I had a dabble in N-gauge model railways as a child, and found the scale just too fiddly. Almost 20 years later, I'm a Dad and have resurrected the hobby in OO/HO guage (00-gauge to be precise). This is largely because of the relatively plentiful supply of second-hand locos, carriages, trucks, track and accessories on E-Bay. If you don't buy second-hand, it's a very expensive hobby!
Not surprisingly, Hornby model railways are the most popular product, and they have also developed the Hornby virtual railway (with online patches and enhancement packs).
The best way to get started is by going to a model railway exhibition or two, where you can see model railway layouts for real and speak to the experts. Down the line you might want to consider joining a model railway club.
However you go about it, a really fun part is drawing up the model railway track plans, and railway modelling if you have a creative flair.
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Here's a video of the world's worst model train crashes, including never before seen footage from the German underworld:
Span Software has some layout design software called WinRail 7 that supports 'all scales and gauges'. It runs on all versions of Microsoft Windows ...
Here is the newest of our locos, an LSWR model which was a present from my Mum last year. It's a simple little engine, but very powerful. In ...
This is the Model Railway Association East Anglia Group) in action, and the Aylsham Station on the Bure Valley Railway. There were lots of fine ...
There is a minature garden railway in Wroxham, and it is open to the public on the Easter Sunday and Monday. It's at Barton House, as shown ...
Here are a few links into some appropriate pages on E-Bay: All Hornby Stock OO Gauge Search OO Gauge Track OO gauge locos I've found ...
Here's a small basket I created on Signal Box: Product Number Product Title Price Quantity Total Action R910 RAILJOINERS (FISHPLATES ...
It's on July 16-17 at the nec, Birmingham. See The Model Expo 2005 website for further details.