Sam Beecher-Jones, James Walker and Tom Marshall

Model Rail Replacement Podcast

Leisure EN ↓ 122 episodes

Model Railway hobbyists James,Sam and Tom navigate the trials and turnouts of something thats considered "a dying hobby" Both having been into railways since a young age, they share their thoughts and opinions as well as bad luck stories around the hobby and sometimes the wider world.

Author

Sam Beecher-Jones, James Walker and Tom Marshall

Category

Leisure

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

0614 The Next Station is: Dan from Cymru Rails 13.04.2026

James, Sam and Tom all sit down with Dan from Cyrmu Rails and talk about their model railway journey and ask those all important questions

News and Exhibition Diary 08/04/26 08.04.2026

James, Sam and Tom sit down and discuss this week's news

0613 Do You Like My Curves? 06.04.2026

Sam and Tom sit down and talk about different types of radius curves in various scale

News and Exhibition Diary 01/04/26 01.04.2026

Sam and Tom sit and discuss the news from the last 7 days and Tom reads the exhibition diary

0612 With a Little Help From My Friends 30.03.2026

James, Sam and Tom sit down and talk about how friendships can help your mental health in this hobby.

News and Exhibition Diary 25/03/26 25.03.2026

James, Sam and Tom sit down and discuss this week's news

0611 And Then There Were Three... 23.03.2026

James, Sam and new Team Member Tom from Buggleskelly Station sit down and talk about their upcoming projects!

0610 The Next Station Is Miniatur Wunderland 16.03.2026

James, Sam and Tom venture out to Hamburg and interview Niklas from Miniatur Wunderland. This episode is our also available as a video version on our YouTube channel

0609 Working With Deadlines 09.03.2026

Sam sits down with Lucy from Loading Gauge to talk about tight timescales and deadlines. How do you deal with it as a modeller?

0608 The Hobby's Greatest Sadness 02.03.2026

Sam sits down with Hylton from Proper Chuffed to talk about having to start layouts over. sometimes multiple times!

0607 Scenics with Tom Marshall and George Williamson 23.02.2026

James and Sam have a week off and leave Tom Marshall in charge. Tom sits and chats with George Williamson about Scenics.

0606 Multiple Units in Model Railways 16.02.2026

Sam sits down with Danny Havlik and discusses how were so lucky to have multiple units in model railways and in real life.

0605 Layout Building From Start to Finish 09.02.2026

Sam sits down with Neil from the little layout company and discussed layout building from beginning to end!

0604 All The Wanting of TT120 02.02.2026

Sam sits down with Chris Hobbs of PeachyTT120 and talks about what we'd like to see in TT120

0603 The Q+A Episode 26.01.2026

James and Sam sit down and answer listener questions. with special Guest Tom Marshall for the intro and outro

0602 Narrow Minded 19.01.2026

well. it's here. I'm uploading it. but I'm not happy about doing so. I hope you enjoy it whilst I cry into a bowl of ice cream. Sam

0601 The Next Station Is: Lawrie Goes Loco 12.01.2026

James and Sam are back and this time they're talking to Lawrie from Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels, or more recently know as Lawrie Goes Loco

MRRPET's Christmas Carol Charity Special 22.12.2025

The boys retell Charles Dicken's Christmas carol with a Model Railway theme! big thank you to all who made this possible. that's the cast who took the time to step in and especially Tom Marshall from Buggleskelly station, who without his support we wouldn't be able to do this. Merry Christmas everyone

0516 I Won't Be Home For Fight Club 15.12.2025

James and Sam battle it out in a return to fight club! it's pick the best gifts for some of our friends...who will come out on top?

0515 It Never Rains! 08.12.2025

In this episode James and Sam talk about modelling different seasons and weather on a model railway. having Summertime and Sunshine is all well and good, but it doesn't always feel like the UK!

0514 The Next Station is: Finnborough N Gauge 01.12.2025

James and Sam sit down and chat with Steve from Finnborough N gauge!

0513 Buying Secondhand 24.11.2025

James and Sam sit down and talk about buying secondhand in the hobby

0512 The Peco Rail200 Discussion 17.11.2025

James and Sam sit down with Tom from Buggleskelly Station and talk about them being finalists in the Peco Rail 200 competition

0511 The Next Station Is: New Junction 10.11.2025

James and Sam sit down with Richard from New Junction and ask those all important questions.

0510 And Now For Something Completely Different 03.11.2025

James and Sam are off on secret adventures (or taking time off, you decide) find out how Steve the British Railroader gets on with Danny from Various Multiple Units and Neil from The Little Layout Company

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