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MODEL RAIL’S Christmas GIFT GUIDE

Whether treating yourself or a fellow enthusiast, George Dent, Chris Leigh and Chris Gadsby offer a host of ideas for festive gifts.

TAKE A NOSTALGIC TRIP

Strictly limited to just 500 copies, this high ‐quality, weighty tome is a perfect fireside read for the Christmas holiday. With over 400 pages of superb black and white photographs, the book offers a roving account of steam’s last decade across the UK.

There are plenty of well-known locations, but there are also plenty of images capturing Britain’s rural backwaters, along with some tremendous vistas of industrial landscapes, dockyards and engine sheds.

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