Culham in model form
Magazine articles
Culham station and the Old Ticket Office in particular has featured in many railway modelling magazines over the years. Here we illustrate those magazines which we have been able to add to our collection. We are also aware of many other magazinesClick or tap to reveal our hidden page which lists these magazines which contain articles describing models and locations of local interest, but these fall outside the scope of this page.
Railway Modeller - June 2019
Culham station - 175 not out!Article by Craig Tiley describing the Old Ticket Office and introducing the 175th anniversary celebrations. Includes drawings of the building in '2mm' scale by Steve Croucher. You can read the full article, which is reproduced in pdf form by kind permission of the Editor, by clicking or tapping on the thumbnail image.
Railway Modeller - January and February 2019
Weatherbury Magna, a joint GWR/LSWR layout in 7mm scaleTwo-part feature written by Tony Conlay of the Cornwall O Gauge Group split between the January and February editions and describing their pre-grouping period railway. Whilst not stricly about Culham, the main GWR station buildings are based on those at Culham and the Old Ticket Office can be seen in several of the photos. We are pleased to have been able to answer some of Tony's questions relating to the ticket office during 2018.
British Railway Modelling - October 2018
GwendraethThis 7mm scale layout is described by its builder, Michael Culham, who lives in Canada. It is a BR Western Region branch line terminus based in the 1950s and, whilst it takes its name from the real Gwendraeth Valley in Carmarthenshire, the station is entirely fictitious. The two main station buildings are however easily recognisable as being those at Culham and were constructed from Timber Tracks kits.
British Railway Modelling - February 2018
Covermount DVDThe magazine itself does not feature the visit by Phil Parker and Andy York to the Old Ticket Office and thence to Pendon museum, however they form the main content of the cover mount DVD published with this issue. Phil and Andy first meet up at Culham where they look round inside the ticket office and learn a surprising fact. A short preview featuring Culham for the first 20 seconds was put on the BRM YouTube channel, and you can see it by clicking or tapping on the thumbnail image.
Railway Modeller - April 2015
Timber Tracks Station BuildingKarl Crowther describes how he built and painted a Timber Tracks wooden kit of the Ticket Office at Culham. Having only previously painted finished Timber Tracks models the assemby of this 7mm kit was a new challenge and each step was covered in detail.
Railway Modeller - August 2012
Modelling the Great Western RailwayThis issue carried a special free supplement which contained a wealth of useful prototype details. A photograph of Culham, taken by Philip J.Kelley on the 19th September 1979, appeared with a short description on the page illustrating various architectural styles.
Railway Modeller - February 2012
Highbridge RoadThe exhibition layout from the Bentley Model Railway Group is described by Geoff Endacott. It represents a stretch of double track main line from the late 1970s, with the main station building being based upon that at Culham.
Model Rail video - volume 4 (2000/2003)
DVD produced in conjunction with Model Rail magazine by TeleRail for retail sale
On the Spot, Nigel Harris pays a visit to Culham Station following his trip to explore Pendon museum. The DVD in our collection is dated 2003, but the case label is marked '© 2000' which is when the visit actually took place and was the subject of an article in the September 2000 issue of Model Rail magazine. We are very grateful to TeleRail for forwarding this DVD to us for our collection and note that it is still available from them as part of a box set containing volumes 1-4.
Model Rail - September 2000
The Editor visits Culham StationThe editor, Chris Leigh, produced a six page article following his visit in which he examines both the history and modelling potential of the station at Culham. This comprehensive article contains many photographs of the station at Culham from his extensive collections, both 'then' and 'now', together with two very useful track plans illustrating Culham in 1960 and 2000 when he visited.
Railway Modeller - May 1992
Broad AshtonBernard Taylor describes his broad gauge Great Western Railway layout which, whilst being based on a fictitious location, draws the inspiration for its station building from that at Culham.
Model Railway Journal - No 21 1988
Culham Goods ShedBob Logan explains in detail how he tackled the construction of the broad gauge Goods Shed from Culham. The model was made specially for display on the Vale layout at Pendon Museum as part of Pendon Parva station, which takes its inspiration from Culham. This magazine was originally published by Wild Swan Publications.
Railway Modeller - July 1974
Reader's footnotes - Culham Station, GWRFollowing the article in the May edition, Martin Goodall provides six additional photographs and further notes on Culham Station.
Railway Modeller - May 1974
On the broad gauge, early GWR architectureWhilst this article by Stanley C.Jenkins is not specifically about Culham, it is however illustrated with a photograph of the Ticket Office which he took in the early 1970s. This is one of several photographs which he kindly forwarded to us in 2018 with permission to use them on this web site. He also produced a full set of drawings of the Ticket Office in 2mm scale for the article, and these serve as a useful record of the building as it was at the time of his visit.
