🗳️ Vote for Rails in the British Railway Modelling Awards 2024

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Voting has now opened for the British Railway Modelling Awards for 2024!


We are delighted to see several of our exclusive projects in OO and N Gauge are nominated for various awards - including the Railway Icons Bachmann 'HSDT, Heljan OO Gauge BR 18100 Gas Turbine locomotive as well as the wonderful Sonic Models N Gauge GWR 'Large Prairies'.


What's more, as usual, you can vote for your favourite shop for the Retailer Customer Service Award too! We would be delighted if you could take the time to vote for Rails of Sheffield in this year's awards.


We'd like to take a moment to thank all of our customers for shopping with us across what has been a very interesting and busy 2024. We look forward to continuing to serve you across 2025.

Rails Exclusive Models Up for Awards

Bachmann x Railway Icons OO Gauge


BR Class 41 (BR Class 252) Prototype 'HSDT' Power Car


The Bachmann Branchline Class 41 Diesel Locomotive depicts No. 41001, one of just two Prototype HSDT Power Cars which made up the Prototype High Speed Diesel Train (HSDT) and a locomotive that now forms part of the National Collection. Selected as the flagship model for their new ‘ Railway Icons ’ range, this museum-standard model was commissioned by Locomotion Models and Rails.


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Heljan x Rails Limited OO Gauge


BR '18100' Gas Turbine Prototype locomotive (+ later converted E1000/ E2001 electric variants)


The model is based on a unique gas turbine prototype built for BR, but ordered by the GWR in the 1940s. British Rail 18100 was a prototype mainline gas turbine-electric locomotive delivered to British Railways in 1952 by Metropolitan-Vickers of Manchester.


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Sonic x Rails Limited N Gauge


GWR Class 5101/ 61xx 'Large Prairie' 2-6-2T


Developed from the rails up by Sonic Models, this award winning new tooling offers N Gauge modellers with a top quality, modern example of the popular Large Prairie for the first time!


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About the BRM AWARDS

Jointly run for RMweb, BRM magazine and World of Railways a BRMA title is something which many of the manufacturers and retailers hope to pick up each year as recognition from the wider modelling community for their efforts. They don’t necessarily design or produce to win an award but it’s funny how many people are interested to see how they’ve performed when the results are due out!


All manufacturers who have released any ready-to-run products between the 1st January and the 31st December each year automatically have the products, and themselves, added to the voting list in the relevant categories for N, OO and O gauge locomotives and rolling stock. 

2024 saw a bumper set of products, particularly from newer entrants to the marketplace.

The poll is open until Wednesday 26th February 2025. When the voting is complete we check all the results and announce the awards at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace on 15/16 March. We will publish full results afterwards and you can see just how many people voted for every entry making the BRMA the most transparent and valued of awards when the results are announced in March.

Select your favourite item from each category, you do not have to vote in all categories. There is only one vote permitted per person.

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