BGS Web Site

Welcome to the BGS web-site, which should work with most computer screen sizes and browsers.
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You are welcome to make suggestions for improvements or new features, perhaps there's a particular Broadsheet article you think might be of appeal to our web audience; drop me a line...
Thanks - Rob Speare
Info : April 2022
We were pleased to launch a new publication at the AGM -
'Ernest Struggles - the Broad Gauge Tribute Edition', researched and edited by Mike Middleton.
For info, please visit the Publications page.
Info : January 2022
New page added listing BGS issued Data Files (Specifications).
Click here to go directly to page.
Info : December 2021
There are a number of prices changes in the 7mm modelling section; some up, some down.
Check the 7mm kits page.
Info : May 2021
Available again - we have new stock of
'A Broad Gauge Album', our collaberation with Newton Abbot Museum.
See info on the Publications page.
Welcome to the BGS
Please use the Menu structure above to navigate your way around the site.
Whether it is history, research, modelling or a further reading, we hope you will find the site informative, maybe inspiring. . .
Broad Gauge Society
- Events Calendar
See more details on the Events page.
This site is our window to the web, so if your first visit here, we invite you to explore . . . If you were unaware of Britain's 'broad gauge' railways, or the Society that actively researches, documents and models it today; then we've already achieved something.
We hope you find the site interesting - if so, perhaps you may consider joining the Society; no special qualifications required.
Our Membership subscription will entitle you to receive our regular Journal and mailouts, expanding on information about this fascinating period of railway operation.
The site includes an index of the Society's 'Broadsheet' magazine articles, so it should be straight forward to find details about subjects previously covered.
Britain's Broad Gauge Railways.
In 1836, the fledgling Great Western Railway was laid to a gauge of 7 feet 0¼ inches, as directed by young engineer I. K. Brunel. A number of other new railway Companies adopted the specification, creating a network with a unique style and infrastructure that spread across much of South West England and S. Wales. This most creative period was part of the huge industrial revolution that transformed everyday life in Britain.
