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I have my own wishlist which is I wish I had the money to buy what others wish for.

Probably the most famous of them all "The Wreck of the Old 97" by many artists in 1927 was the first Million selling record in American history.

Dozens of train songs available on Youtube by "Boxcar Willie", also the Singing Brakeman "Jimmy Rogers"

Yes its wrong to destroy peoples property such acts need to be punished but one crime that annoys me the most is Paramedics trying to help people and getting attacked for doing so, IMO the best punishment for that is to take them out the back of a Police station and give them a flogging with the Cat...

Funny the way we are all different when it comes to couplings I find the old Hornby couplings are rather quaint and give little or no trouble, I guess someone had to put their hand up to support stuff from the old days besides I watch my trains moving not how they are connected, having said that I p...

Its always nice to find good eBay dealers over here in Oz we have a few stores that carry the same type of products.

On the other side of the coin here in Brisbane we only had two shops on our side of the city that sold model trains one of which has recently dumped British OO gauge stock, we now have both shops selling mostly American trains, for my birthday my Son gave me a $100 gift voucher from a local hobby sh...

Crikey that sounds dangerous and an awful way to weather locomotives and rolling stock, glad you got it fixed.

Sorry I mentioned bullets, at the time I made that reply I was sitting in hospital with my very sick Wife who is about to undergo a serious operation today, reading about the destruction done by those youths just hit a nerve, I like so many others have difficulty getting my head around to what they ...

Bullets only cost a few cents, ok ok im just kidding

I have a mate that swears by WD40, yes I know some say not to use it but this guy has been into model railways since he was 6 years old, he is now 63 and has been using WD40 since the 1960s not only does he lubricate his locos with the stuff he also cleans the track on his massive layout with WD40, ...

You could head straight for Birmingham the "Centre of the Universe" then take train trips North, East, South and West, maybe Wales and the nearby Counties, time it right a visit to the Warley Train Show might be a highlight to that part of the UK, some of the best Preserved Railways in the...

Halsted wrote:Very interesting and helpful video. Another video about the "Ten a Penny Junction" layout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2UvZvZJNU

Thanks for the link Halsted proof that you don't need a flippin empire sized layout to enjoy this wonderful hobby.

Not sure if this hs been posted before but I found this video of the damage done to the model railways at the hall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFc4grKqTE

Hard to believe that people could do so much damage they must have been filled with hate.

Great show and video proof that you don't have to have a second mortgage to enjoy this wonderful hobby, great layouts and best of all enthusiastic happy modellers, thanks for posting the video.