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Welcome to “The Coaling Stage”

I hope you will be able to find any or all of your questions answered here concerning all matters relating to model railways starting from suitable places to build your layout, to advanced electronics. A model railway layout can be as cheap or expensive as your budget will allow, they can also be added to relatively easily with the addition of a set of  points. The branching of a small spur can grow into a thriving shunting yard or a small village station the choice is yours entirely. The pages on this site will hopefully provide you with the skills needed to build and expand that train set you have always promised yourself.
 

Any member of the forum or any visitor with an ebay feedback rating of 90% or better can have their listed items linked directly from this site on their own coaling stage ebay page. Once you have a listing page it will only be withdrawn if your feedback rating dips below 90%. This is a free service for all - get your model railway items listed on a site for railway modellers. The main ebay page contains ongoing ebay auctions specific to model railways and is divided into categories such as wagons, rolling stock and steam locos for your convenience

Keep up to date with all the news about new releases from big manufacturers in the railway modelling world. Regular press releases to me enable me to keep modellers abreast of what is new.

 
Have you ever wondered how many different gauges there are in the railway modelling world, these pages explain the different sizes to help you choose the right one for your particular needs.

In this section I will look at the various locations deemed suitable to build a model railway layout

A good layout need not necessarily be planned but here I will look at some neat computer aided planning programs to help plan those awkward station sidings.

Here I will look at the best ways to construct a baseboard for your layout taking size and weight into consideration.

With so many different products on the market this section will focus on how to use them instead of which products are best. However if any manufacturer of scenic materials wishes me to test their product I will, and give a fair report in a new section.

Automatic points and signals are child’s play compared with what’s possible with a few reed switches and resistors, this is my favourite part of layout building and any contributions will be made very welcome with full acknowledgement to the author .

No layout would be complete without a station or two but this is a small area in the vast expanse of model buildings available from complete fairgrounds to dockside scenes to coal mines we look at them all!

In addition to the normal site information there is a forum where you can share your experiences for the benefit of other railway modellers. The forum  is completely free to browse and I hope that even if you are a one-time visitor you will learn something of value from the information offered.

A free weekly newsletter is available to anyone wishing to subscribe. It will be full of interesting tips and techniques gleaned from members contributions as well as any special offers or bargains for sale by members on ebay and other such sites. Model fair dates can be submitted for inclusion by members as well as railway stories written by newsletter subscribers. To Subscribe simply e-mail me at

newsletter@thecoalingstage.co.uk

Clubs and Society’s form an integral part of the railway modellers hobby. They are an immense source of knowledge and experience coupled with a strong friendly attitude to newcomers whom they welcome whatever your ability. To this end I have produced a clubs and societies page where links are exchanged and a whole page of the Coaling stage is given to summarising the club or society.

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