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  • Building the ATD models 1970s office block in TT:120 scale.

    Building the ATD models 1970s office block in TT:120 scale.

    ATD card-building kits are fairly new and this article uses two of them to build an attractive diorama in TT:120 scale. The kits used are the ATD13014 1970s office block and the ATD13023 Mess hut and store. The ATD 1970s office block kit The office block kit comes on several thin card sheets that are…


  • Accrington’s lost line and exploring the route.

    Accrington’s lost line and exploring the route.

    When the railway arrived in Accrington in 1848, the area was little more than a Village.


  • The Ribble Bus company a Lancashire pioneer.

    The Ribble Bus company a Lancashire pioneer.

    The Ribble bus company was a Lancashire pioneer in bus transport. The company was founded in 1919 just after WW I, in a small Lancashire village near Preston. Notably, the depot in Gregson lane contained four double decker and one single decker bus. Services ran to Preston, Longridge and Bamber bridge. Ribble started operating from…


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