Nick Tozer Railway Books

26/02/2026

21/02/2026

A visit to the Manchester Air & Space Museum in 198 [ignore the first few seconds ... I getting used to new software :P ]

A visit to the museum in April 1989

26/01/2026

I've just sold a £12.00 book on a major online platform ... they charged me £1.95 commission on the sale so I still got £10.05 for a book that I bought-in at £4.95 .... wrong! The book was going to the antipodes and the cheapest postage was £24.30 (with 85p for the mailing box) so I charged the customer £25.00 p&p. now the 'major online platform' also charges the same level of commission on the postage so I got £20.95 but still had to pay £25.15 so another £4.20 is deducted from the £10.05 leaving me with £0.90 profit yeahhhhhh ... oh wait ... as the £24.30 was offering delivery up to 80 days after posting I paid an extra £0.80 to obtain 5-7 days delivery because I value my customer's satisfaction over profit.

03/08/2025

Today at "The Greatest Gathering" [my photos & video]

28/07/2025

A photo on Scottish group earlier today reminded of a visit I made to Achnasheen in September 1974 [my photos]

28/07/2025

Photographs I took on a visit to Richmond Station in 2006

23/07/2025

Twenty or more years ago I started insuring my business with Rigton Insurance and as the requirement became more important I added public liability to cover my attendance at shows. When I attend shows it is the norm now to be asked to confirm that I have Public Liability Insurance to cover me at these shows and my policy number is required to confirm this.

A few years ago Rigton was consumed by PIB and I continued to receive TWIMC letters to prove my cover and verbal assurances that I was insured.

Following a data breach by the insurers that resulted in my being sent somebody else's insurance documents I finally received my own policy and had cause to question my cover.

Basically I have £5m Public Liability Cover INSIDE my shop and ZERO cover at shows!

Finally eight days after my old policy lapsed I managed to get hold of my 'Virtual Account Handler' and chase up what was happening to rectify the problem.

Today's solution is to increase the cost of my policy by 81% to cover me at shows! Bear in mind that the original 100% was to insure the fabric of the shop I own and my stock.

Obviously this is ludicrous ... if anyone out there can suggest an insurer who will give me £3m Public Liability cover at Model Railway shows without wanting over £400 I'd be pleased to hear.

14/07/2025

Spending a weekend in August down at the Union Jack Club with a meet with old (and valued) friends on Saturday (9th) and a funeral on the Monday I was reminded that the Bluebell Railway is celebrating its 65th Anniversary over that weekend with a Cavalcade on the 10th ... Dayrover purchased 😀

It was also a reminder that 40 years ago I was present at the Bluebell for a Gala Cavalcade on the 14th July 1985

30/05/2025

Not long to go now before the doors open at Kempton Park for the Gauge 0 Guild Summer Show and I'm set up with a good selection of railway books for you to choose from :)

04/03/2025

Just opened the 2025/2026 Business Rates Bill for my shop ... my rates are now 240% the 2024/2025 figure ... together with the ridiculous electricity bills I'm not sure how much longer I can keep my shop open ... 😕