What is the Eras system? The UK model railway eras system is a way of categorising the history of the British railways from 1804 to the present day, based on the major changes in the ownership, operation, and appearance of the railway system. This Class 66 would be in the “Era 9” category The eras…
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What is the TOPS system The British Rail TOPS system (Total Operations Processing System) is a computerised system developed in the mid-1960s by IBM and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in the United States to control its freight traffic. It was implemented by British Rail in the early 1970s and ran on two IBM 370 mainframes installed…
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What is the difference between OO Scale and HO Scale? OO gauge, also known as OO scale (or 00 gauge and 00 scale), is a standard-gauge model railway scale mainly used in the United Kingdom. The interchangeability of Scale and Gauge isn’t really accurate as they are two different things. “Gauge” refers to the…
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