“CHANGE AT ROBERTSBRIDGE”
- A NEW PAPERBACK BOOK BY DAVID PENN.
IT TELLS THE DETAILED STORY OF THE ROTHER VALLEY (LIGHT) RAILWAY COMPANY’S INCORPORATION AND PERILOUS FIRST FEW YEARS OF EXISTENCE UP TO 1904 (WHEN THE COMPANY WAS RENAMED THE KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY).
AVAILABLE FROM THE SHOP AT ROBERTSBRIDGE STATION OR BY MAIL ORDER (reception@rvr.org.uk). COST £8.65, (p&p £1.99 extra).

BACK NUMBER RAILWAY AND RAILWAY MODELLING MAGAZINES

We have an extensive stock of old second hand (but good quality) Railway and Railway modelling magazines for sale.

Stocks of single copies currently held include the following;

RAILWAY – ALL £1 per copy plus p&p
Back Track – Spring 1987 to Dec 2019
British Railways Illustrated – Oct 1991 to Dec 2019
Heritage Railways – 1999 to Dec 2019
Locomotives Illustrated – nos 2 to 167
Modern Railways – Jan 1962 to Sept 2019
Rail Express – June 1996 to Dec 2018
Railways Illustrated – Jan 2007 to Dec 2019
Railway Magazine – Odd copies from April 1907
Railway Magazine -  1950 to Dec 2019
Railway World – May 1953 to Feb 2003
Steam Days – July 1986 to Dec 2010
Steam Railway – Jan 2000 to Dec 2019
Steam World – Mar 1990 to Oct 2018
Today’s Railways UK – Jan 2010 to Dec 2019
Traction – Mar 2000 to Nov 2018
Trains Illustrated (Ian Allen Pub) – nos 2 to 52
Trains Illustrated – Apr 1949 to Dec 1961

RAILWAY MODELLING – ALL £1 per copy plus p&p;
British Railway Modelling – Apr 1993 to Aug 2019
Continental Modeller – Jan 2010 to Sept 2019
Hornby Magazine – April/May 2007 to Dec 2019
Model Rail – Autumn 1997 to Dec 2019
Model Railway Constructor – Sept 1937 to June 1987
Model Railway Journal – Nos 7 to 263
Model Railway News/Model Railways – June 1925 to Feb 1994
Modelling Railways Illustrated – Jan/Feb 1994 to July 1997
Railway Modeller – Dec 1951 to Dec 2019

Please note that we cannot guarantee that we will have any particular magazine in stock at any one time.

BOUND ANNUAL COPIES – Prices as indicated plus p&p;
Railway Magazine – All £3.50 each
       1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
       1940, 1941, 1942/3, 1944/5, 1946/7, 1948/9
       1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958,                1959
       1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
       1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
       1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
       2016 and 2017
Model Railway Constructor – 1952 (damaged spine) - £1.50
Railways – VOLS: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14
Railway World – Jan 1960 to June 1961, 1964, 1965
British Railway Journal – VOLS: 2,3,4,5,6.

We also have a selection of various other magazines for sale, including the following;

1. Heritage Railway Society magazines & journals
2. Model Engineering magazines

Please enquire.

Whether you are looking for a missing issue to complete your collection or just searching for the issue that carries an article or feature you need, please e-mail your request/s to us at reception@rvr.org.uk.

We also have an extensive selection of second hand railway books. Please enquire or visit us at Robertsbridge Junction Station, TN32 5DG.

We will let you know whether or not we can supply and, if so, we will invoice you.

MODEL RAILWAY LAYOUT F O R   S A L E - £150
PROCEEDS TO ROTHER VALLEY RAILWAY

 A free-standing N Gauge layout With a Graham Farish Suburban Passenger Train Set

 The track layout comprises two main running tracks with loops off to stations and sidings. There are two turntables one of which is mechanically driven. The layout is large enough to accommodate:

• Three stations, one with two platforms
• 5 medium length and 2 short engine sheds around one of the turntables
• Two tunnels
• A Hornby Lyddle End village
• Signal boxes, plate layers huts and other landscaping items including trees

The track is split into 6 zones and needs 6 controllers (not included) to allow simultaneous main-line running, shunting and station movements.  This could be easily modified to use fewer controllers. A number of isolation switches allow isolation of sections of the sidings.

Fabrication and dimensions:  The free-standing layout measures, at its longest point, 140 x 227cm.  It stands 95cm high.  It is fabricated from chipboard panels set on a wooden frame.  It has 9 sturdy, wooden legs.  The weight is unknown, but it is heavy.

Condition:  There is some minor damage (one of the turntables for example), but there is nothing that cannot easily be repaired.

The layout is offered to include a Graham Farish Suburban Passenger Train Set (370 075) comprising BR 61xx 2-6-2 Prairie Tank Loco, 2 Coaches, transformer and controller.

The layout would need to be collected from Biggin Hill.  It would obviously need a suitably sized van, and would probably need two people to handle it.

Please enquire by email reception@rvr.org.uk