News
Remembrance 2019. Wartime Trains
we were running and displaying wartime trains...
Sir Anthony, the newly acquired Peckett 0-6-0ST shunting engine
we bought one of Hornby's latest models, the Peckett 0-6-0ST...
Hogwart's at Famous Trains
Our Hogwart's Castle looms over the small model railway...
The Coronation Arrives
Famous Trains has been wanting an LNER Coronation...
Famous Trains in "The Derbyshire Life"
Our Big Gun
Our big gun has arrived...
Our Beyer Garratt locomotive is back on the rails...
Our massive Beyer Garratt locomotive is back in service...
Our Member of the Year for 2019...
Our president has selected for this year's Member of the Year...
After the Mayor of Derby had gone...
Our young member Chris Bunting presented Famous Trains with his completely scratch built model of a tram engine...
Our Fifth Anniversary of Public Opening
Famous Trains, its members and volunteers were honoured yesterday by a visit from the Mayor and Mayoress of Derby...
Two New Railways for Famous Trains...On The Shelf!
If you visit Famous Trains at Markeaton Park in Derby there is a good reason to look upwards...
Just Delivered! A Limestone Hopper Train
Famous Trains now has a train of eighteen modern bogie limestone hopper wagons...
Modelling the Midland Region
Coming Shortly.....due out early 2019...
Richard and his Train
Richard and his OO-scale model of the 1935 Silver Jubilee streamlined train were reunited...
The Great Gathering
Our Life Member Ken Wood has presented to Famous Trains his presentation case of the six model A4s...
A Train of Boxes
Under the pretext that it is 'modern' (that is post steam age), we now run a model Freightliner train...
Our 30,000th visitor
Amy Jensen...was amazed to be...the 30,000th visitor to Famous Trains!