Updated December 07

Miniature Railway Suppliers also see OTHER CONTACTS at bottom of page

Joe Nemeth Engineering Ltd Builds and re-builds miniature locos and stock - and does a very good job of it too.....
STATION ROAD STEAM Buys and sells second hand steam locos, traction engines etc.
THE ENGINEERS EMPORIUM Cnc machined wheels in EN8, cast brake blocks, Cylinder castings and liners, second hand steam, diesel, electric locos, stock, traction engines etc. Castings for stationary engines, Loco kits - NOW SELLS NEW LISTER 'D' 7 1/4" / 10 1/4" Loco.....
MJ Engineering Suppliers of traction engine and locomotive castings, nuts, bolts, rivets, materials, steam fittings etc. Famous for their 7 1/4 gauge Bagnall, 2" Burrell Gold Medal and 2 & 3" Fowler Traction Engines.
VIEW MODELS Steam Locos, traction engines etc.
PNP RAILWAYS Vacuum Brakes, Wagons,Track Parts, Steam Locos (new) etc. - ALSO, Paul is now doing some beautiful lost wax castings in stainless steel, for buffers, brake gear etc... in 10 1/4"
MINIATURE RAILWAY SUPPLY Co steam locos, Stock, Track, Points, Levers etc.
LIVE STEAM MODELS Castings, Injectors, Lubricators, whistles, valves, Gauge Glasses and Protectors etc.
ROANOAKE New steam and diesel locos etc.
BLACKGATES ENGINEERING Castings and parts for steam locos, traction engines etc.
MAXITRACK New steam and diesel locos, ready to run or kit etc.
REEVES 2000 Castings and parts for steam locos, traction engines etc.
CROMAR WHITE Steam Locos, electric locos, track etc.
MODEL ENGINEERING PRODUCTS BEXLEY Steam Locos etc.
R.A. BARKER Supplies gauge-glasses, whistles, lubricators etc.
POLLY MODEL ENGINEERING and BRUCE ENGINEERING All the small bits for steam! Plus Pollys' Steam locos.
E.K.P. SUPPLIES Nuts, bolts, rivets etc. (of M E types)
GLOUCESTERSHIRE STEAM AND TRACTION ENGINE CO. Boilers, traction engines etc.
Arc Euro Trade Bearings, tools, machine tools, clutches (for lubricators) etc. etc. Good prices! P.s. I recently placed an order (for one-way clutches to repair 'Alice's lubricator drive) and I was really impressed with their service - thanks!

Insurance

tonyw@walkermidgley.co.uk

Useful Information and Advice

ALAN J STEPNEYs Home page Very useful data and advice for model engineering
CHARLES DOCKSTADER Programs for simulating Valve Gears - absolutely vital..... This is how I designed 'The Priest's valve gear
Brian Carters Web Page very useful page on building a Briggs boiler
Romulant The building of a Romulus variant - very interesting!
Workshop Hints and Tips from the BHI - obviously clocks based, but very informative
Abe Books A very good source of all the second-hand books you've been looking for....
Eaton Hydraulic/Hydrostatic transmission ... for powering that diesel you're building.......
Jan-Eric Nystrom very interesting site, including pages on fabricating cylinders
Beevers.org.uk A gentleman building in 7 1/4" gauge - Moors Valley style

FORUMS

Miniature Railway World
Model Engineering Discussion Group A good place to seek and give advice
UK Miniature Railways

Tool and Machinary Suppliers

Home Workshop - Web based Private Ads for machine tools etc....
SCREWFIX Very cheap tools etc.. Next day delivery
CHRONOS Engineering tools etc., some materials for model engineers
CHESTER UK Machine tools for model engineers
WARCO MACHINE TOOLS Machine tools for model engineers
MACHINE MART Cheap tools and machine tools
NORTHERN TOOL & EQUIPMENT Very very cheap tools etc.. Same day despatch. (I got castors for 'Alice's dolly here)
EXPO TOOLS Small M.E. type tools etc.

Other Useful Suppliers and Data

R.S. COMPONANTS Large variety of tools, materials and fittings - including transmission products. Much cheaper than it used to be, next day delivery
LOCTITE Brilliant. Tells you what sort of Loctite you need
HALLET OILS Specialist oils at reasonable prices
MAPLIN ELECTRONICS Electronics, bits and pieces - good and cheap
PROOPS BROTHERS need I say more!

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Miniature Railways

SOUTH DOWNS LIGHT RAILWAY 10 1/4"
MINIATURE RAILWAYS LINKS
EVESHAM VALE LIGHT RAILWAY 15"
GRAND SCALES An American society dealing with 12" gauge and above - quite fascinating!
FAIRBOURNE RAILWAY 12 1/4"
WATFORD Miniature Railway 10 1/4"
SIMON TOWNSEND's site of Miniature Railways
CATTLE COUNTRY Joe Nemeth's new 10 1/4" railway in Gloucestershire
Lutmans Haven Loco Works The definitive site for the Triang Minic 10 1/4"
A good site on Welsh Highland Info
Stapleford Miniature Railway The famous 10 1/4" railway.....

Materials and Profiling

MALLARD METALS Ferrous and non-ferrous
PARKER STEEL / TOOLS Sadly I can no longer recommend them, as they have a new pricing structure for profiling that bumped the prices up by 400% - Steel stockholder - they will profile steel sheet and plate to a faxed drawing

However -
The Laser Edge Profiling Company in Harlow have given me a quote of around 12% cost of Parkers! Extraordinary...!
SCISS Water Jet Cutting. Both Dad and I have tried them, and are very happy indeed with his bits and pieces......
- very nice job indeed, reasonably priced. I will certainly use them again (better accuracy / finish, and doesn't harden the edge) also, they're Railway people...
Pegasus Profiles Ltd I've not tried them myself, but I've heard them highly recommended
Guttridge Laserfab I recently got the two sets of 'Priest' frames done here, for a very reasonable price - highly recommended - and they just phoned me to say they now do water-jet cutting (up to 200mm thick....)

Other Contacts

Bell Boilers - Unit 11, Quedgeley Trading Estate, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. GL10 3EX - 01452 722211
Cast brass name and number plates - Dave Belshaw dbelshaw9@aol.com
Seamless Steel Tube - HUB Tubes 0208 803 1424
Leaf Springs - Doug Hewson (models) 73 Victoria Road., Barnetby-le-Wold, North Lincolnshire, DN38 6HY 01652 688408
Injectors (high and low pressure) - Double B Designs 01787 375819
Piston Rings - Trevor Maddock 01244 851227
Cheap Bearings (take up, plumber, roller etc.) AC-Transmission tel. 01422 359451 (not just the chain breaker....)
Parkside Electronics 01282 613646
4QD Electronic Controls
WHAT'S ON Listing of UK Steam Fairs
PHOENIX PRECISION PAINTS Authentic Railway colours