Ben Ando is the founder of Revolution Trains and a regular contributor to Model Rail.
No matter what is announced, or by whom, the response will be the same as it was two decades ago
Wow! I have just realised that 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of my first contribution to Model Rail magazine.
The then editor, Chris Leigh, had been conscious that the magazine lacked ‘N’ gauge content and, knowing that I was an ‘N’ gauge enthusiast, asked for my help.
My first ‘N’ gauge news round-up, from early 2004, reported breathlessly on the news that Graham Farish – acquired just a couple of years earlier by Bachmann – was ready to unveil its first all-new steam locomotive, the LNER ‘V2’.