Hammond Publishing was formed in November 1997, by father and son team, Pat and Tim Hammond, primarily to edit Model Railway Enthusiast magazine on behalf of Garnett Dickinson Publishing, with effect from the February 1998 issue.
This arrangement concluded shortly after the June 1999 transfer of the magazine to Kelsey Publishing. With effect from the November 1999 issue, the magazine (renamed Model Railway Collector) was edited by Peter Simpson. Pat and Tim continued to be associated with the magazine as consultant editors and contributors until its demise in July 2000.
This Model Railway Express (MREmag) website was a totally seperate venture to Model Railway Enthusiast and continues to be solely operated by Pat Hammond to provide a daily update of news from the model railway industry and an edited forum for railway modellers.
The magazine is at: www.mremag.com and features News, Reader's Views, New Releases, Book Reviews, Classified Ads, Articles and Links.
After 30 years as an executive in the leisure industry, Pat Hammond took early retirement in 1997 to develop his writing career. He is well known in model railway circles as the author of The Rovex Story - Vol. 1 - 'Tri-ang Railways', Vol. 2 - 'Tri-ang Hornby', Vol.3 - 'Hornby Railways' and Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue (see below). He is working on The Rovex Story, Vol. 4 - 'Hornby', as well as a general history of model railway manufacturing over the last 100 years and plans a history of Airfix and Mainline Railways. As compiler of Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue he is currently working on the next edition. He writes the 'Hot Off the Tracks' and 'Vintage Model Trains' columns in Collectors Gazette and provides occasional articles for British Railway Modelling and Tri-ang Telegraph. He also writes regular articles for The Hornby Collector and Model Rail. From the December 2006 issue, he took over the editorship of Train Collectors Society's magazine TCS News which was relaunched that month as a full colour and enlarged magazine called Train Collector.
Tim Hammond, is an experienced modeller, having built two exhibition layouts and assisted in the construction of many others at his local model railway club. He has an honours degree in Business Administration and has been employed in a variety of market research and facility management roles as well as running his own business in the IT industry. He now works in the printing industry.
Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue
This is a guide to railway models produced for the British market over the last 100 years. All known variations of over 40 ranges, in 5 different gauges (0, 00, H0, TT, N), are listed, from the earliest Bassett-Lowke 0 gauge models to the most recent Hornby, Bachmann, Dapol etc. More than 70 leading collectors have participated in the listing and the author always welcomes new information.
It is the only comprehensive book on the subject and includes suggested values for each item as well as a very large number of photographs - now mostly in colour. Each included brand has a potted history at the start of its chapter and there are chapters on the history of the industry and the collecting movement. Other chapters include books published on the subject and how to determine the value of models. The book is updated every two years to include all new models released since the last edition and to add any information that has been received on obsolete ranges.
The current edition is the 5th and runs to 416 pages. It is priced £22.95 and signed copies are available from the author at PO box 199, Scarborough, YO11 3AJ. UK postage is £2.30 and overseas postage will be quoted on request to Pat@mremag.com . PLEASE MAKE OUT YOUR CHEQUE TO - 'Pat Hammond' - THIS IS NOW OUT OF STOCK.
The 6th Edition is due for release in November 2008 and will be in full colour. Also, so fast is the book expanding that it will now become an annual publication. I shall be taking advanced orders for signed copies of the new edition from September 1st. The price will be £25 (inclusive of postage within the UK).
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