways steam era. Other layouts featured include an OO gauge model of Brent station and the Kingsbridge branch in Devon, housed inside a shipping container in Cyprus; Whittingly Hospital, an OO micro layout inspired by private railways serving mental hospitals, which was one of the finalists in the Peco RAIL200 Model Layout Competition; and Culthwaite, an N gauge exhibition layout based on the famous Settle & Carlisle line.

Constructional articles include a fleet of Class 121 and 122 'bubble car' diesel railcars in EM gauge; a 1:148 scale model of Bradford Cathedral, which will be on display in the real building this summer; and a Collett '9700' Class pannier tank in O gauge, created with a conversion kit for a Minerva Model Railways ready-to-run model. Simon Artymiuk also celebrates 75 years of the preserved Talyllyn Railway, a remarkable survivor that has inspired generations of narrow gauge modellers.