The British Railway Modellers of North America (BRMNA)

References to drawings and useful articles.

January 1st, 2021.

The contents of each of the BRMNA drawings and articles pages are copyright and are intended for the personal use only of those visiting this site and may not be downloaded or used for any commercial purpose.

Some background information

The number of drawings and useful articles found in model railway magazines is enormous and grows with each issue of each magazine. Knowing what is available and where to find it is a major challenge to all modellers. The availability of a readily accessible index would overcome this challenge. While the creation of such an index is beyond the capabilities of any one individual, through a cooperative effort it should be possible, which is why this page exists.

The current version of these references is the result of contributions from two sources. First, a number of BRMNA members have made significant contributions: Mark Stapleton, Ron Smith, Humphrey Bryson, Herbert Holland, Tony Woodward, Bill Lovatt, Bob Wilkes, Michael Gray, Ron Price and Ian Kemp. Second, additional contributions have come through a cooperative initiative with the Gauge O Guild whereby their efforts have been integrated with those from BRMNA.

The range of magazines that are currently covered is extensive. Despite that, there are gaps and more magazines to cover so please let me know what you would be willing to do - remember, many hands make light work! If you would like to help expand this index then please contact the web manager indicating the magazines and the time periods you would be prepared to cover. I can handle your contributions in most formats. I prefer the information to be provided in electronic form with a current preference for MS Excel or Lotus files. Each reference should contain the required information. I will maintain a register of who is doing what and of current coverage to reduce the risk of duplicating the effort.

Please contact the web manager with corrections or ideas on how to improve the organisation and utility of the index.

While planned, searching is currently not driven by a search engine. Instead, the references have been organised into a number of categories and sub-categories to make each of the pages more manageable and to make searching simpler.

Finding information

There are 16 categories and within each category, there are 9 sub-categories. The abbreviations page will help you locate the sub-category in which a specific railway company may be found. The current coverage page containing a list of magazine titles also includes the magazine abbreviations used in the references.

1. Locomotives

GWR 389 references.
SR 222 references.
LMS 465 references.
LNER 347 references.
BR 372 references.
Post BR 5 references.
Other UK 445 references.
Irish 37 references.
Overseas 163 references.

2. Railcars

GWR 9 references.
SR 17 references.
LMS 9 references.
LNER 4 references.
BR 44 references.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 22 references.
Irish 6 references.
Overseas 6 references.

3. Coaching Stock

GWR 112 references.
SR 114 references.
LMS 161 references.
LNER 133 references.
BR 56 references.
Post BR 4 references.
Other UK 156 references.
Irish 13 references.
Overseas 24 references.

4. Goods wagons

GWR 174 references.
SR 88 references.
LMS 274 references.
LNER 182 references.
BR 174 references.
Post BR 2 references.
Other UK 742 references.
Irish 3 references.
Overseas 53 references.

5. Track

GWR 82 references.
SR 41 references.
LMS 108 references.
LNER 57 references.
BR 6 references.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 180 references.
Irish 2 references.
Overseas 8 references.

6. Signals and Signal Boxes

GWR 66 references.
SR 63 references.
LMS 138 references.
LNER 75 references.
BR 12 references.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 163 references.
Irish 22 references.
Overseas 6 references.

7. Railway Operations.

GWR 2 references.
SR 6 references.
LMS 7 references.
LNER 6 references.
BR 22 references.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 63 references.
Irish 0 references.
Overseas 2 references.

8. Structures

GWR 207 references.
SR 106 references.
LMS 330 references.
LNER 186 references.
BR 29 references.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 444 references.
Irish 18 references.
Overseas 31 references.

9. Road vehicles

GWR 4 references.
SR 1 reference.
LMS 15 references.
LNER 0 references.
BR 1 reference.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 117 references.
Irish 3 references.
Overseas 0 references.

10. Layout Ideas

GWR 8 references.
SR 7 references.
LMS 25 references.
LNER 20 references.
BR 2 references.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 105 references.
Irish 2 references.
Overseas 40 references.

11. Extra detailing

GWR 5 references.
SR 2 references.
LMS 2 references.
LNER 1 reference.
BR 1 reference.
BR 0 references.
Other UK 2 references.
Irish 0 references.
Overseas 0 references.

12. Scenic Work

GWR 2 references.
SR 3 references.
LMS 1 reference.
LNER 4 references.
BR 1 reference.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 292 references.
Irish 0 references.
Overseas 3 references.

13. Painting

GWR 7 references.
SR 4 references.
LMS 10 references.
LNER 13 references.
BR 20 references.
Post BR 2 references.
Other UK 103 references.
Irish 0 references.
Overseas 2 references.

14. Electrical

GWR 0 references.
SR 0 references.
LMS 0 references.
LNER 0 references.
BR 1 reference.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 212 references.
Irish 0 references.
Overseas 0 references.

15. Workshop Practice

GWR 0 references.
SR 0 references.
LMS 1 reference.
LNER 0 references.
BR 0 references.
Post BR 0 references.
Other UK 224 references.
Irish 0 references.
Overseas 0 references.

16. Miscellaneous topics

GWR 87 references.
SR 52 references.
LMS 137 references.
LNER 64 references.
BR 64 references.
Post BR 1 reference.
Other UK 1136 references.
Irish 7 references.
Overseas 65 references.

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