I send best wishes for 2023 to all email subscribers! Two important things to note this time: Firstly, the new and returning N gauge products from KATO Japan announced just before Christmas are now available to pre-order at Train Trax UK. All available to pre-order in the usual place: https://traintrax.co.uk/preorders-reserve-them-here-c-51... Why pre-order? Only a limited quantity of each […]

I found myself going down an internet rabbit-hole and discovered this wonderful image on the New Zealand Archives Flickr site. [From a collection of 'Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot' scrapbook of cards, photographs, newspaper clippings and card greetings for Christmas/New Year from various railway stations in New Zealand.] I like the sentiment and thought I’d share […]

This is an extra email from my normal fortnightly updates. There's some important deadlines coming up, and I thought it was worth a reminder: Due to the uncertainty caused by the Royal Mail strikes we encourage customers to order as soon as possible to ensure delivery before Christmas. All couriers are dealing with much higher volumes than […]

Hello   Small Business Saturday UK takes place on 3rd December! Depending when you read this, that's probably tomorrow or today. Model Railway Magic is a very small business (just me!), and this occasion seems to be a good excuse to celebrate everything good about small businesses, so this weekend I'm offering free delivery on orders […]

In my last email I'd hoped to bring you some news of fresh arrivals and photos of exciting new products from Japan and the US. I'm glad to say that after much chasing of couriers and customs officials, the incoming Japanese deliveries have made it through. Once pre-orders have been processed, there should be a […]

I'd hoped to bring you some news of fresh arrivals and photos of exciting new products from Japan and the US today, but they are still working their way slowly through the customs systems so they will have to wait until next time. With the backlog from strikes and the pre-Christmas build-up I think logistics […]

This email is appearing on a Monday rather than my normal Friday, as I had a busy weekend at the Leeds Model Railway show. I thought it was a great show, with a very high standard of layouts on display (despite comments to the contrary appearing on social media). It was an experiment for Train […]

Hello,  I'm writing this Friday email a bit earlier than normal, as later today I'm expecting a huge delivery of stock, which will probably take me the rest of the day to unpack and process. There are three important news items from Train Trax this week: 1. I'll be at the Leeds show on Saturday […]

In my last email newsletter I mentioned that I was off to The International N gauge Show (TINGS) for a look round. I'm really glad that I made the trip as there were some fantastic layouts and it was good to speak to a few customers. I also managed to spend a while with Hiroshi […]

As I sit down to write this I'm left with mixed feelings about some organisations social media postings/emails in response to recent events. We all need to inwardly acknowledge such an important piece of news, but somehow it all seems a bit undignified - quite unlike HM. I'll just leave you with this picture of […]