- Are you a modeller of railways?
- Are you interested in railway history?
- Do you work on a preserved railway?
The HMRS has lots for you… Find out more here!
Museum & Study Centre
The Centre houses our library, archives, shop, displays and reading room.
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The Journal
The quarterly Journal aims to be one of scholarly record and is now in volume 22.
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7mm Wagon Bodies
This is the third resin wagon body we have produced. Following on from our earlier dumb buffered and Charles Roberts ‘D’ ended versions our new wagon is a type that would have been found all over the UK rail network.
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Stationery
Christmas cards and notelets are available.
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Stewards
The stewards are knowledgeable members who operate as a clearing house for specialist information.
View moreAbout the HMRS
For over 60 years, the HMRS has been helping to record and preserve material on the history of Britain’s railways from the early 1800s up to the present day, and more importantly to make that material available to modellers, researchers and students. Today it is a thriving Society and educational charity, o ffering bene fits for all who seek to understand how railways have contributed to British geography, industry and culture. We collaborate with railway line societies and public museums to further the growth of historical knowledge. We supply information to model manufacturers both small and international.
Welcome to our new web site.
The trading part of this site is still being finalised and so, temporarily, no purchases are possible
The new site will offer on-line possibilities to join and to buy products and we trust you will find this more convenient that the old website.
Some features of our old site have not (yet) been incorporated into the new one. The catalogue listings, in some areas, are not as extensive as previously: these are being checked before uploading to the new site which is time consuming.
We do hope that all features of the site function as intended but we apologise if we have got something wrong.
It appears that messages submitted via the contact forms are not being delivered to the intended recipients even when they have been recorded in the system: for the present, it you need to contact us please write or phone or , if more appropriate, email our secretary (secretary@hmrs.org.uk) who will forward the message.
Constructing 5″ Gauge Wagons
Our latest book has just been published. At 320 pages with over 900 prototype, model and construction photographs, 35 detailed A2 and A3 drawings specifically produced for modellers, and many diagrams in the text, it will be an essential read not just for those modelling in the large scales but anyone who wishes to make accurate models of wagons.
Until the on-line shopping system is functional, to buy a copy of the book please write to the address on the Contact page. The book is priced at £50 (£35 for members), the charge for UK post & packing is £6.50, please ask for a quotation for overseas orders.