Garden Railway Suppliers

Brandbright have recently changed hands following the retirement of the founders. They deal mainly with 16mm/ft, but also cater for G scale and Gauge 3 and their online shop is gradually growing again.

Dream Steam Supply parts and enhancements for Mamod and MSS locomotives, as well as new MSS locos and rolling stock. They are based in Plymouth

Forest Classics aim to supply the best Steam, Gas and Hot Air Engines in the world. As well as being a major Mamod stockist, they stock many other suppliers including Wilesco, Mercer, Ministeam and Jensen and a range of Stirling engines and other parts.

Garden Railway Specialists get a special mention for getting me started in the hobby. These people are specialists in G scale, and do 16mm/ft as well, and they have their own range of locomotives, largely electrically powered. They are also stockists of LGB and loads of other G-scale suppliers.

IP Engineering supply a rang of parts and kits, including loco chassis kits, parts for Mamod locos and a few ranges of coaches. I have obtained a number of electric chassis from IP for my own railway.

Kent Garden Railways
Model railway suppliers of all gauges.
Specialists in 16mm and G Scale

Mamod Online supply oscillating motor steam models, traction engines, stationary engines, cars, locos and rolling stock.

As well as being a model railway shop, Marcway of Sheffield offer a track-making service, and can supply custom-made pointwork in just about any scale and gauge, including 16mm/ft.

The retail operations of PPS Steam have been taken over by Anything Narrow Gauge

Squires, supply an enormous range of tools and materials for the modelmaker, and to other hobbies as well. It's well worth obtaining their catalogue (email them your postal address).

Squires' shop in Bognor Regis is open Monday to Friday. They also sell by mail order and at exhibitions.

Scottish Garden Railways. Sandy Taylor, in Stirling, Scotland, has a vast range of G scale rolling stock. He also supplies stock in other scales and builds G-scale railways commercially. His website is full of useful information about building a railway in your garden.

John Sowerby -- Tindharia Works (Gweithdy Tindharia) -- repaired one of my locos, and did a super job. He can be contacted at johnngloco@btinternet.com

John specialises in the repair and maintenance of Roundhouse locomotives, but can also undertake work on other manufacturers' products. The name of the business comes from a village and railway workshop on the Darjeeling Himalayan railway.